Thanks for posting! I agree with you. I'm following you because I find your writing and podcasts funny, and as a bonus, they highlight stuff that needs highlighting, and do it in a way that doesn't demonize. I like the LouisCK and Rodney Dangerfield examples for the same reason. LouisCK's clip below especially "you're taking my money because I don't have enough money!?"
Seinfeld's grandparents sold fish from a push-cart to make it here, like many they came here to Ellis Island with nothing - they couldn't even afford a radio. His dad was a working-class sign painter, and his mom was unemployed. Jerry did not have privilege - he worked multiple jobs and took out loans to pay for his college at a state school.
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Gulman however, got a full scholarship to Boston College - a more expensive private university- for playing football, and after getting his accounting degree there got a rather good job at a big-six consulting firm - I'm sure he made a lot more than Seinfeld at that point in both of their respective timelines, as when Seinfeld was that age he was making virtually nothing doing open-mics and stand-up at small venues.
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All this is to say, to me, Gulman's growing up poor didn't hurt him at all - except maybe his mindset. Zero-sum thinking is poison.
Thanks for posting! I agree with you. I'm following you because I find your writing and podcasts funny, and as a bonus, they highlight stuff that needs highlighting, and do it in a way that doesn't demonize. I like the LouisCK and Rodney Dangerfield examples for the same reason. LouisCK's clip below especially "you're taking my money because I don't have enough money!?"
Seinfeld's grandparents sold fish from a push-cart to make it here, like many they came here to Ellis Island with nothing - they couldn't even afford a radio. His dad was a working-class sign painter, and his mom was unemployed. Jerry did not have privilege - he worked multiple jobs and took out loans to pay for his college at a state school.
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Gulman however, got a full scholarship to Boston College - a more expensive private university- for playing football, and after getting his accounting degree there got a rather good job at a big-six consulting firm - I'm sure he made a lot more than Seinfeld at that point in both of their respective timelines, as when Seinfeld was that age he was making virtually nothing doing open-mics and stand-up at small venues.
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All this is to say, to me, Gulman's growing up poor didn't hurt him at all - except maybe his mindset. Zero-sum thinking is poison.
Great article Dr. Paul. Accurate diagnosis and prescription. Fun fact: ~75% of patients don't take their medication as prescribed. :-)
So wait, are the negative beliefs keeping him poor or is he "deep into the top 1% of U.S. earners"? 🤔