RxBar co-founder Peter Rahal on life after becoming a millionaire

Post by Agentlien » Thu, Oct 03, 2019, 2:35 PM UTC

dangus wrote: post #46

motohagiography wrote: post #38

Just means you are responsible for deploying more liquid capital into productive assets. Have fun finding those. If you are creative and a builder, the people who made you what you are were the ones who told you "no," and now there are a lot fewer of those once they think you have money. Barring a few quality of life things and some freedom, the rest is just symbols and artifacts. That bit about finding a woman who w…

I think the whole thing boils down to the idea that, someone who manages to make this much money on pure ambition, hard work, and yes, a decent amount of luck and being in the right place in the right time - well, they’re not likely to be able to enjoy this amount of wealth. They ground it out in a way that I can’t even imagine having the energy to do. I’m a relatively lazy 9-5er who basically refuses to work past 5:…

Post by monort » Thu, Oct 03, 2019, 3:01 PM UTC

_69x2 wrote: post #171

monort wrote: post #170

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Do you ask all your dates for net worth? I never had this question asked, so I can imagine doing this without lying.

Okay, so, realistically, if the guy in the article wants a woman to be in the dark as to what his net worth is, he'd need to: 1. Use a fake name. 2. Create a fake story as to what he's been up to for the last five years professionally. 3. Get an ordinary apartment, car, clothes, etc. all for the purpose of appearing to have regular income. 4. Get his friends to support his fake name, fake life, fake career story, etc…

Post by mercutio2 » Thu, Oct 03, 2019, 7:33 PM UTC

TrackerFF wrote: post #107

dvt wrote: post #51

I don't like articles like this for two reasons: (1) they trivialize actually building a company, growing it, and selling it, and (2), they provide comfort for those that don't have the drive/luck/privilege of getting there by arguing that "hey, money doesn't make you happy!" First of all, as others mention in the thread, this is hardly an example of an "overnight success" -- there are no such examples, barring a few…

I think if happiness was a function of money, then it would very much look like the sigmoid / logistic function. You have a linear region where there's a very dramatic relationship between money and happiness (a $100k salary makes life so much easier than a $30k salary), but there's very small difference at the different ends...a $5k salary will not improve your life much over a $500 salary, even though there's an or…

Post by misiti3780 » Thu, Oct 03, 2019, 7:53 PM UTC

sharadov wrote: post #106

misiti3780 wrote: post #74

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they are a good snack right before you lift weights ... they do taste like shit but who cares

Why not just drink a protein shake straight up mixed with water then? More protein for a lesser amount of carbs.

Post by mr_woozy » Fri, Oct 04, 2019, 12:32 AM UTC

_69x2 wrote: post #131

notadoc wrote: post #116

> Before the Kellogg deal was finalized and he was about to suddenly become very rich, Rahal got worried. “Can I seriously find someone who’s going to love me without the money?” This seems like an easy thought exercise to work through. If you're rich enough to worry about being loved for your money, then you're probably rich enough to have a second modest existence to date from (modest apartment, car, etc). So, don'…

I don't know if I'd be impressed if a guy did this. In theory, this sounds like a fairytale, an ordinary guy turns out to be a multi-millionaire. In practice, this means that he lied to my face the entire time, presumably got his family and friends to lie to me as well, because apparently the entire time we were dating he thought that I might be a gold digger? Creating an entire separate identity because of your gold…