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Mr. Beat looks at what it actually means to be a "self-made" person.
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As it turns out, being “self-made” is a uniquely American phrase.
It was on the Senate floor on February 2, 1842, that Henry Clay first coined the phrase “self-made man.” After that, folks began describing a “self-made man” as any person who achieved success independently, without any outside help.
But economic mobility, or the ability of people to move up or down the economic ladder in terms of their wealth, has been steadily declining in the United States for decades.

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@iammrbeat 2 года назад

What do YOU think is the definition of "self-made?" Or, should we stop using the phrase entirely?

@jeremyguinea3553 2 года назад

First

@parkmannate4154 2 года назад

Nobody is self made. At least not that lives in a Society. You didn't build the roads, create the government rules that let you start a business, etc Still a very interesting vid

@osberswgaming 2 года назад

Hi lord beat

@jamesmitch9792 2 года назад

@@parkmannate4154 that is very false, there is a difference between inheriting a business and building one from public demand.

@chompythebeast 2 года назад

It means benefiting from generational wealth and systemically biased institutions, even outright apartheid institutions in the cases of some. It means "a small loan of a million dollars", it means exploiting the labor of any number of individuals, it means "it's about _who_ you know more than _what_ you know". It means free market capitalism isn't a meritocracy at all like it's purported to be

@arifshahabuddin8888 2 года назад

I once knew an endocrinologist/surgeon who did her own gender reassignment treatment and surgery. She is now a self-made man.

@vivaciousmyosotis 2 года назад

Self-made man or woman??

@staciamwalrus 2 года назад

the self performed surgery sounds untrue. sincerely, a surgical PA

@speedyazi5029 2 года назад

They took that to a very literal level.

@maarten1115 2 года назад

@@staciamwalrus I think it's a joke

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Bing!

@iamtobler 2 года назад

I think it's important to find balance. Realize that everyone will need external help during their lifetime, but also that the one person who has the most power to effect your own life is you. Even if that means just being nice enough to get someone else to want to help you haha... As long as 'self-made' isn't taken completely literally I think it is good for people to try to take as much personal responsibility for their own lives as possible, while always remembering that many other factors will definitely effect them and others...

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Well put

@user-md3wm7vu1f 2 года назад

I would generally agree. The only thing i would add is that how effective you are at changing your life for the better also ultimately all boils down to luck (like how good you are at seeing different possibilities and what it is you need to do and whether or not you have the skills necessary and are in the right environment at the right time to do it, etc.), but i think it is a good idea to act like you have more control than you actually do because that tends to produce better results in people

@user-md3wm7vu1f 2 года назад

@Safwaan people who believe they have some level of control (or at least act like it) tend to be more likely to improve their lives and help others

@user-md3wm7vu1f 2 года назад

@Safwaan depends on the person, but it can lead to greater nihilism/helplessness or depression for some

@S3aCa1mRa1n 2 года назад

Ying Yang

@ChickenVeggi 2 года назад

I don't have problem with the term 'Self Made Men'. My problem is with some of the people who uses it. They try to judge poor people and call them lazy, while ignoring systemic inequalities, such as unequal school funding, parents unable to afford resources, falling in medical debt etc

@conorodea9346 2 года назад

My problem with the term behind the term "Self-Made" is that it implies that they recieved no outside help for their success. Which comes off as ungrateful for the opportunities they have revieced

@dharmabird1 2 года назад

Harry Osborn I’m a white male in the top 1% of IQ. I was born into poverty. I spent 60-80 hours a week working most of my life and still live in poverty.

@lazymixes4535 2 года назад

@@hankschrader7050 Ah yes, the color of ones skin determines ones intellect. That is racism.

@hankschrader7050 2 года назад

@@dharmabird1 My beautiful black people are oppressed by you. You have no excuse. All of these apps besides twitter are full of vile racists. Go woke or get outta my face

@conorodea9346 2 года назад

@@dharmabird1 Wdym? By 'Harry Osborn'

@godocs11 2 года назад

I liked, "Referring to oneself as self made just reveals one's refusal to acknowledge the help or privilege everyone has to have at some point in their life."

@joshuataylor3550 2 года назад

exactly, no man is an island. It's basically a fetish.

@Ugly_German_Truths 2 года назад

As "self made men" usually become so through owning companies, it's almost insulting to call them self-made as if they were responsible for all the work the employees did. Sounds like taking undeserved laurels.

@TheJingles007 2 года назад

Self-made can make sense if you mean it to be no more than the "usual amount" of help people get from their families.. whatever that amount is. Nobody is legitimately claiming that they did everything 100% literally by themselves.

@godocs11 2 года назад

@@TheJingles007 I never said anyone was making that claim (though a select few delusional saps certainly are). What I did say was that people who describe themselves as "self-made" are deliberately downplaying and disregarding the people and circumstances that they could not have succeeded without.

