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What does it mean?
The speaker acknowledges being criticized as greedy for seeking financial success in business, though such wealth is rarely actually achieved.
In plain terms
People call me greedy for wanting money, but I rarely get it.
What can you take from it?
Criticism of ambition often outweighs actual success.

Where it applies

  • career challenges
  • financial hardship
  • public criticism

Putting it to work

  • career planning
  • financial goals
  • handling criticism

Questions to consider

  • How do you define success in business?
  • Is greed always negative?

Another view

The line mixes slang and might be read as boastful rather than reflective.

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