Work to learn. Don't work for money.
If you change your thoughts you can change your actions.
Friends and family will tell you why your ideas won't work. Most are left-brained employees and specialists and NOT entrepreneurs.
The main cause of poverty or financial struggle is fear and ignorance, not the economy or the government or the rich.
Everyone can tell you the risk. An entrepreneur can see the reward.
If you don't like the idea that most of the money spent on lottery tickets supports government programs, you should know that most of the earnings from mutual funds support investment advisors' and mutual fund managers' retirement.