How Do You Measure Your Success? - Topic

zayl121

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#21

Jun 15 2016 06:07pm

Success is the continuous realisation of a worthy idea or goal rather than measured by income.

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#22

Jun 15 2016 07:22pm

Quote (Hacintosh @ Jun 15 2016 06:52pm)

It is rare to meet someone who makes a lot of money and actually has a decent life. I can be done but more often than not you have to devote yourself to work nearly every waking hour to make it happen. Seriously not worth it. If you make enough to not have to worry about how you are going to manage to the bills while not being a slave to your work then you have it about as good as life will ever get.

it depends on how much money is a lot for you. it's pretty easy to make 100k/year with plenty of free time. making millions on the other hand isn't so easy

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Jun 15 2016 07:28pm

Success for me is being financially indepedent

As long as i dont have to depend on anyone else to pay my bills, im good

Major success for me is having my own business/investment that will allow me to not work anymore

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#24

Jun 15 2016 07:28pm

Quote (dro94 @ Jun 15 2016 09:36pm)

I saw a guy on the train home from work today that I went to school with, looking smart in business attire like me. Looked him up on linkedin when I got home and it seems as though he is earning a lot for a 22 y/o, more than me I'd guess.

In that moment I felt a twang of jealousy and the compulsion to outdo him. In a way, that obsessive side of my personality propelled me to work hard and succeed, but I also think it is an unhealthy mindset to care so much about income, status etc.

Do you measure your own success in a similar fickle way to myself?

So you are less successful than a guy you know?

Shit, I know a dude that dumped all his money into Qualcomm in the early 90's.

Fucker made close to 2 mil with a 50 grand investment.

He later added more funds but the stock kept splitting and then there's the dividends too.

He couldn't even tell me how much he made from that.

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#25

Jun 15 2016 07:42pm

I use xyzamp

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