I agree that money brings opportunities, but then the opportunities are the interesting thing, not the money. So, if your ambition is to start some fabulously e

I agree that money brings opportunities, but then the opportunities are the interesting thing, not the money. So, if your ambition is to start some fabulously expensive ventures, then you will no doubt need to pursue money with the greatest energy... but even so, the money is only there to serve your ambition. To quote a story from my father's Nasrudin story site: How much In overseeing your possessions it helps to have a long term view. Not too long though. This reminds me of a story: Every child can imagine the cavern of Ali Baba. But who on earth could have been able to picture the treasuries of Tamerlane? What is robbing a caravan compared with plundering twenty-seven kingdoms? For instance, eight hundred camels were insufficient to carry the gold pillaged only from Damascus. Nobody ever counted the wealth ravished from India… Rivers of gold and silver poured over the gravel of diamond and pearls at the feet of the Master. It was said that the loot gathered by Genghis Khan’s hordes ended up in Timur’s hands too. In Samarkand, like all over the empire, endless numbers of palaces, gardens and treasury chambers belonged all to one man – the Emir. Everything belonged to him. Then, one cold winter day, on his way to conquering China, the old tyrant drunk too much arak and died. Unexpectedly, for the Iron Emir seemed immortal. After this event, Nasreddin hastened back to Horto, his childhood village. Even there, the death of the emperor was on people’s lips. Everybody wondered what wealth was bequeathed to his heirs by the great Tamerlane, richest man on earth. “Hodja,” asked Camal the barber,” you lived at Tamerlane’s court, spent your day in his presence and luxury, saw his possessions. You must know. How much did he leave?” Nasreddin, closed his eyes in concentration and counted for a while in his mind. At last he opened his eyes and said: “Everything!” see http://tenner.thinkhost.com/stories/index.php http://tenner.thinkhost.com/stories/index.php