The difference between people that work hard and have something and people that work hard and don't have something is a combination of desire, drive, and confidence.
There's certainly something to that. For me, though, it was psychologically difficult, to say the least, to hold the confidence and drive to make something of myself, while doing a good job at manufacturing refrigerators or operating a cash register. Given the large number of folk who never seem to get out of those dead-end service jobs, I think there may well be a lot of people like me. :)
A lot of people that stay in dead end jobs either don't mind being there or aren't making the effort required to get out.
Don't make excuses for them or yourself. It is a matter of ignoring the negative things (or spinning them in a positive light) and not giving up. Change can happen if you let it.
There's certainly something to that. For me, though, it was psychologically difficult, to say the least, to hold the confidence and drive to make something of myself, while doing a good job at manufacturing refrigerators or operating a cash register. Given the large number of folk who never seem to get out of those dead-end service jobs, I think there may well be a lot of people like me. :)