Many people equated having wealth (financially) with being busy, unhealthy and losing the bigger picture of life. This Is very far from the truth.
In reality, the wealthy tended to be healthier, happier and enjoys many more options in life (like quitting work when they want to, but all chose to work or be involved in business or work because that is their very nature). The wealthy are more able to help the poor as they often do and with greater impact too. They also pay high taxes.
When the wealthy compare and compete, they dont do it against disadvantaged people, they compare and compete against people of equal status. Thats where they drive each other to greater heights (and also derive greater satisfaction)
Only losers will go and compete and compare themselves with a Down syndrome person and gloat.
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Originally Posted by Unregistered
the problem with people on the fast track is that they dunno when to stop
there is no discipline to control cost, always on the expansion track to earn more spend more.
there is more to life than it is to money...
you come to earth bare, you go off bare - everyone is the same, no special class..
if you happen to make slightly abit more than others (or faster) and feel prideful...you are just fooling yourself. end of the day all is empty..
we compare ourselves to a down syndrome boy working in a spd factory; and feel superior with the fat paycheck and recurring income we gotten. but the true happiness of the latter is never understood by the former
true happiness is never materialism
just one day, you will truly understand that the most valuable things in life is peacefulness of the mind, and the giving nature of the heart
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