@arrow1414 2 года назад

Ironically, many successful RU-vidrs could describe themselves as "self-made" in the classic sense even if the algorithm gave them a boost!😉

@jackiecooper9439 2 года назад

It's like an iceberg. Hard work, the right mentality & the skill to seize the opportunities is the tip of it. The rest is: Being born at the right place, at a right time, having the right skills, opportunities, etc. That's called privilege.

@billygraham9267 2 года назад

A few years ago, we used to call it luck. Now we call it privilege for some reason. I understand why some people don't like the term "privilege".

@jackiecooper9439 2 года назад

@@billygraham9267 Luck is much broader. It's luck to win a lottery, not privilege.

@jackiecooper9439 2 года назад

@@billygraham9267 Another example: PewDiePie once said don't treat life as a race. Don't stress to get high marks, a job, etc That's coming from a privileged position. Lots of ppl in this world simply cannot afford to not treat life as a race. Feeding your family is a daily struggle for a wage worker in non-developed nations.

@jamesdragonforce 2 года назад

More so the latter these days.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

I wish more of us saw what was underneath the water and stop glorifying the top of the iceberg so much.

@WTFG78 2 года назад

King Friday XIII: “Lord Mr. Beat, I presuuuume?”

@BakuganChampion 2 года назад

I love this channel honestly. I’m in high school. And I still learn from this channel

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

That means a lot. Thank you so much!

@captainprivate3768 Год назад

I have a friend who in the same conversation rattled on about being self-made and then dropped that his father gave him his first 2 jobs which directly lead to the nice position he's in now. He's got a good heart, but you really couldn't make up how oblivious people can be.

@500deathwing 2 года назад

I guess you can say the term "self-made" was "self-made". I will see myself out

@arthurmorgan9559 2 года назад

Good evening

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

There it is. I love it!

@LeftoverPat 2 года назад

This was one of your more "advanced" topics I think... it reminded me of the type of mind blowing I got from history professors in college... like all of your evidence is super valuable because it's constantly proving a new point while supporting your thesis. Perfect mix of history & social analysis. Amazing man

@mihailmilev9909 2 года назад

Ikr

@JOGA_Wills 2 года назад

Self made is impossible, unless you bricked the road, laid your houses' foundation, and grew your food, you are not self made... -Someone struggling to pay rent in Arizona 👍

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

A lot of people struggling right now. Stay strong out there.

@mexicola10 2 года назад

i guess i don't believe self made in an absolute term but i do believe there are people that greatly over achieve their circumstances.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Well I agree with you

@user-md3wm7vu1f 2 года назад

I agree although oftentimes when you look at the factors involved in how they were able to over-achieve their circumstances, in addition to having worked hard they often have massive advantages in spite of their poor circumstances such as high intelligence or they just happened to be doing the right thing at the right time to capitalize on it

@hankschrader7050 2 года назад

@@user-md3wm7vu1f The biggest advantage of all is being born with a high IQ. Its not a coincidence that Elon Musk, Warren Buffett, and Bill Gates all score well above 140 on IQ tests. Which is the sole requirement to be clinically diagnosed as a Genius. Also why most elite positions in the world are held by Eurasian males. For genetic reasons, this group accounts for the overwhelming majority of IQs that are in that category.

@user-md3wm7vu1f 2 года назад

@@hankschrader7050 yes to that first part. in response to the second claim, genetics are not the only reason for that difference and at the very least its still debatable how much they are involved. your comment is guaranteed to get deleted though, its already partially hidden

@hankschrader7050 2 года назад

@@user-md3wm7vu1f Yes, I never stated that they werent the sole contributing factor. But it is in fact undebatable that the genetic component greatly influences disparities between races and sexes. And as for the deletion, that really is a shame. It goes to show that Woke authoritarianism is definitely engrained into modern western society. Certain scientific facts are repressed very effectively.

@Chiropterran 2 года назад

It's a phrase that should be tossed out of the common lexicon, agreed. Its propagation allows some very harmful practices to perpetuate, as it feeds into the whole "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" nonsense. The idea that some people can find prosperity wholly without aid from others is very often used to construct an argument supporting the idea that ALL people can (and should), and are therefore undeserving of assistance.

@AnnalOfHistory 2 года назад

Thank you for having me on!

@osberswgaming 2 года назад

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Heck yeah, your appearance ended up being a powerful moment in the video!

@RachaelMarieNewport 2 года назад

I am going to check out your channel love to support those who are finally able to be themselves.

@AnnalOfHistory 2 года назад

@@RachaelMarieNewport Thank you! Super appreciate it!

@RachaelMarieNewport 2 года назад

@@AnnalOfHistory I subscribed. Not sure if you are familiar with the channels done by Jammidodger94, his fiancee Shaaba, and OneTopic, but I highly recommend them. Very LGTBQ friendly and wholesome laughs. Not history related and among the very few non history related channels I follow.

