Tobak names at least 10 high-profile business leaders and entrepreneurs (including himself) who came from humble beginnings and relied on hard work, creative thinking and determination to get ahead.
Trumpeting the advantage of rising from adversity, he quotes rockstar Sting’s recent pledge not to share any of his $300 million fortune with his children, who he’s instilled with the importance of self-reliance and having to earn their own money.
Tobak even puts some of the blame for what he sees as a rampant “victim mentality” in the younger generation of workers on social media and politics. As for the mantra of the so-called “99 percent” who say corporations aren’t people, the blogger doubles down on the U.S. Supreme Court’s noted definition: “Of course they are. Employers, executives, directors, investors and customers are all people.”