An eagle is flying high, minding its own business, while a pig down in the pen keeps talking trash. Finally the eagle has had enough and dives down to settle it. The pig flips a hoof full of mud onto that beautiful wing, and down comes the eagle into the pen. Stay up where the air is clear. That parable sits at the heart of this episode.

I want to be careful with the title. I am not talking about the poverty you are born into, the zip code or the circumstances you had no say over. I am talking about a poverty mindset, and I believe success and failure both grow out of habits. Intelligence comes from books and wisdom comes from experience, but success comes from good habits.

To prove I am not preaching from a pedestal, I start with one of my own dumbest decisions: a timeshare I bought decades ago because I wanted to impress someone I admired. Whenever you make an emotional decision, it is usually a bad one. I also share the story of a couple here in Atlanta who flip houses the smart way. They buy five, sell four, and keep one, turning a hustle into wealth that grows while they sleep.

We talk about why people argue with the very information that could set them free, why being broke is temporary but being poor is a frame of mind, and why Hank Aaron’s home run record came with a strikeout record too. You cannot hit a ball you never swing at. Keep swinging, and never give up.

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