At 35, Wayne is Down to His Last $10K in Cash. At 57, He Retired Happy. I Got Hopeful.

The best life story I’ve come across this year

Aldric Chen
Making of a Millionaire
5 min readOct 28, 2023

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Those who have overcome unbelievable obstacles in life… have an aura of undefeated confidence. Photo by PodMatch on Unsplash

I know what it is like to walk around with empty pockets.

I’ve been there. I never had any pocket money as a kid. I did multiple odd jobs to finance my toys, comic books, and colorful mechanical pencils.

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