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One thing I've come to accept about the wealthy people I know, is that they live their lives much more openly than most people, atleast to a select few handler
by chollida1 10y ago
One thing I've come to accept about the wealthy people I know, is that they live their lives much more openly than most people, atleast to a select few handlers.
From work on a trading floor, you just can't leave the floor so everyone is having conversations about their life infront of everyone else.
Someone getting divorced? You'll hear them arguing with their spouse right beside you. Talking to the divorce lawyer about negotiating child custody. Breaking the news to their parents, I've heard it all. Part of it is that you can't leave, but part of it is that you develop a support system with your colleagues, and that's something that, IMHO, most men don't normally have.
Outside of work hours, most wealthy people have assistants who run their day to day. They people answer their emails, answer their phones, even handle filter text messages that range from nude selfies from new partners to which family member wants to have the boat for Saturday night.
Infact I'll be that if you asked most personal assistants they'd joke that the more money someone has the more they lose their ability to handle most day to day tasks.
Most of this is that wealthy people understand that every day there is 1 critical issue they must deal with. If you counter this against most other people, you'll find a much higher proportion of those put off the most important task and instead complete 5 secondary tasks that are important but not life altering important.
or put another way, if you want to be rich you find that laser like focus on one big goal is the most important thing. Most other tasks can be done by someone else. Just look at the global wealthy elite almost all of them made their fortune from one single source,
- cafard 10y agoIn not a few cases, the one single source is called "Dad". But no doubt you are correct about the successful having an ability to focus. People in open-plan offices hear one another's phone conversations, which can be anything from flirting to loud marital arguments or arguments with housekeepers. I don't know that it particularly builds up a support system. These are not particularly well-off people I'm speaking of.