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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most very rich people have done immoral things to become wealthy. I don't envy people like that. I have things that they don't.

- my wife loves me not my money
- I have had one wife
- I know who my true friends are and aren't
- my kids have a good work ethic, responsible and respect a dollar
- no one has ever tried to sue me
- no one hates me for screwing them over
- my customers are happy to see me
- I sleep well at night

I am rich in life.
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I started out with nothing and built a business that has made me wealthy. I can check the same boxes you posted.[/quote]
Then go run your business and stop wasting time on here being a smug asshole.[/quote]

How am I being a smug asshole? By mentioning I’m wealthy?[/quote]

No, by refusing to acknowledge that, in addition to a lot of hard work, at least [i]some[/i] good luck factored into your success.

-You born with the amount of intelligence required to be a smart businessperson? That was good luck. 
-Did you ever have a teacher/relative/boss/neighbor along the way whocame into your life & inspired you? That was good luck.
-Were you free of a serious illness (excluding those entirely related to lifestyle) that would yhave taken you out of the workforce for a significant amount of time during your young 20s &/or 30s (ie your prime "career building" years)? If not, that was good luck. 
Do you have any serious psychological illnesses that effect or have ever effected your ability to fuction  (including work) on a day-to-day basis? If not, that's good luck.
Etc, etc, etc...[/quote]

^ Hardship doesn't completely negate luck, btw. Even those successful who've worked really hard & experienced a great deal of hardship on their way owe a certain percentage of their success to luck/food fortune (&, in my experience at least, will usually readily admit this well before those who have struggled little).[/quote]

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