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If you want to be rich, act like a billionaire (actions speak louder then words).
by OrgNet 7y ago
If you want to be rich, act like a billionaire (actions speak louder then words).
- knicholes 7y agoHow do billionaires act? I don't know any personally.
- rodgerd 7y agoIt's not very useful advice, given that is spans from Elon Musk - who uses a top of the line business jet to commute from one part of the Bay area to another, very eco-conscious, and owns multiple mansions - to Warren Buffet who famously lives in the relatively modest house he purchased decades ago.
- gandalfian 7y agoThough he does commute to his million dollar beach house in his private jet I believe.
- WillPontificate 7y agoExactly. Mathematically we're living in different universes. Moves that are rational for someone who has a few billion dollars under management don't work for the rest of us, because we're unable to diversify risk to the same extent. Along the same lines, however, our "hurdle rate" for a life impacting investment is substantially lower....
- yeahigotgoats 7y agouses a jet to commute and eco-conscious...what?
- OrgNet 7y agoHNers are so anal, don't you see the correlation with OP's title?
- quickthrower2 7y agoPre money (if applicable): Ruthlessly, I'd imagine. Post money: Ruthlessly (or they may go all charitable and all that...)
- danans 7y ago> Ruthlessly isn't necessarily mutually exclusive with: > (or they may go all charitable and all that...)
- tiborsaas 7y agoI can act like I live a lavish life and all I do is success upon success, but I know exactly that my friends would laugh behind my back.