@evanmoore8578 2 года назад

Bravo again Mr. Beat. Thank you for putting this out. I never forget the help, environment, and love I received when I started out. No such thing as 'self-made'.

@Raeinok 2 года назад

No one is truly self made unless we define some kind of cutoff. Your parents help you, your friends could help, your society helps. We live in a society where people utilise services and goods of other people for their own services and goods. No one is an island.

@ItsBirbYT 2 года назад

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAYING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!!!!!

@rich355 2 года назад

I don't have a problem with the term Self-Made. Even though I don't think anyone is really Self-Made, but I really ever see it used in a appropriate context since most people who call themselves self-made tend to have tons of privileges and opportunities. In many cases, people use self-made to insult the working class for "not working hard enough" and point to a bunch of "self-made" people. Truth be told, a lot of success comes from luck, this is not to discredit someone's hard work, but timing has a lot to do with it as well.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

How you use the phrase definitely matters a lot!

@crusader2112 2 года назад

I mean, I think “self-made” is on a spectrum.

@MutualistSoc 2 года назад

For me. To be coined (self made) you have to do it without anyone's help or without the immoral exploitation of anyone. Is Jeff Bezos self made? Considering he fought his employees in the beginning in denying them overtime pay and benefits I'd say no. Is he self made whenever his business loan was becoming due and he got a close to $500,000 "" investment"" from his mom. And further Millions from friends he made from working on Wall Street. Is Elon Self made when he recieved much the same familial financial help, as with Billions in federal no interest loans when he was just first building the company. Is Gates self made when his mom who was the head of United Way hooked him up with the IBM CEO to give him his first major contract as with multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars to afford equipment in the beginning. Is even Warren Buffett self made when his father was also a Wealthy businessman and even a US Congressman (tell me that didn't give him a hand up somehow) I'd say 99% of people who claim to be "self made" or hold some type of wealth status. Are not actually self made. They are products of Nepotism, Favotism, Corruption, Exploitation.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

99%? That sounds about right actually.

@kylejbeauregard 2 года назад

I think typically when people say they're "self made", it means they built a business or their wealth up from essentially nothing, which I think is a totally reasonable criteria. But regardless of how you define it, I think the reason why people like to debate the semantics of whether someone is "self made" or not is primarily because: A lot of people, frankly, are insecure about others success. And many can't accept that there are lots and lot of successful people who were simply just driven enough to try and fail dozens of times until they finally had something work. There is a mentality with a lot of successful entrepreneurs in which that "grind" is just their default setting. It's not for everybody, which is why I agree that "grindset" advice from your Gary Vee types isn't really applicable to most people... But that IS how a lot of successful people function. I think it's really easy to dismiss others success by going "oh, they're just a trust fund kid", which is statistically unlikely. 75% of millionaires inherited nothing, 20% made their money partially through inheritance and partially through their own endeavors, and 5% inherited it in entirety. But it's still almost the default assumption by a lot of people who are critical of the rich. And on top of that, even when a successful person inherits some wealth from their parents and ends up 10xing or 100xing or 1000xing it, it's common to see people dismiss all the hard work due to that initial inheritance. Which is fine, at that point there's no need for the approval of random critics... But realistically, it strikes me as dumb. The reason I work hard is to one day leave wealth to my kids, and ideally raise them in a way so they're financially literate and business oriented enough to build that wealth further for their kids. If any one of them asked me in the future if they should feel lucky or "privileged" because of where they started in life thanks to my success, I'd tell them to tell anyone who said they should to go fuck themselves. Especially because the real motivation for that mentality is to convince the wealthy their wealth wasn't earned fairly and to support redistributing that wealth. In my opinion, if you inherit wealth, your responsibility should be to be financially responsible, use it to improve your life and ultimately leave your future kids in a better position. Which, unfortunately, is rare - because 70% of wealthy families lose their wealth by the second generation; and 90% by the third generation. Which I would argue is due to absolutely piss poor financial education in schools and the fact that we're still telling people to take antiquated routes in life in a modern world where there is so much opportunity off the regular path.

