“You can choose a life of ease and comfort or you can choose a life of service and adventure."⁠Jeff Bezos was 30 years old when he cofounded Amazon out of his Seattle garage. His company just dethroned Walmart at No. 1 on the #Fortune500, ending a 13-year reign.

Rich Paul reps the richest athletes alive. He flies Delta. The reason is math most of his 22-year-olds have never seen.$200M over 5 years reads like generational wealth. Take it to net and it shrinks fast. Stack the top federal rate at 37%, a California-level state tax around 13%, and the jock tax that follows you into every away city, and roughly half is gone before anything else. The agent commission on a playing contract caps at 4% under NBPA rules. By the time it clears, that $200M is closer

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