Yea, and the class is probably taught by a failed business man/women or even by somebody who has never ran a business at all.
Good for you that you have found what you like (and I respect that) but for the most part because of the biased system people are not even given the choice to be self employed.
As far as your ex-client, yea I was the right hand man of a guy like that for 2 years but he HAS friends so I think this guy is an extreme case. But I will admit, because I’m making the climb myself it gets more and more lonely as you climb to the top. It does not bother me however because the caliber of people I meet at my level (and MUCH higher) are better. Not as in a better human but better as more self controlled and disciplined. Yea, I know people who have lots of friends but the quality of the friends they have are nothing to brag about… … …
In regards to the guy I knew he told me that in order to be successful you haft to delay gratification which is something that Americans have trouble doing. So for him it meant renting rooms even when he had enough for his own apartment, driving old cars, and not having kids but today he is a millionaire, owns property and no longer has to work anymore. He is 49 by the way.