@mihailmilev9909 2 года назад

I understand what you're saying. But the things is, no body's insecure about other people's wealth. They are simply acknowledging a fact. You didn't create the country you were born in. You didn't create your parents. And beyond that, no matter how hard you grind, if you eventually get an opportunity that "lands" it, nothing will ever happen. By definition. "Success is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." I agree what u guys say about preparation, even though "the grind" is largely histirically a tactic used to tell the less fortunate that it's their fault they didn't make it. But it is good to tell people to keep "grinding" to look for those opportunities that they can take advantage of. But they have to be there to begin with. No matter how hard thise wealthy people grinded, if they were not met with an opportunity to put into action their effort, nothing happens. By definition. And again, this is glossed over to support a narrative that those who succeed do it solely by their own effort, and that if you don't it's ok because it's actually your fault for not trying enough. So those who have succeeded, neccesarily must have had certain opportunities for their effort to even matter or do anything, no matter how hard they work. And those opportunities are completely outside of their control or knowledge. Or if they are then they have way more control than everyone else, so same thing. So they have been gifted with these opportunities and circumstances, whether grind and take advantage/make use of them or not. And that's privilege. It's not an insult it's just a fact. So yes, your children are privileged. For having such a father that cares for them. You are privileged, for being even able to work and do what you do where you do it. I am privileged, for having a life that led me to these truths so that I can share them with you now. So people are just admitting people's privileges, if nothing else then as just as simple facts. And having taken into account these facts, people want to make it more fair or at least acknowledge the unfairness of the situation.

@mickeyg7219 2 года назад

Inheritance is usually only made when the people who raised you died. However, that doesn't mean that you don't benefit from their wealth by any means. The claim that "75% of millionaires inherited nothing" is misleading, it doesn't imply that they started off from nothing - in most cases, they were raised in a safe environment and was educated in schools that are better in quality than normal. Getting allowance or even a "small" loan from your parents to go to prestigious college and start a business are not considered inheritance, but it does let you get ahead. Chance of success doesn't scale proportionately, for example, the difference between starting off with $100 and ended with $100,000 is a factor of 10,000, but so is starting off with $100,000 and ended with $1,000,000,000. But obviously it's easier to make a billion from $100,000 than $100,000 from $100 - because $100 alone isn't enough to get your nutritional and caloric needs met, not to mention things like rent and utilities. In short, if you started off with less than a certain sum of money, higher percentage of your wealth will be going into meeting your basic needs (including shelter). Rich people don't really eat or drink more than average income earners, so the percentage of their wealth that goes into their basic needs are much, much lower.

@mickeyg7219 2 года назад

@@kylejbeauregard I'm pretty I didn't say parents are not supposed to raise their children in the best environment possible. You missed the point here. And yes, if your parents raised you well, you owed them, they count too. You're not debunking any of my points here saying that, but rather just reinforced it even though I believe that's not exactly your intention. There's nothing wrong with growing up in a safe, stable environment, with proper education and well-off parents. That's not what I said. But attribute their adult success without acknowledging all that is just pure arrogance, and ironically, an actual disservice to your family. Well, you do you. But if I ever have kids, at least I'll teach them how to say thanks, I don't have to get into a philosophical discussion about what "self-made" is. If your children grow up and be ungrateful for you and if you ever ended up in a difficult spot, they aren't going to return the favor, and maybe they'll even cheat you out of your businesses - that's on you, and that's in itself isn't my problem. If nothing will affect you, then good, at least I know you're not getting in other's people way. Congratulation for passing the low bar of understanding the concept of consequence.

@missk1697 Год назад

@@kylejbeauregard lmao what a libtard, we live in a society bozo

@providence1961 2 года назад

The deep relationship between American dream and self-made dream 1:40 Henry Clay 3:08 Fredrick Dogulss 4:20 Harriet Beecher Stowe 5:35 Andrew Carnegie 6:22 Russen Conwell and gurus people (self declared self-made men) 8:23 Fundamental problems of Economic mobility of USA 10:17 JJ McCullough and extraordinary RU-vidrs 13:17 Success VS luck 14:00 Mr. Beat

@alonkatz4633 2 года назад

This was a breath of fresh air, Mr. Beat. You should do more videos about random topics.

@SaintSteven67 2 года назад

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Teddy Roosevelt

@tallspaceturtle9117 2 года назад

When your on location you should call it MR. Beat on the beat

@aaronburrhistory2938 2 года назад

Aaron Burr was a self-made man. He was able to get past his parent's death, his uncle's abuse and get his fellow Princeton students to respect him even though he was the youngest one. Even though he had to deal with the death of his wife and the disrespect of many influential men he was able to become a senator and vice president.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

There you go with the Aaron Burr facts again 😏

@donniedewitt9878 2 года назад

He also killed a wannabe tyrant

@edward2364 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat 😂

@eccentriastes6273 2 года назад

10:24 If being self-made means not receiving much help from family or the government then no one who went to school as a child is self-made, cuz idk who else would be paying for it.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Yep

@themurdernerd 2 года назад

Another awesome video! Thanks!

