How I got wealthy without working too hard
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How I got wealthy without working too hard
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#2> Work and self-actualisation can be rewarding and meaningful, but looking at the sea from an hammock and drinking too much beer with friends three times a week is also a completely respectable way of waiting for the gravitational swallowing of the planet.
Part of wants to accept this from the author and the other part of me is wary. I didn't have a child because I wanted to be happy, I did it because I wanted a more meaningful life. It was the greatest decision I ever made.
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#3Million dollars ain't what it once was.
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#4Million dollars ain't what it once was.
That checks #4, "Don't live in big cities"
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#5What’s the purpose of an article like this if the author starts with a list of decisions which lead to his success, but then immediately follows with “my journey was 99% luck and 1% planets alignment”?
The article is clearly supposed to be a “how-to” of sorts, but then goes and muddies it’s messaging with that second part. The list of things to do isn’t really useful then, is it?
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#6> Don't go too hard on crypto
> 11.2% of NW is tied up in crypto
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#7Million dollars ain't what it once was.
Yep. It'll buy you a house, a nice start on your retirement, and maybe the ability to fund your kids education. But no more than that.
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#8>Preamble: I'm extremely lucky. ... So what you're going to read is 99% luck and 1% planets alignment.
I mean, that's pretty much it and he states it up front. If that's the crux, then why write about this other than to brag?
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#9> Preamble: I'm extremely lucky.
Good for the author, but this really says it all. Specialization as a software developer seems like good advice though.
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#10> Preamble: I'm extremely lucky. Good for the author, but this really says it all. Specialization as a software developer seems like good advice though.
He says he's lucky for growing up in Italy. If you grew up in a developed country, you're extremely lucky too.