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Looks like I'm getting down voted for not contributing anything worthwhile to the conversation.

I'm not a huge fan of get rich books and I wonder how many rich people ever read any of those books.

Also I don't really like the idea of hoarding personal wealth - why is it that the richest in the world seem to often give away their wealth after they have accumulated it? eg Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Andrew Forrest.

I remember reading somewhere about Warren Buffett. He said that he enjoyed the challenges of making money not the money itself. He also mentioned that to be ultra 'successful' one needs to devote oneself completely to making money to the exclusion of all else. Doesn't sound like the road to happiness to me.

From where I'm standing it seems that most people who got rich found something they loved doing and were really good at (the threadless guys are a good recent example). The money was a nice side effect of their passion.




If you have a lot or the clear potential to get a lot, money seems like a pretty decent way of keeping score.


I'm not saying there is anything wrong with making money - it's the single minded pursuit of it which I think is unhealthy




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