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I wonder about billionaires. Are they just that much better at handling this? Or maybe better at getting other people to do it for them? Or maybe they resigned
by orblivion 16y ago
I wonder about billionaires. Are they just that much better at handling this? Or maybe better at getting other people to do it for them? Or maybe they resigned themselves to never being happy so they just push themselves so they don't have to think about it.
- 3pt14159 16y agoI remember reading somewhere (I think it was a book titled "What they don't teach you at Harvard business school") that the difference bettween 100 millionaires and billionaires was that the billionaires had a much higher rate of borrowing money to fund growth whereas 100-millionaires stopped borrowing once they were profitable.
- emit_time_n3rgy 16y agoThis video of David Rothcopf talking about his book "The Superclass" mentions the megalomaniacal drive of that 'upper eschelon' of persona in our culture. Worth checking out the whole talk IMO: http://www.youtube.com/earthintelnet#p/f/54/LHtNFZ6K0pE http://www.youtube.com/earthintelnet#p/f/54/LHtNFZ6K0pE