Re:Why Do Rich People Love Endurance Sports? (2017)
by 2muchcoffeeman on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @07:38AM
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I know several ultra runners who are definitely not rich. If anything, they ought to spend their money more wisely and not on more and more gear.
Re:Why Do Rich People Love Endurance Sports? (2017)
by katzgrau on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @06:55AM
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I'd agree with this, but I don't even think it has to be that extreme. An endurance sport requires patience and overcoming a certain level of discomfort in pursuit of a goal.
I know people who stop pursuing whatever it is they want at the first signs of discomfort or adversity. They want the good things to just happen them, and they rarely do.
Re:Why Do Rich People Love Endurance Sports? (2017)
by rusk on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @07:22AM
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That's funny, I know people who pursue the path of least resistance and are quite well off actually, and good things do just happen to them (by virtue of their talent lets say, or other innate qualities). But that's just my own anecdata.
I do know some people like what you're talking about too, but then again I know some people who are big into endurance sports but aren't really go-getters in other spheres either ...
Re:Why Do Rich People Love Endurance Sports? (2017)
by zimpenfish on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @11:42AM
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> I know some people who are big into endurance sports but aren't really go-getters in other spheres
Same. Although I suspect for a lot of them it's because go-getting in other spheres would impact on their ability to do the running and they're happy in their situations as they are.
I'd rather think that if you can run a 100K, you have the mind to overcome amazingly hard situations, and to keep trying, again and again, being in the game for a long time. Which increases your odds of success, so bigger probability to get rich in the end.