"How I made sure all 12 of my kids could pay for college themselves": http://qz.com/165716/t/40033

The most important part of all this article is not to praise or copycat the author's practices, taking them as "dos & don'ts", as many people pursuing successful external role models are likely to do while sharing this. Some things are doable; some aren't; some even may questionable, cold-hearted or inhuman; that's an individual judgement.

It must be up to each one to understand itself and choose its own lifestyle–every family and person is just unique. Don't pretend to be someone you're not by blindly applying success recipes, productivity lists, life hacks–or even worse, forcing these down another person's throat. Most of (but not all) the time, you're your best teacher.

In my view the truly important part from this article lies (awkwardly, I must say) shy and alone, in the very last paragraph, where people are least expected to find it. That's the lesson you ought to take from it, and it's quite lifestyle-agnostic. It may connote more about "survival" than "success", but to me that's how the latter begins... then you can tackle beating the odds.

"The real world

We loved the children regardless of what they did. But would not prevent consequences of any of their actions. We let them suffer consequences and would not try to mitigate the consequences because we saw them suffering. We would cry and be sad, but would not do anything to reduce the consequences of their actions.

We were and are not our kids’ best friends. We were their parents."

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