@TehGalvanator 2 года назад

Great video Mr Beat, very inspiring and I wish more people could see this. Although I am a bit more on the cynical side of the idea of “self-made men”, I do believe that they exist although it depends on who you ask. If you were to ask me, I believe my dad fits a great description of a self made man. My dad is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, he came here when he was 15 because he couldn’t afford to go to university in a city over from his town. Now he’s almost 50 and he owns his own company and makes good money. I was privileged enough to experience a good life in a big house because of his hard work, I’ve moved out ever since but my younger siblings live in an even bigger house now. I was able to go to university and earn a degree; he paid for my entire tuition, my parents and my teachers drilled the importance of getting an education into my head my entire life. I’m certainly not a self made man, but if anybody is it’s my dad. Love you, dad.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Aw, that was really nice of you to say about him. Thanks for sharing.

@wubbers662 2 года назад

Mr. Beat: Self made President of his House

@gerrythekay 2 года назад

I’m sure there are many examples of brothers who had different outcomes in life with one a great success and the other much less so. In these cases they were raised by the same parents in the same environment and in the same school system. This approaches my understanding of “self-made”. I think Chris of VTH came closest to this concept.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Now THAT would be the ultimate experiment, but even then what about trauma? One sibling could experience trauma and the other one could not. As someone who has seen trauma, I can tell you it doesn't take much to veer someone down an alternate path.

@gerrythekay 2 года назад

@@iammrbeat OK, let me try a different example. Don’t you sometimes, as a teacher, see students who may not be as gifted as their peers nevertheless excel through hard work and diligent study? I think there are “self made” people who succeed well beyond what would normally be expected of them through their own work ethic.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

@@gerrythekay Yes I do and that's a great example to bring up. Resiliency is amazing. Some say I have it (I call it borderline mental illness ha!) but it is quite amazing how some push themselves more than others.

@user-md3wm7vu1f 2 года назад

it doesnt even stop there though. how difficult it is to “push yourself” is going to vary a lot from person to person in different situation doing different things. Some people are likely much more inclined to laziness than others and hard work could genuinely be much more unpleasant or even drastically more in some cases. In general, being intelligent also allows a person to get by successfully (like in education for example) with less effort than would otherwise be possible

@od9694 2 года назад

I think the first twitter definition was the best

@TheJingles007 2 года назад

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Some of these gurus are!

@JerEditz 2 года назад

I would say a 'self-made man' is someone who goes after what they want in the world. beit simpler things or more bigger things. that's my definition of it anyhow. I find myself self made in going at it on my own. but yet I acknowledge people giving me input.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

I can dig that definition

@tomfrazier1103 2 года назад

They chose the right parents.

@TrenchReynolds 2 года назад

Do you think Mr. Beast ever gets comments asking him to compare two different US states?

@arthurmorgan9559 2 года назад

No never

@kamX-rz4uy 2 года назад

It's a phrase that cannot be taken literally as it cannot stand up to that test. It's more of an idiom. It basically means someone who took a path that through hard work, determination, and perseverance led to success. Their own contributions, and often risk taking, were a major part of their success. It does not mean they didn't have the help of others or luck. Factors include overcoming difficulties such as poverty, lack of education/gaps/problems/issues, and other dire circumstances.

@devinallen7706 2 года назад

Could you do a video about the Kgb? I like the way you explain things and keep up the good work!

@kdscanlo 11 месяцев назад

JJ McCullough emphasized "help from the government" as an exclusion to being "self-made". I don't know what world he's living in that he feels government assistance would be a determining factor in achieving lavish wealth

@Raaaahhhhbbbie 2 года назад

Now I have “stuck in the middle with you” stuck in my head. Thanks, Lord Beat.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

At least it's a great song lol

@chompythebeast 2 года назад

@shantanukhandkar 2 года назад

Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. aka Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. Grew up in rural India in an era where people from his community lived lives little better than chattel slavery. Grew up with little to no monetary or social support for education. Went on to get an education in Economics and Law from Columbia University, became the architect of the Constitution of India and the first Law Minister of independent India. Did he have help along the way? Sure. Does that make him not 'self-made'? Only the most deluded of those who believe that there is no such thing as a self-made person would say so. We all get help along the way. Is luck involved in success? Yes. Is outside help involved? Yes. However, it is strange that the threshold for deciding who qualifies as 'self-made' has been raised so high especially by those who wouldn't qualify as 'successful' in their own right. Its almost as if they need an excuse to explain away other people's success and their own shortcomings.

@pleaseenteraname1103 2 года назад

Being richer doesn’t necessarily mean you work harder and working harder doesn’t necessarily mean you’re gonna be richer, I think it’s all about the type of job you have and the type of career that you choose and what you contribute to society, well contribute to society is kind of a weird one, I don’t work harder work smarter. I think I mostly agree that the term Selfmade really doesn’t have much meeting and what do people mean when they say self made, I think every single person has some kind of help but I think there’s a difference between somebody just inheriting wealth and somebody actually making it.

@MrSweetphats 2 года назад

I never thought about it

@lauramason5667 6 месяцев назад

No such thing as self-made. We’re all interdependent. Great show!

