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Thread: How the ultra wealthy are not happer than the poor

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    LOL. Pure malarky. Nostalgia.
    Tell me you never got a rush from being the decision maker.
    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    Not from running the firm.
    I get a rush from making decisions on cases and they come out right. (They don't always)
    You're interesting. You run a law firm and you get a rush from making decisions on cases that come out right. But then they always don't. So, if a client loses their money for the investment made, if that is the case, are they given a discount? As/or, who will/gets to bear the guilt?
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    You need enough to be comfortable and to take care of yourself and your loved ones. Outside of that it's not going to improve your mental health and happiness any further.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Xl View Post
    You need enough to be comfortable and to take care of yourself and your loved ones. Outside of that it's not going to improve your mental health and happiness any further.
    I don't know that and you don't either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Captdon View Post
    I don't know that and you don't either.
    I know some pretty wealthy people who have problems that their money doesn't help.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Orion Rules View Post
    You're interesting. You run a law firm and you get a rush from making decisions on cases that come out right. But then they always don't. So, if a client loses their money for the investment made, if that is the case, are they given a discount? As/or, who will/gets to bear the guilt?
    Imagine this -- you work for three years on a case. The demands $240,000,000. Your client offers $1,300,000. The other side turns it down. You bunker down, map out a strategy. The other side are hot shot lawyers from DC. Wouldn't wipe you off their shoes b/c you're not good enough. You map it out. You start trying the lawsuit. Things are going well. You make decisions. Lots of them. The case takes 8 days to try. These hot shot lawyers treat you and your client like you are the scum of the earth. It's what the elites do. Things are going well, but you never know. I ask the jury after 8 days to give them $5,000. They ask for $350,000,000. After 20 minutes, the jury comes back. We're standing in the courtroom. These $#@!y lawyers from DC are so smug, arrogant. My heart is pounding out of my chest. Pound. Pound. Pound. My client's business is on the line. The jury gives them $0.00. You don't think I got a thrill from that? At dinner that night, though, the client representative came over to our table in front of my then teen daughters and gushed at how "great" (his words) a lawyer I was.

    I bear the second-guessing and guilt when my decisions don't come out right. I wear them for months, agonize over them. Decisions that go bad gnaw at you for months. Sometimes, it's the right decision that doesn't pan out, sometimes, it's the wrong decision. Discount when I lose?, of course they do. Thanks for finding me interesting, though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Xl View Post
    You need enough to be comfortable and to take care of yourself and your loved ones. Outside of that it's not going to improve your mental health and happiness any further.
    I will be comfortable when I have 50 million dollars worth of investments.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Xl View Post
    I know some pretty wealthy people who have problems that their money doesn't help.
    Some? That's makes you right? I love how knowing a couple of anything makes people like you an expert.

    Whatever problems they have that money doesn't help, being poor wouldn't help either.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterVeritis View Post
    I will be comfortable when I have 50 million dollars worth of investments.
    It only takes a Velcro hug from my grandson to make me comfortable. The 50 million would be a great bonus though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterVeritis View Post
    I will be comfortable when I have 50 million dollars worth of investments.
    Whatever makes you happy is what you should aim for.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captdon View Post
    Some? That's makes you right? I love how knowing a couple of anything makes people like you an expert.

    Whatever problems they have that money doesn't help, being poor wouldn't help either.
    And what makes you an expert?

    Obviously being poor doesn't help, and being poor can bring about many problems. Which is why I said making enough to be comfortable should make one happy.

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