I’ve been bothered by some posts on Facebook about Donald Trump. I’m not bothered by whether anyone would want to vote for Donald or not. I don’t care who you vote for. I’m just talking strictly about finances. Here’s the video:

The videos that bother me are laughing about the fact he was given a million dollar loan from his father while saying he didn’t have it easy. They are insinuating that if they were given $1,000,000 that they would have been just as successful. I want to put that number into context though, so we can all see that what he did is pretty remarkable. Donald Trump is worth $2,900,000,000 according to Bloomberg, $4,500,000,000 according to Forbes, and more than $10,000,000,000 according to his filings to run for POTUS. For all those that think this isn’t impressive, try dropping three zeroes off the end of each number. If someone gave us $1,000, could we turn it into something between $2,900,000 or $10,000,000? It’s easy to look at someone with great wealth and say we could do it too with the same opportunity, but every year lottery winners prove that just getting the money doesn’t mean we keep the money. Every year someone gets a loan for $1,000,000 and is broke the following year. It takes knowledge, guts, and work ethic to become and stay successful. Instead of judging those with wealth, we should learn what we can from them, and that doesn’t mean we have to emulate their attitude or behavior. When we stop judging and start learning then we too may turn a small sum into a large fortune.

Love you guys,

Carll Field

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