@Em_B 2 года назад

Being "Self-made" implies that you created your own wealth and success independently. Which inherently is impossible. Wealth is not created, it is either shared or taken. In order you have more wealth, you either have to take it from someone or inherit it. If you want $10, then someone is going to have to give it to you. If partake in any transaction such as buying stock, selling land, offering a service or what not, there has to be someone or something on the other side allowing you to follow through with the transactions. It's like saying those people who trade paper clips up to houses self-made, even though that heavily relies on other's willing to partake in their trades. The definition of successes entirely depends on the people around you, in order to be successful, others must fail. You can't be considered successful by others when no one else considers it a failure to not succeed. Therefore you have to use others to propel yourself above them. This is also disregarding the past, like Frederick Douglass said, it is impossible for someone to be independent and separated from the past. You would not be able to live the "American dream" if America never existed. A big part in American society is ignoring the effects on the past or pretending that we're in some sort of time vacuum where the only things that matter are in the present and present only. Frederick Douglass is a good example, seeing how he had no other choice but be constantly reminded of the past he was not involved in, yet still effected him greatly. I believe that the term "Self-Made" is just a form of propaganda naturally created within the wealthy to make poorer individuals believe that they are the sole reasoning in their suffering, to distract them from the fact that our current systems REQUIRES people to suffer in poverty, and to be born with less opportunities. There's has to be a form of inequality for our current social systems and structures to function.

@narnderssar5194 2 года назад

I love this video, you are a great guy mr Beat !

@matthewhedrichjr.5445 2 года назад

More we learn the better we know

@joelb8653 2 года назад

I can't heat the expression "American Dream " without hearing the Papa Roach song.

@mt9085 2 года назад

Do a video explaining the Bill Clinton scandal

@parkmannate4154 2 года назад

Life is 90% luck (opportunity) and 10% being prepared and willing to take advantage of that luck (opportunity)

@Manormouse-04 2 года назад

Mad respect!

@michaelamccauley4697 2 года назад

Thanks for using my tweet! Great video.

@sabine4180 2 года назад

Thanks so much for this. Hard work helps tip the scales, but luck in the right circumstance, skills, body, brain, geography, etc. all matter

@pitpride1220 Год назад

If there was an infusion of capital or free labor into your business at any point in your trajectory that you did not generate through your own means... you are NOT self made. There's an argument that using labor from any source but yourself disqualifies you from being self made. Refinancing your grandma's house counts against. That "small" check from your family or friends counts against. Your father's emerald mine counts against. Having access to your successful family's contacts counts against. Trading off of your family 's or friends' name counts against. Anything you do not generate from your own labor, skill or ability counts against. Rags to Riches is really the only true qualifier of self made. Of which only 4% of the 1% qualify. Even some of those STILL had assistance. But it's slightly more acceptable because they started with absolutely nothing. That demonstrates how rare it is to be wealthy in general. In addition to how exceedingly rare it is to be self made. If it's even possible at all.

@Kylesatre 2 года назад

This is easily one of your highest quality videos on your channel. Great job!

@holeeshi9959 2 года назад

a "self made individual" is "someone who achieved a measurable success that would be difficult for a comparable individual from the same background and given the same chances". So if someone made it into the middle class from poverty, or a billionaire born from a millionaire family, basically if you outperform 90% of your childhood peers you would be "self made". The way I look at it, there are two options in life: one is to try to live the"self made man", put in the work, maybe you won't get there but you'll have a pretty good chance of being better off than if you don't, or you can spend your life wish your parents to give you a head start or dream of winning a lottery. the biggest issue is people thinking "being a millionaire/rockstar" as the only standards for success, I say success can be anyone who achieved beyond their peers by a lot is"self made", money is only secondary.

@ThinkTwice2222 2 года назад

Not sure the word is as important as the idea.... Statistically I'm supposed to be dead or in an Alabama jail, I didn't trust anyone and my culture told me to praise mediocrity instead of investment... I'm now a millionaire in a happy relationship and an MBA. "Self made" bc no other phrase says it better

@casstippit766 2 года назад

I think too often when discussing the topic of self made people focus too heavily on the immediate benefits a family or community nought provide. In reality to biggest advantage that allows people to become wildly successful is the infrastructure that has been publicly funded for for decades that has facilitated their success. But in the end luck plays a larger role than anything. Everyone’s under this delusion that we live in a meritocracy. As if Jeff bezos works 180 billion times harder than someone in his warehouse. Someone once said their aren’t any poor people in America, just a bunch of temporarily embarrassed millionaires.

@somerelativleyuninterestin4763 2 года назад

I refuse to call a man born to a fortune of literal emeralds “self made” I think it’d be a lot easier for everyone to be a billionaire if we had that little head start aswell

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Billionaires often become billionaires because they take HUGE risks. No one without assets already can take huge risks. No one.

@jupiterkansas 2 года назад

Is Lord Beat is your EDM band? If not, it should be.

