We Can Achieve Anything If We Stop Trying To Do Everything

Re:We Can Achieve Anything If We Stop Trying To Do Everything by scandox on Friday September 08, 2017 @05:43AM (#15198982)

There seems to be an assumption here (which I've seen in many other places) that ordinary people are somehow missing this trick, are failing to grasp this. I think everybody knows this - more or less explicitly perhaps. The fact is we might talk about becoming rich, but most of us don't really want to - not in a real way. Not to become worth "millions" in our sixties like this guy's mentor.

People want to live rich, varied, exciting lives: Now. Sure, getting rich or being rich would help...but if it means living in a way that is controlled, patient and strategic for 30 years...well then no they don't really want that.

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Re:We Can Achieve Anything If We Stop Trying To Do Everything by svantana on Friday September 08, 2017 @06:11AM (#15199097)

Not only that, but saying "rich" is usually shorthand for famous and/or having high social status. The money itself seems to me the least interesting aspect of "making it". Especially in the startup world, what most of us dream of (in my experience), is recognition from our peers, attention, etc, not zeros on a bank statement.

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Re:We Can Achieve Anything If We Stop Trying To Do Everything by g00gler on Friday September 08, 2017 @08:02AM (#15199557)

Quoting Talib Kweli, "Give me the fortune, keep the fame".

Though I agree with your sentiment as it applies in broad strokes I'd like to sell some software, make ~$10M, and be a recluse.

I don't even need the $10M, though, I'd be happy to not have to wake up at 7 o'clock, rush to the train, then sit at a desk all day.

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Re:We Can Achieve Anything If We Stop Trying To Do Everything by sjcsjc on Friday September 08, 2017 @08:51AM (#15199754)

Absolutely agree with this. My time is what I want, not money, though it would be nice.

And being famous would be a nightmare for me.

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Re:We Can Achieve Anything If We Stop Trying To Do Everything by greeble on Friday September 08, 2017 @08:28AM (#15199658)

Debbie Harry sang this in 1989:

"I'll keep the money, you can have the fame"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_That_Man

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Re:We Can Achieve Anything If We Stop Trying To Do Everything by aj_g on Friday September 08, 2017 @11:10AM (#15200786)

Huh, didn't realize this was such a popular sentiment: Tupac, 1996: "All I want is money, fuck the fame, I'm a simple man" https://genius.com/41188

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Re:We Can Achieve Anything If We Stop Trying To Do Everything by __s on Friday September 08, 2017 @07:04AM (#15199323)

When I say "rich" I mean it in shorthand of "enough money to not have to interact with the world socially to make money"

Of course it's a meme that doesn't spread itself, kind of hypocritcal to be posting on a social platform

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Re:We Can Achieve Anything If We Stop Trying To Do Everything by nxsynonym on Friday September 08, 2017 @09:07AM (#15199837)

Agreed. I could easily live an extremely frugal life for the next 30 years to build riches, but then I would forgo 30 years of a life I want to live.

Not to mention I could die half way through those 30 years, and what would I have to show for it? a slightly larger savings account?

Live smart, but live life. Money is not the end goal for me and I honestly feel like people who make their life mission money driven are missing out a huge portion of what life offers.

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Re:We Can Achieve Anything If We Stop Trying To Do Everything by sharemywin on Friday September 08, 2017 @10:20AM (#15200317)

Kevin HartVerified account

@KevinHart4real

My name is Kevin Hart and I WORK HARD!!! That pretty much sums me up!!! Everybody Wants To Be Famous But Nobody Wants To Do The Work

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