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Originally Posted by hchang
Read in a book once that a 9 to 5 collecting a salary you will always be making 1:1
An hour for 1 dollar. That dollar can be $10 / hour at a McJob or $300 / hour.
At the end of the day both are still broke. The dude making $300 an hour is just broke on another level.
They be living in a nicer house and drive a Mercedes vs the $10 / hour riding the bus.
To gain wealth you need to make your income 1:X
The X will always pump in money even when you're sleeping.
At the end of the day everybody in the world only had 24 hours in a day.
Invest where you can, save what you can, and work hard.
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Sometimes I wonder what drives people to want to be so rich. I mean sure, of course having more money is always great. Then you can buy more things. I know your $300/hr is just an example, but if someone was making that much and still felt broke, I feel something else is broken in their life and money isn't going to solve it.
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I don't make a lot, yet I'm also not poor. I have a stable "9-5", my work is ok, a few of my co-workers are my current closest buddies that I talk to on a daily basis (in and out of work), I make enough to fund my projects and all the hobbies and sports I want to do... Sure, if I had even more money, I could be working on more expensive versions of my hobby. Instead of modding my 30k car, I can be modding my 100k car. Instead of mid tier hockey gear, I could go balls out top of the line, even when I'm just playing rec level. But on the grand scheme of things, I feel pretty content with my work/money/spending ratio, while still saving up and paying off mortgage comfortably.
So sometimes I wonder what's the drive of people who want to hustle so hard to make big money? Like I can understand moving up the ladder, new position at the firm, changing to a better career, etc. But I'm talking about trying to become a multi-millionaire, rich AF mansion owner, museum car collection with a yacht in the back.
Of course I wouldn't mind having all of that, but the amount of hard work to get there doesn't seem worth it to me, and I'm not all that bothered by not having it... Maybe my ambitions are too short sighted?