@MrBrockHeinz 2 года назад

I guess it's a spectrum, with no one completely on the self-made end, but some are closer than others. Also, I definitely think most of the "gurus" had well above average help growing up, and the few that didn't were just criminals before becoming a public figure... which is why they are all shy away from discussing it honestly.

@anarchohelenism 2 года назад

9:36 RIP Georgie. You were a prophet.

@philliphessel6788 2 года назад

“That’s why they call it the American Dream: because you have to be asleep to believe it.” - George Carlin

@anubis2814 2 года назад

People often confuse self-made man and Neitzsche's Ubermensch. Everyone can be an ubermensch, no one can be self-made. If you call yourself a self-made man, you are little girly man!

@Moneymz 2 года назад

love the vids mr beat keep it up

@berkkarsi Год назад

I think a word that we should also be focusing on is "self-taught". If a person had no parents to take care of them, and self-taught themselves, and became a millionaire, I think that would be closer to calling someone self-made. Though there is still the possibility that they got help from their colleagues and people they hang out with.

@JuliusSiezure 4 месяца назад

mister beat our self made superstar

@avtismvsmaximvslxix5805 2 года назад

1:13 Hey! Vsauce, Michael here! Now what is a "self-made" man?

@ibejibenson6065 2 года назад

Man went from "do not call me self made" to "i am a lord" hahaha love it.

@kir3167 2 года назад

hey!!! it’s jj!!!

@AbbyBlackbird 2 года назад

I’m gonna quote some songs: ~ ~ ~ 2 CHAINS!!!~ ~ ~

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

lol

@jamesliamedward5915 2 года назад

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@calebauldridge4473 2 года назад

Fantastic video as always Mr. Beat, keep it up!

@kevinw2592 2 года назад

This is similar to the problem I have with the Great Man/Woman theory. Sure there have been a multitude of successful people throughout history. But what impact did their circumstance have? There could be 20 potential Mozarts living in the hill of New Guinea right now, but will anyone ever know of them? Will they even realize their abilities if they don't have access to the environment that would let them prosper? We all stand on the shoulders of those who can before us, and are propped up by those around us. Hopefully we can help those who come after us in the same fashion.

@DaleGribble0111 2 года назад

This guy is masterful with the end punch lines 😂😂

@frankkoumaros 2 года назад

I wonder what your take is on Lincoln being a self made man.

@kuroazrem5376 2 года назад

To me a self-made man (or woman) is a person who knows how to use the opportunities that life gives you to help you reach your goals because many people have lots of opportunities and thinga to help them progress and never actually use them.

@ItsJustMe0585 2 года назад

I do think there's a lot of luck involved, for sure. But hard work definitely improves a situation, and being self-made, I always just thought you didn't get any additional wealth tossed your way that what is accessible to all others. In my case, I grew up in extreme poverty, on a farm, outside a very small town. I wanted to make video games. I worked very hard, saved up money all through high school, so I could move to a town that had a community college that offered animation courses, and basically lived a very meager existence with roommates and got the Stafford Loans that everyone can get, which paid for the full college (I was smart enough not to pursue a 4 year university). I busted my butt in my own time to get a great demo reel together that was above what the courses required to pass, and got a job. I never once got a loan from my mom (couldn't' afford it anyway), and now send them back money, nor did I leech off friends or other family. At one point I even lived in my car. It was literally a lot of planning, studying, prioritizing, hard work, and time. I make well over 6 figures, and have a great career. I'd consider myself to be self-made. The luck and help I guess I can say I got, though, was a great economics teacher in high school to help me learn budgeting, taxes, and all that good stuff. I had a roommate who was understanding and let me have good space and kept his volume down when I was studying, rather than living with Sh-heads. I was lucky to live in a very cheap cost of living area that did afford me the ability to save money in high school. I grew up at a time when apartment rent in Texas wasn't too bad.

@commandofact7636 2 года назад

Your luck started when you were not born in Somalia.

@tintim85 2 года назад

Self made man isn’t a real thing. Not that I want to take away from peoples success whether it’s starting out poor and becoming middle class, or even if you inherit a million dollars and turn it into 10 million. It’s still impressive and takes a lot of work, so they should be proud of that work. But self made? It doesn’t exist.

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

True, we can still glorify a strong work ethic, just put it a different way.

@seanrutter3470 2 года назад

My parents were great. They divorced shortly after I started at ku. I got the call from my mom during my 1st semester at KU. I then graduated with a degree in partying at KU.

