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No one said that money was the most important thing. You added that. Then you proceeded to tell everyone else how they should live their lives. Understanding
by melling 8y ago
No one said that money was the most important thing. You added that.
Then you proceeded to tell everyone else how they should live their lives.
Understanding how to effectively generate wealth, build companies, etc is something that has certain advantages. For instance, this will allow for more time to appreciate the other things in life.
Warren Buffett spends most of his day reading, which he loves to do, for example.
He’ll be donating 99% of his wealth.
Your life is your choices but, quite honestly, you’re adding noise to the conversation that people were trying to have.
- oliwarner 8y agoBuffet?! Sure. He's both from an influential family and was a prodigy for business. He's also been very lucky. If you think you can course-correct your life to rival a Buffet just by the power of these self-help articles, you're a fantasist. I'm not telling anybody to do anything. Just opining my view that outright happiness is not a hard state to reach. One can be content with very little. When your goal in life is "more", fulfilling it is nigh on impossible. But you do you.
- melling 8y agoNo one said you need to rival Buffett. You added that. He was simply provided as an example of an extremely successful person who is living life on his own terms.
- oliwarner 8y agoSo you're just pointing out that one of the richest men on the planet is happy? What were you saying about noise? FWIW, I was trying to make a legitimate counterpoint here and the votes suggest it wasn't as unwelcome as you suggest, but whatever. Thanks for your contribution.