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Someone your age is much more successful than you. Do you want to.....

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A. Want to become friends with them.

B. Want to screw with their things in a bitter attempt at "leveling the playing field".

C. Kill them.

D. All of the above.

E. Dont care.

F. Will use that as a reason to keep improving yourself
 
Does "more successful" automatically = more money? There's more than one way to define success.

I voted for option E. If their actions aren't affecting my life and I'm satisfied with the way things are going in mine, then who cares what someone else is doing? Besides, you likely don't have a complete picture of what their life is like. People are naturally going to show off the good parts and do what they can to hide the negative parts.

Additionally, worrying so much about other people's success seems like a losing attitute to me. There will always be someone out there with more than you.
 
Be happy that I don't have to work nearly as hard as they probably do and am still satisfied. All the really successful people I've known seem to have one thing in common; They absolutely love chasing dollars. They spend every moment in their life thinking about ways to make more dollars. Every house they see, every empty lot, every used car, every tradeable service or piece of property known to man is plastered with dollar signs to these people and their minds are wasting very few clock cycles thinking about anything but leveraging it to their advantage. I absolutely do not want to do that. If that limits my earnings then so be it. I'll read books, play video games, exercise, and even have enough for the occasional tech toy while living comfortably in a nice house with a car that will reliably and economically make it from A to B. I don't even want to think about money or making money any more than it takes me to get that, which I already have. I am nearly perfectly satisfied, how much could I possibly envy anyone?
 
Originally posted by: Special K
Does "more successful" automatically = more money? There's more than one way to define success.

I voted for option E. If their actions aren't affecting my life and I'm satisfied with the way things are going in mine, then who cares what someone else is doing? Besides, you likely don't have a complete picture of what their life is like. People are naturally going to show off the good parts and do what they can to hide the negative parts.

Additionally, worrying so much about other people's success seems like a losing attitute to me. There will always be someone out there with more than you.
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You know, your statement rings true on so many levels. First of all there are many ways someone else might consider you more succsesful than they are. I think alot of this depends on the age of the observer. Perhaps they have had a long marriage to the same person, have well adjusted children and are respected in the community they live in. Or maybe their house is worth over $1,000,000, is in a gated country club and they have a convertible Bentley you saw them joyriding in.

But then there are the things you dont see unless you know them personally - the kids are drug addicts and that lavish lifestyle is funded on organized crime. :shocked:
 
A friend my age makes twice what I make right now, but hates his job and is constantly stressed out at work.

Me, on the other hand, take my time through college, don't have myself wrapped into a career that makes me unhappy, and get to do pretty much what i want when i want. also am working on traveling a lot next year...something he may never do.
 
Success is all relative. One of my best friends, who I've known for nearly a decade, is now worth several million dollars. He has a multimillion dollar home that I rent a room in. Sure, I'm slightly jealous of his money, but I don't particularly think he's much happier than I am.
 
I stack up pretty well to most people my age. I am an attorney and while some days can be stressful, they aren't much worse than having to wear a blue shirt and sell extended warranties on Monster cables.
My younger brother has faired very well in his work life and makes a lot more money than most people I know (especially me). He has an accounting/finance degree and Big 4 experience but decided to work for himself and build custom homes. Text

I think we both have a balanced family/work life and good career paths but he has what I want; himself as the boss.
 
Who cares? I love my life, sure I could use more money, who couldn't? My wife and I have close friends who make more than we make, it's no big deal. We are blessed with lots of cool things and a good life, I am not that greedy.
 
I don't really care much about other people's success. I've done some stuff that I'm quite proud of that nobody can take away from me. Although, I'm always amazed when some super star athlete is younger than me. Not because of their money, but because of their talent.
 
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