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99 out of 100 people will never become rich in their whole life. And it’s not even their fault. The blame lies with the system we’re all a part of.
In school, what do they teach us?
Wear your uniform, your shoes must be polished, tie your tie properly, button your shirt, comb your hair, get good grades.
Then comes 10th grade—pick Science, Commerce, or Humanities.
Choose Science so you can become an engineer. But to get Science, you need high marks. If you don’t have enough marks, sorry, no Science for you.
Parents say, “No, my son will take Science. We’ll pay donation if we have to. But no Humanities. No Arts.”
10th ends, 11th begins. Now prep for entrance exams. You want Stanford or MIT, right?
School education isn’t enough, so let’s join tutoring programs. Tuition for CBSE, then coaching for IIT. To even get into test prep, you’ll need to ace a placement exam first.
Then go there, study more, juggle both school and coaching—and your life’s already a mess.
But hey, this is just the beginning.
Phase Two: College
Same boring subjects—Physics, Chemistry, Math.
Maintain attendance, do assignments, give monthly tests, finals every semester.
Pay lakhs in tuition every year.
Then comes the pressure of placements. Prepare again, give interviews, get crushed under pressure.
Finally, let’s say you get a job.
Phase Three: Career
Presently you’re just a cog in the corporate machine. Thousands like you in the same office.
Your boss pressures you, deadlines suffocate you, there’s no work-life balance. At home, you’re still working.
Get scolded by your boss, wait endlessly for appraisals. You switch jobs. Again, new people, new office politics.
Your mental peace? Gone.
The Next Phase: Marriage and Family Pressure
You’re nearing 30. Time to settle down.
Find a girl, get married. Now comes the pressure to have kids. Then comes the kid. Now more expenses.
You need a better job, but also more expenses.
Now you want a car. A good one. Then a nice house. Nice clothes. Because hey—being successful means looking rich, right?
The Trap Tightens
Now your kid grows up. You can’t leave your job because you have monthly expenses.
You can’t take risks. How will you feed your family? How will you pay for your kid’s education? Their wedding?
So now you can’t quit. You can’t start a business. You just start planning for retirement.
“I’ll retire in 30 years, with $120,000 in my bank account. Life will be set.”
But wait—what you're forgetting is that ₹1 crore today won’t be worth the same in 30 years.
It’ll probably be worth as much as $30,000 today.
Then you’ll depend on your children. Sit in parks. Gossip. Pass time. Wait for your time to come.
That’s the usual life of an average Indian—or honestly, people all over the world.
The System and the Rat Race
Because we’ve all been forced into a system where we’re running like rats.
The system tells us:
Go to school.
Go to college.
Get married.
Take loans.
Pay bills.
Pay taxes.
Then support your kids through college and help them get started in life.
Then plan retirement.
Why are we always told to walk this same path?
This is what is called the rat race.
And you know why they want us to keep running in it?
Because if we stop, the people at the top—the ones who built this system—lose control.
They need us to keep running so they stay in control.
The Origin of the System
Back in the 1800s, there was a country named Prussia. They had a strong army. But there was a problem—the army wasn’t under control. It did what it wanted.
So the leaders sat down and said, “How do we control our soldiers?”
They built an education system. One that would train people to be obedient. To prepare them for jobs. To control them.
It worked. Then other countries copied it. Including the British.
When they came to India, they brought the same education model:
“Learning English is great. Wear uniforms. Tie your tie. Say Good Morning. Look proper. Come on time. Obey your boss.”
This system trains us for 18 years to be workers. Not thinkers. Not creators.
The Pressure to Consume
Marketing, ads, and society pressure us:
Take loans. Buy cars. Show off. Spend recklessly. Live a fake, flashy life.
Why?
So we stay under control. So we keep paying taxes. So we always have someone working under the rich.
And so there’s always someone buying from them.
That’s the system. That’s the herd mentality. That’s the rat race.
And the system wants you to keep running it.
Rat or Lion?
The real question is—do you want to stay a rat, or do you want to become a lion?
If you want to break free and become a lion, here’s how:
Start questioning everything—every phase, every step in your life.
Level 1: Making Money
If all you want is to earn, go do a job. But if you want to be wealthy, to have time, location freedom, peace of mind—you have to do business.
Look around you. Who are the richest people? Are they doing jobs? No. They are self-employed.
And listen—money isn’t everything. But time and peace of mind? You won’t get those in a job.
One job isn’t bad. But most people who live free, travel, enjoy life, they’re self-employed.
The system tells you the only way to earn is through jobs, entrance exams, placements, IIMs, IITs, MBAs...
Stop listening to them.
There are 100 other ways to earn.
Start an internet business. Start freelancing. Learn a skill. Start offering services. Do dropshipping.
Even if you have no money—you can start online at any time.
Start small, start smart.
A Personal Experience
This comes from personal experience. Financial problems were real. A cousin who was an engineer was earning, travelling—he became an inspiration. So the decision was made to become an engineer too.
Got into one of top engineering colleges. But once it became clear how companies pick hundreds of students and turn them into machines—that life wasn’t acceptable.
55 lakh per year? No thanks. ₹15,000 a month? No thanks.
9 years later, salaries haven’t improved. Most engineers still start with ₹20-25K, and that too, not everyone.
So the decision was made—figure things out.
Internships, learning marketing, sales, courses—led to building internet businesses.
The goal was simple: Time. Family. True wealth.
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