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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think y'all are missing the point. I'm not a huge fan of his, but his version of "retirement" is getting to do whatever he wants to do. He works all the time, but he's doing what he wants to do instead of taking orders from someone else. He's the boss, but can walk away pretty much whenever he wants instead of having to worry about creditors.

I don't think he's ever preached passivity in retirement.[/quote]

Well, I don't think that's true. Does he really do what he wants to do? You telling me he wants to make pitches on behalf of companies who pay him money for referrals? Really? He woke up one day and thought that this is what he aspires to do in his retirement? Oh but you say this is just tangential to his true passion, which is to save money and help others save money. But I can put that spin on any job - in my capacity as a software engineer, I get to help create information systems that help improve efficiency for the greater good of our civilization, an honorable endeavor that I've always dreamed of doing as a child, and it's just tangential that I have to fill out time cards and put cover sheets on TPS reports.

We can all choose to walk away. The government provides a safety net. It's easy to choose to do less, it takes no special power other than laziness and willingness to reduce your standards. I can drive a beater, I can date a high school drop out, I can live in the back of a van down by the river. It is far better to live your life as a productive member of society, however, because the wealth of our nation wasn't built by people who chose to walk away, but by those with a sense of purpose, driven to work with others to expand the common good.

MMM is actually such a person - his innate sense of need for a purpose in life has driven him to create this valuable platform for connecting people with services, value which is being rewarded back to him by the companies who benefit from the business he refers. Some advertising agencies provide free search, some provide free games, some provide free personal blogs, all to sell advertisements and referrals. MMM does the same with a particular type of financial advice. In the end, he is really no different from any other successful entrepreneur who is driven with a deep sense of personal purpose and enthusiasm. [/quote]

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