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** Alternatively: Just because someone else signs his paycheck doesn't mean he didn't earn his place in the big leagues, something he's quick to point out to coworkers who doubt his abilities.
* '''Parodied''': Despite his wealth, the man still dresses like a 19th century pauper, uses slang from that era, and almost never bathes.
* '''Deconstructed''': A man achieves everything he ever dreamed of by building a business empire, but finds that it's [[Lonely
** Alternatively, a person sets out to start a business in the hope of becoming rich. Any of the following things happen:
*** The local/state/federal government's obscenely complicated regulations make it impossible for him to profit in the first place.
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*** The person's business actually does fully succeed and make him a multi-millionaire. The amount of work said person had to do in order to get there means said person has very little leisure time to actually ''enjoy'' the wealth; said person is [[Married to the Job]] and hence has very few relationships.
* '''Reconstructed''': ...so he devotes his life and fortune to serving the community, giving back to the impoverished classes he was once a part of.
* '''Zig Zagged''': A man calls himself a [[Self-Made Man]], but he inherited the business from his father. The business was very small when he inherited it, however, and he expanded it significantly... by following the plans laid out by his father... but wait, no, there were some corrections he made as he went along...
* '''Averted''': A man was born rich, and doesn't claim otherwise.
* '''Enforced''': The work is a biography about a [[Real Life]] [[Self-Made Man]].
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