Someone told me he came from a successful family. Other than being wealty, which I know they are, could he have meant more by saying this. This is very important to me, as I do not believe money has anything to do with being successful.
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The notion that wealth equates to success is a meaningless convention. Success is an individual matter. There is no universal definition. It depends on an individual's goals, what he or she wants to accomplish in life. For some, it may be to accumulate a certain amount of wealth, or to have certain things. For others, it may be to create something. For others, to have a positive impact. If you accomplish what you set out to do, then you're successful.
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I'm not even middle class - I'm living paycheck to paycheck these days - divorce & my mom's medical bills decimated my savings & I can't seem to recoup. I reckon folks like Paris Hilton don't actually ever have to worry about money & I'd say the Bill Gates' types of the world have enough to cover their future progeny for several generations to come. Not me; I am scraping by.
41348
It means that being a loser is no big deal, but only if you didn't try anyway. \n\nSeriously, that is most cretinous thing I've ever heard (read). What if both people paid the same price?
202524
I don't know what article you read, probably propagana for whatever purpose the writer only knows. I'm over 40 years old, and out of all the people I've ever met in my entire lifetime, maybe 1 or 2 had a million dollars in savings. I've probably met almost a million, and the ones that had a million, were driving in their car past me. (if I ever did meet anyone with a million, I didn't know it).
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I was thinking about the same thing the other day. It's funny how we hear phrases so much we know what they mean, but sometimes don't stop to think about it literally. I think it means to take something as if it will always be granted to you, as if you won't have to work hard for it in the future.
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If you are wealthy or own stock in a major corporation... I think you could maybe say that. If on the other hand you are middle class or poor...or if you like your civil liberties... No Freakin Way!!!
308902
Anyone can be wealthy? What planet do you live on? LOL... Apparently you have never been hit with disaster, been out of work for a long time, had large medical bills, had little opportunity for higher education, had to drop out of school to help support your family, etc. \n\nNot everyone has the chance to be wealthy. And if you are wealthy yourself, what are you doing to help those who have less?
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Not at all. In fact that is almost ignorant to say that, if you are a true believer in god than you know that possessions don't matter and you get possessions from $. There for you are worshiping $ not god\nI think you are trying to say that wouldn't talking to god be the greatest thing you could ever hope for. I think the better question is \nWould being a billionaire even come close to the value of the knowledge from talking to god?
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My opinion is that too many people associate happiness with monetary worth but have their priorities in the wrong order. While it is true that money can provide certain things in life that will in turn bring a type of happiness, the most common mistake is in thinking you have to have money first to be happy. That's a bit rhetorical in that it's easier to be happy first than to have the money first. Not many of us are born with a silver spoon in our mouths so we have to work for living to make this money in order to have the financial freedom that is commonly associated with happiness. Therefore, its my belief, that you first have to be happy with yourself and like what you do to make a living. When these two things take place simultaneously then more often than not you will be good at what it is you do to make money. When you're good at your work then you climb the ladder of financial success and the money comes by virtue of all this.
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Gentically we are 99 percent the same. I have met some people born without limbs, born blind or born with CP, they had no choice in the matter. \n\nSo socially we are not equal true, high class people by your account means money... \n\n1) rich people want money poor poeple want money \n2) rich people want love, poor poeple want love\n3) rich people make families, poor people make families.\nect ect \n\nso you've been socially conditioned to need to feel better than someone else. other groups..that do this...and no you are not one of these.....\n\n\nRacist.\nSexist.\n\n\nyou by your stament are a Classist...your point is we are not equal...maybe under the law, society, community ect....\n\nthat it is ignorant...maybe...but it is a better option than having the conditioning of either a classist, racist, or sexist. not that you are those last too, its just under the same catagory of thinking.
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From a rich relative.... if you haven't any.... good luck.\nlol
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Congrats on winning them all.  My answer is probably about a buck apiece.  Maybe less if you group them all together.  Why?  Because they mean something to you, since you won them, they dont mean much to anyone else that didnt.
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if the person has a lot of cash all of the time and don't have a job, they are likely a criminal. if your dad is good to you and your family, why bother. if he is not good to you, go for it.
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i think success is doing what you like to do and being able to support yourself on it. i make a living doing my favorite thing, playing music. (technically, thats my second favorite thing to do, lol). i teach guitar lessons, and play in a band and do recordings. i'm not looking to be rich, though i dont think i'd turn it down. i just want to be able to pay my mortgage and take care of my girlfriend as best i can by doing what i like to do. (and she's doing really well, it wouldnt surprise me if she makes more than i do in a few years.)
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Why don't we all put our money where our mouth is?? \n\nHow easy is it to say, "god, please bless those less fortunate than I, so I don't have to part with my fortune."???\n\nGod does not give blessings so that you can ask him to give blessings to your neighbor.  He gives blessings so that you can give to your neighbor knowing that he will come through for you even if you don't have a bundle of money and stuff stored away.
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WTF???...This does'nt make sence...did you mean to say that you "Owe" a large amount? Even if you did, that's still not a question...What does not haveing kids have to do with it...You might want to reword what you were trying to say.
446448
This is one of my favorite quotes. It means that there are no rules or special guidelines to follow to become successful. No one knows the exact way to do it, there's no recipe for success. But the way someone fails is if they always are concerned with making other people happy. We have to make sure that they are happy in life. You can never please everybody in life, everyone is so different and there are so many people. We have to be happy, simple as that.