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Kind of reminds me of a sign that they have at Jimmy Johns.
The investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked…
Inside the small boat were several large fin tuna.
The banker complimented the fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. The fisherman replied…
“Only a little while.”
The banker then asked why he didn’t stay out longer and catch more fish? The fisherman said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs.
The banker then asked…
“But what do you do with the rest of your time?”
The fisherman said…
“I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take a nap with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my friends, I have a full and busy life.”
The banker scoffed…
“I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat, and with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats. Eventually, you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to a big City, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run your expanding enterprise.”
The fisherman asked…
“But, how long will this take?”
To which the banker replied…
“15-20 years.”
The fisherman thought for a moment and then asked…
“But what then?”
The banker laughed and said that’s the best part…
“When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions.”
And, once again the fisherman asked…
“Then what?”
The banker said…
“Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take naps with your wife, stroll to the village in the evening, sip wine and play your guitar with your friends!”
I mean, if all the wealthy did this instead of their endless grind to own more and more at the expense of everyone else, the world would be a lot better.
The ultra wealthy have a hoarding mental illness. Most people would have stopped working long before they got to the point they did.
They could also shut the fuck up for like five minutes but nope. We get the Met Gala instead. Rich people parading around on TV for poor people to watch. It’s insane how mentally deranged all of it is.
I've had this same thought. Like, if I ever had the opportunity to be as rich as Bezos or Musk, I don't think I'd make it because I would've stopped so much earlier.
At a certain point, I'd just think "Sweet, we're set for life, and I can spend all my time with my wife and kids." Why would I sacrifice that kind of life just to see numbers on my bank accounts go up in a way that no longer meaningfully affects us?
Im poor asf and still retired. I'm living this life without the money part. I have zero need to fuck up other peoples lives just because i dont work.
I'd just think "Sweet, we're set for life, and I can spend all my time with my wife and kids." Why would I sacrifice that kind of life just to see numbers on my bank accounts go up in a way that no longer meaningfully affects us?
I'm sure there are a massive amount of rich people with this mindset. we just don't hear about it cause the few that keep on getting wealthy for the sake of power ruin it for everybody
There's a lot a billionaires and far more millionaires out there we don't ever hear about. I think you're probably right.
Plenty of people probably did, but the ones that don't are the ones that stand out, so they're the ones we know. Nobody cares about the guy who made a billion dollars and fucked off somewhere; even if they're still a blight on the country with that much wealth, we've got bigger fish to fry.
Like Tom from Myspace?
Tom is the exact model of how I want to see people get rich. He got his bag and then disappeared off the face of the planet. He's not in politics trying to enact a cyberpunk state. He's not in the news every day telling you that if you give your kids a measles shot you're performing the work of the devil. He's off on a beach somewhere taking photos because he loves it, not bothering a soul. Tom is an alright dude and I have no problems with him.
But think of how many people's lives you could ruin with that kind of power!
We could have this if the systems in place didn't provide perverse incentives for sociopaths.
We only need the will to correct the systems, but the sociopaths now have the power of highly distributed propaganda.
Yes see, we ARE correcting the system, by forcing the 5 Pro trans athletes to not be athletes and bombing Iranian kids and locking up anyone Mexican and Mexican adjacent!
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Rich people don't relentlessly grind. They have people for that.
If I was a man with influence, I'd petition to get "billionair" in the dsm.
I think they spell things correctly in the DSM
I'm sorry, did you not understand me? It's one those things you sit in while your hairdresser cuts your hair.
Probably a lot of the time, but mistakes do happen, apparently: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/saving-normal/201306/dsm-5-writing-mistakes-will-cause-great-confusion
Those don't look like spelling errors
The blog post is non-exhaustive and from over a decade ago. You're welcome to look at the errata and confirm they always spell everything correctly every time: https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm/updates-to-dsm/updates-to-dsm-5-tr-criteria-text
The ultra wealthy keep on that grind as they perpetually sustain generation after generation of failsons.
The difference between old money and new money is just how many generations back you go to the first/last grinder in the lineage.
You could do all of this with very little money ... if you're willing to live semi-homeless near the beach. Maybe live in a van. Most expensive thing here is the wine, and wine doesn't cost that much.
There are a lot of annoying things needed that aren't accounted for......like heating and running water and waste drainage. But if you're willing to get creative then anything is possible.
You live in a van on the beach, just bulk buy grape juice and leave it outside for a few years.
None of the things they mentioned actually require much resources at all. Even if this person worked a part-time job, there’s no reason this life should be unobtainable. The reality we’ve been given unfortunately doesn’t allow for this though.
The biggest chunk is affording rent or a home close enough to a beach area. If you can work some artisanal wood carving job or something where you can set your own hours, but make good enough money to cover your basics, then you're set.
The biggest chunk is affording rent or a home close enough to a beach area.
Live in an old van, and that gets a lot cheaper.
"If you have very specific skills that take years to learn, it could be obtainable"
Not to mention the demand to make those skills, profitable enough to meet your needs. There’s only so much demand for skilled woodcarvers in any particular area.
Under many variables out of your control.
Yeah that's what I'm saying. There aren't that many jobs that you control the hours for and yet pay well enough to live within walking or biking distance to the beach (at least in America, I'm sure you could live in lower cost of living countries as a "digital nomad" and ruin the local economy).
But... if you can swing that type of thing, you don't need to be like rich, just well off enough to afford it.
If you're frugal then you might not have to be rich
And if you're fungal then you might be a witch
The trick to this is probably living in a very low cost-of-living country whilst part time remote working for a company in a high CoL country. Get the timezones right and you can wake up late enough that you don't need an alarm, and you can have the lifestyle for the coat of a few days a week in front of the computer.
Now to find that dream job and the right place to live. Shouldn't be hard... Right?
If this is rage bait by the OOP then god damn did I ever take the bait
people like this are so funny when i say "ok, great, send me all your extra money then"
The things described in the text aren't expensive, but the first photo was taken in a boat
The things described in the text imply a completely free schedule, so likely not working a job but still getting money coming in to support that lifestyle.
If you are self employed you can have a less strict schedule and still make money deppending on how successful you are
I mean, rides in boats aren't expensive either if you don't own the boat.
The best boat is one owned by a friend. The same goes for campers/RVs
Fuck, I own both of those in multiples... im cooked.
You'll always have a friend asking around. Not always a bad thing
And pools! I've learned the hard way
Shit, my wife talked me into buying a house with a pool. I intend on doing the maintenance... am I fucked?
If you actually stay on top of it and do everything you're supposed to, no. The people I see compassion the most are the ones who don't put a cover on our treat the pool or swap filters and then piss and moan when they have to vacuum leaves or pull all the algae and so on.
Just like with a house, keep on top of it, or rebuild when the pipes burst.
Now if you'll excuse me. I have a leaky copper pipe I need to go ignore
And how do you do that without earning said money?