When you hire a tutor for your kid at $400 an hour, what are they really teaching?
Not fairness—no, they’re teaching you how to create an unfair advantage over kids who didn’t hire tutors.
This is true in every field: you spend money to buy unfairness.
Every formulation beyond the grift—every piece of real knowledge—is fundamentally at the service of wealthy people, the group that can afford to bid.
He who pays gets handed the knowledge.
By "fair," it simply means your dad can't take the exam for you—not that he can't help you slay fierce tigers, subdue dragons, build irrigation canals, relocate tombs, publish papers, or achieve results.
None of those latter things should be forbidden; comprehensive ability is the full picture of a person's capabilities. Comprehensive ability encompasses your family background, your heritage, your parents, and even your grandparents in every aspect.
Don't talk about going to a poor area and working anonymously for a lifetime. He wouldn't even agree to settle down and do just one thing his entire life. And even if you asked him to moderate his desires a little, he wouldn't go for that either.
Who doesn't wish to experience all the delicious food, fun activities, and interesting things in their limited lifetime?
Your definition of so-called success and failure comes from the opinions of others.
What you consider success is actually believing that doing something this way will make others see you as successful; what you consider failure is simply the fear that others will reject you for doing it.
How do you truly understand yourself? It starts with taking stock of the cards in your hand—what you have and what you want.
Most people can still manage to reflect on themselves daily—simply by asking themselves each day how they can do their best.