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The World Belongs to Those Who Create

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Re: The World Belongs to Those Who Create

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I think the author point was about what would bring the greatest self-fullfillment. It's not necessarily money. You could be an author or an artist or something else, and have far more fulfillment in life than making 10x working at a job that you're good at but that doesn't bring you as much fulfillment.

Fair enough, but I think it's a simplification of how life really works for most people. For the average person, the choice to become a successful artist isn't a trade off between more money and more satisfaction. If they fail to become successful they will significantly lose out in terms of life's more basic needs, because they won't have enough money. Edit: Don't get me wrong, I would love to agree with OP. But I d…

This was meant to be more of a commentary and how much people have switched from spending time on their discovering and acting on their interests to spending hours simply watching others via social media and then feeling frustrated.

Re: The World Belongs to Those Who Create

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post #32

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And destroy is one of the synonyms of consume .

Some things aren't destroyed when they are consumed. A digital recording doesn't disappear when listened to. A book is fine after it's read.

That's why it's one of the synonyms.
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