If you have it, hide it. Never tell anyone you're rich: it makes you a target and it infects relations with other people. Warren Buffett-style Drive a Toyota a

If you have it, hide it. Never tell anyone you're rich: it makes you a target and it infects relations with other people. Warren Buffett-style Drive a Toyota and shop at Marshall's. Yes you should have surveillance and protection people shadow you at a distance for kidnap and other threat risk mitigation but never too close or obviously. People with an abundance of money are prone to be being swept away by a gradient vector field of ego and accumulate views that diverge strongly from other's reality due to a lack of equal inputs and situational concerns. Also, other people tend to treat them differently (dishonesty) as well. It's like I don't understand how a former colleague was able to transition from grad student to wife of decabillionaire. Maybe it didn't register or make a difference to them, which I hope is the case. In reality, money cannot buy happiness, real love, or real friends directly, it only increases options and freedom. If you want a glimpse into the Chocolate Factory, find someone in ASW who goes to the events and read Felix Dennis' most popular book. Or startup exit and join it. :)