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> Millionaires don’t waste their mental bandwidth on how much a caramel macchiato costs. This isn't exactly big data, but the few wealthy people I've met (sing
by fwdpropaganda 9y ago
> Millionaires don’t waste their mental bandwidth on how much a caramel macchiato costs.
This isn't exactly big data, but the few wealthy people I've met (single-digit millionaires) were extremely frugal people.
- personjerry 9y agoIf you make 150k and frugally save over 20 years or so, you can be a single-digit millionaire. To be a billionaire, you have to play a different ballgame.
- fwdpropaganda 9y agoAre you either a millionaire or a billionaire?
- personjerry 9y agoDon't you think that a millionaire or billionaire giving you their experience and guidance would be subject to survivor bias?
- HeyLaughingBoy 9y agoPerhaps, but it's also likely to be a more useful perspective than from someone on welfare.
- fwdpropaganda 9y agoSorry, how did you jump from my question to asking a seemingly unrelated question?
- sidcool 9y agoAre there any non YC billionaires on HN? I highly doubt it.