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Becoming rich and maintaining that requires a commitment that eats into everything else. If one has money in their mind that will taint everything they do. For

Becoming rich and maintaining that requires a commitment that eats into everything else. If one has money in their mind that will taint everything they do. For some this equates with not truly being free. But one can be rich in other things as well, money is needed up to the point of becoming and staying independent and free to pursue other great things

krapp 7y ago
>Becoming rich and maintaining that requires a commitment that eats into everything else. But if you're rich, you can just hire people to maintain that commitment for you. And if you're rich enough, most of your money makes itself through stocks and investments anyway.
- tartoran 7y ago
  Didn't downvote you and Im not denying that what you’re saying is to some extent true but want to point out that’s mostly the case for the old rich. The new rich get affected quite badly by this money bug. At some point money becomes second and power becomes #1, in other words there’s never enough of it because more is needed to feed the ego/power, worries never subside - worries of a different nature than poor people’s, such as maintain that status, comparing with others at that level, that others are to take advantage of their wealth, power games in the family, inheritance nightmares, false friends, trusting no one, not even the partner sometimes etc. These are demons of money. Sure, there are rich people that are truly illuminated which detach completely from that world to pursue other things but these are usually not first gen. If you want to make a correct generalization, moderation is the key goes a long way. Personally, my financial goal is to become self sufficient (decent but modest pension and such) and that’s about it. Amassing wealth and spending lots of money does not interest me in the least.

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Becoming rich and maintaining that requires a commitment that eats into everything else. If one has money in their mind that will taint everything they do. For

by tartoran 7y ago

krapp 7y ago
>Becoming rich and maintaining that requires a commitment that eats into everything else. But if you're rich, you can just hire people to maintain that commitment for you. And if you're rich enough, most of your money makes itself through stocks and investments anyway.
- tartoran 7y ago
  Didn't downvote you and Im not denying that what you’re saying is to some extent true but want to point out that’s mostly the case for the old rich. The new rich get affected quite badly by this money bug. At some point money becomes second and power becomes #1, in other words there’s never enough of it because more is needed to feed the ego/power, worries never subside - worries of a different nature than poor people’s, such as maintain that status, comparing with others at that level, that others are to take advantage of their wealth, power games in the family, inheritance nightmares, false friends, trusting no one, not even the partner sometimes etc. These are demons of money. Sure, there are rich people that are truly illuminated which detach completely from that world to pursue other things but these are usually not first gen. If you want to make a correct generalization, moderation is the key goes a long way. Personally, my financial goal is to become self sufficient (decent but modest pension and such) and that’s about it. Amassing wealth and spending lots of money does not interest me in the least.