@seanrutter3470 2 года назад

After that i did party for a number of years...then made bad decisions since then . was responsibe for a while then my ex wife was an ass. Divorced her then have been a selfice ass since. Mostly. People love me, though I don't know why. Life is super strange . ;)

@smigless6154 2 года назад

Self made I would say is a bit off, but I can't think of a better word for it. Not many people described as self made are actually "self made". Most of them got help, recieved rewards, and sometimes just got lucky. But it was because they all kept working hard on a goal and persued it, they were able to become the very best they could be. So I would say someone who is "self made" is rather someone who has a big goal and would do anything to get it. They are ambitious. TLDR: Not selfmade, just very ambitious, hard working, and sometimes just very lucky.

@oklahomasoonersfootball 2 года назад

Good video. Matt ur a amazing RU-vidr man. Make a compared Moscow vs Kyiv and before talk about the war make it a Livestream.

@CynicalHistorian 2 года назад

HOW DARE YOU GOOD SIR! Gotta poo poo the use of the conflation of "cynical" with "pessimistic" at 12:49 - We cynics are better defined as "perpetually disappointed optimists" - though of course i prefer the ancient definition. (sorry for the 2nd comment, but I'm stuck with COVID wasting time)

@bubble_boy0963 2 года назад

2:00 Two minutes, two minutes, that’s how long it took for you to answer the question in the video title. However (And I used a stop watch) google counting the time it took me to exit the stop watch app open the app and type in the question took 23 seconds.

@hansvandermeulen5515 2 года назад

Russell Conwell...never heard of him but apparently he could con well.

@Kazwire 2 года назад

Nice

@iammrbeat 2 года назад

Thanks for being here early

@michellepotter2528 2 года назад

Next video. Idea. The last meal of all presidents

@PPYG 2 года назад

Owgokogo the first moden human is the only self made man

@ananon5771 2 года назад

many people start out with disadvantages in life,but giving it everything despite that and succeeding still deserves the term. though i am more optimistic about american culture (especially as someone with a fair amount of admittedly libertarian leanings) than others (you can see this with JJ's answer vs victoria's answer,who seems more pessimistic about it),and i believe we should empower people for success (in helpful ways of course) rather than tell them it will never happen. just seems like that mentality just keeps people worse off,like look at how Asian americans (despite harsh historic barriers) have been able to rise up to be even more wealthy than the average white person,and rather than nitpick on whether they had it better or worse,we should celebrate the success despite the past and present flaws. though i may just be crazy mr.beat lol.

@Railgun_12 2 года назад

Interesting video. Thank you!

@yelljal2764 2 года назад

Personally, I see my godfather as a true self-made man. He grew up extremely poor, never knowing his father. His mother worked several jobs just to make ends meet. My godfather has always been extremely smart, getting his GED out of highschool and eventually getting accepted into MIT. After college he started a kickstarter campaign and started a small data science company. Eventually this company grew exponentially, going worldwide. He is now a millionaire. He always worked extremely strong to get where he is today. He pushes for his children to have better than he did growing up, and shows that strength and wealth can come out of the most unlikely of places.

@raulmenjivar6584 2 года назад

You are such a nerd.....God I love your videos!!!!!!!!!

@66yozgattandrkebap48 2 года назад

The points you make first sound outrageous to me but once you start explaining I become persuaded somehow. Well, we have a love-hate relationship I guess 😂

@abrahamel-gothamy6472 2 года назад

I think being a self-made person is something that should be strived for, however it is not something to achieve. It’s a journey not a destination. Like being a good person. You should try to be a good person, but if you have to tell others how good you are.. well are you?

@abrahamel-gothamy6472 2 года назад

You pushing yourself, trying to be independent, and actualizing your dreams, should be celebrated. But if you ever feel the need to brag about being a self-made person, then maybe you should ask why that is something you cling to. Maybe a fear of abandonment

@DahVoozel 2 года назад

You are self-made right up to the point you pay someone else for their labor for your own profit.

@fabianthegreat10 2 года назад

My man Douglas was hella right

@drphilsforehead9905 2 года назад

I think no one is fully self made but its a spectrum of how poor to how rich with as little help as possible vs how rich to how rich with a lot of inheritance money if that makes sense

@reignonem 2 года назад

Mr. Beats, It will take sometime for me to provide an adequate comment because I have to read all of the material that you wrote at the bottom of the video first. That way I can comment in better informed way. I have not even watched the video to the end yet, so it will take time to fully digest this material. I hope you can be patient with me. I generally watch these videos more than once.

@meowtherainbowx4163 2 года назад

A huge reason why people think of themselves as “self-made” is that they think the alternative is to have gotten everything handed to them, never having to work a day in their lives. That’s simply not the case. Even for privileged people, being fabulously successful, especially more than their parents were, takes hard work. They can lay claim to many of their accomplishments because they actually put in effort to accomplish them. However, a person of less privilege who had the same personality, general intelligence, and work ethic would not have had the opportunity to accomplish as much. Their starting point wouldn’t have allowed it. They might put the same energy into slaving away at a low-wage job and driving for Uber to make rent rather than running a successful business.