If you’re not wealthy, it’s usually because you don’t own anything that has enterprise value.
That’s the real reason.
Now zoom in. There are three ways this plays out:
First
You don’t own anything at all. You work a job. You get paid. But once the paycheck lands, the story ends. You don’t hold a piece of the system. You’re part of the engine, not part of the outcome.
Second
You buy into something that already has value priced in. Like buying land in an expensive city. Or purchasing a stock that’s been growing for years. The value is already baked into the price. You win only if it grows faster than the world expects. But if it doesn’t, your returns stay flat. You’re not creating value. You’re predicting it.
Third
You build something from scratch. You make the system. The market doesn’t know its value yet because it doesn’t exists until you prove it. Every bit of revenue growth you create multiplies what it’s worth. This is where the big jumps happen. You’re creating the value and own a huge chunk of it. The whole terminal value is yours to enjoy because the world expected nothing and you created it all.
That’s how wealth is actually built.
Not by working harder.
Not by guessing right.
But by building something the world starts to believe in.
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