When Andrew Carnegie was creating the modern day concept of a "job" this is what he said:

Now let that sink in for a second... 

Is it possible..

That all the things I was ever told would bring success…

Going to school, listening to my teachers, getting a job and working hard to get the life I really want...

Was it all a lie?

Here’s what I mean.

Hi, my name is Rob Jones...

And I believe that the “American Dream” that was sold to us is complete B.S.

After traveling to over 25 different countries in the past 3 years, seeking out the world's most successful entrepreneurs to find the truth behind what success really takes…

I have found that there are 3 reasons why smart, hard-working people never become successful

Here they are:

His mother would always tell him that happiness was the key to life.

When he went to school, they asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up.

He wrote down "happy"

They told him that he didn't understand the assignment, and he told them that they didn't understand life..

Now what was my dream when I was younger?

Big house, nice car, good job.

Why was that?

Because that was the dream I was told to have..

But when I looked closely at every single person that had that dream..

I realised one thing.

They were all unhappy.

Don't fall into this trap..

Instead, we need to adopt our own definition of success instead of defaulting to the one that was given to us from people that were no smarter than us..

Dubai? China? Maybe good ol USA?

No.

No..

And LOL no.

The most abundant place in the world is the graveyard..

Because it is here that we find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled..

The books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered..

All because we are too afraid to take that first step..

My problem with being smart and hardworking was that I was always afraid to take risks..

But here is the funny thing about life..

None of us will make it out alive..

So if we are going to fail at something that we don’t enjoy doing, we might as well take a chance on doing what we love..

When they told me that I had to pay an obscene amount of dollars to attend a university..

So that maybe one day..

10 years down the road..

I would be happy and successful..

I did not even blink..

But when someone who was living the life that I wanted was willing to mentor me one on one..

I immediately thought,

“Oh too good to be true”

“That would never work for me”

“I don't have enough time"

"I'm not ready yet"

"I don’t want to put all this time into something…only to have it fail”

"I wouldn't even know where to start"