Not to play devil's advocate or disagree with the general message, with which I agree, but Warren Buffett can live in a three-bedroom house in Nebraska. He's im

Not to play devil's advocate or disagree with the general message, with which I agree, but Warren Buffett can live in a three-bedroom house in Nebraska. He's immensely talented, extremely well-established, and in a position where his business is entirely results-oriented, so he doesn't have to answer to anyone. Most people who get caught up in the status bullshit don't start out that way, but develop those obsessions and complexes in order to climb the corporate ladder. They buy fancy cars and apartments to appear "hungry" to their bosses and co-workers. Eventually, they're interested in the status symbols to further their career progress, and interested in that career in order to buy more status symbols; this mixture of toxic attitude and environment becomes cyclical and, once one has a wife and kids, somewhat inextricable.