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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I was fortunate to grow up in a house where my dad was a partner in a big firm, made plenty of money and worked long hours. [/b]While I have nothing but respect for him and continue to be close to him, I learned an important lesson: real success was learning how to leverage other people’s time rather than my own. An hourly billing model that literally correlates income to hours worked is, in my opinion, for the average flock of achievers.  Fighting to bill 2K hours and get attribution for referred work is the mass market way to wealth.  I was a good but not great student, went to a good, not great, university and have been fortunate and smart enough to build a business. Today, I am hyper connected to my work but not spending 10 hours a day at a desk.  My point is not how awesome I am (although I am, obviously, awesome). Rather to understand that parents that think that three or four hours of homework is the way to success for their kids are the same ones that’s think that [b]a partner’s salary, in exchange for rarely spending time with their family, is the way to win.  It’s not.[/b]

[b]The only thing better than working hard to make money is working less hard to make more money. [/b] The same applies to high schoolers. A tiny percentage of kids will go to Ivy League schools and an even smaller percentage will actually achieve anything as a result of the Ivy education that they wouldn’t have at lower-stress school. Of course, the law partner parents get to flex their kids’ achievements, but how much does that pay? [/quote]

These seem contradictory. Perhaps you meant unfortunate? I can think of few things more unfortunate than growing up with parents who are barely there due to work.[/quote]

Either I phrased it poorly or you misunderstood. My point is that it’s better to figure out a way to work less hard and achieve positive results than constantly grinding. Teaching the value of “leverage” to kids will lead them to a much happier life than correlating voluminous hours of work to success - because that’s not what real success looks like.  My attempted point is that a law partner may think of themselves as successful because they make a decently wage, but when your compensation is directly tied to the number of hours that you work, you’re just a salaryman (as the Japanese would say). [/quote]

I think your point was clear. You were indeed fortunate. Your father was good, although not very present. Your family wealth provided a good launching pad to start a business.[/quote]

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