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HODL | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 1. Compounding 
2. Opportunity cost 
3. Broad market investing
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Low Information Voter | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Lolwut?

Privileged much.

How about:

1. Learning marketable skills
2. Prudent planning
3. Willingness to leave toxic people, communities and situations.
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Den Yellek | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 And at the root of all of those is valuing yourself in the future. 
Very hard to ever aquire anything of value in the future if you do not first see yourself as having any value.
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HODL | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You don’t need to have a marketable skill to get rich. You could be a janitor who understands compounding and still end up as a multi-millionaire.
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Low Information Voter | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Not impossible, but still very unlikely. Your janitor would be better served by upgrading his marketable skills first.