http://blogs.hbr.org/haque/2011/06/the_best_investment_you_can_ma.html
QuoteIt's the burning question many of you have been hurling at me recently: "So instead of idly waiting around for the so-called mysteriously reluctant non-recovering recovery, what should we do to survive this never-ending raging crisis?"
Here's a tiny suggestion. The "best" investment you can make isn't gold. It's the people you love, the dreams you have, and living a life that matters.
Now, some among you will probably roll your eyes and snicker: "Hey, bro, want fries with that hopelessly naive idealism?"
But you're probably willing to entertain the idea that maybe the great systems of human organization, whether political, social, or economic, aren't creating a meaningful prosperity as well as they could. And cynicism's the surest path to mediocrity.
So allow me to explain.
I found this to be an interesting read.
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oh well. fuck it.
Quote from: Armin on June 29, 2011, 10:05:45 PM
cynicism's the surest path to mediocrity.
I like this quote. I encounter a lot of pessimism and cynicism at work, and it ends up unnecessarily stalling progress. Confidence and optimism are an important part of being successful and producing quality work.
I like it as well. :)
It turns out the reason the link was broken was because of some strange word filter replacing haq with hack. But iago fixed it. Here's the fixed link:
http://blogs.hbr.org/haque/2011/06/the_best_investment_you_can_ma.html
Quote from: Armin on July 04, 2011, 03:36:47 PM
some strange word filter replacing haq with hack
lol x 10.
cant eat "love"
I do what I love on a daily basis, and I eat just fine.
Quote from: Rule on July 04, 2011, 03:14:02 PM
Quote from: Armin on June 29, 2011, 10:05:45 PM
cynicism's the surest path to mediocrity.
I like this quote. I encounter a lot of pessimism and cynicism at work, and it ends up unnecessarily stalling progress. Confidence and optimism are an important part of being successful and producing quality work.
Pessimism isnt productive, but people still need to be realistic. Pursue what makes you happy, but you still _must_ investment in commodities and shit. If you don't, you're f'd in the long run.
"towards the lofty goal of being the best in the world at your dream" - only one person in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD is the best at something, and it likely isnt you. Try? Sure. But have back up plans.
Quote from: CrAz3D on July 06, 2011, 09:31:27 AM
Quote from: Rule on July 04, 2011, 03:14:02 PM
Quote from: Armin on June 29, 2011, 10:05:45 PM
cynicism's the surest path to mediocrity.
I like this quote. I encounter a lot of pessimism and cynicism at work, and it ends up unnecessarily stalling progress. Confidence and optimism are an important part of being successful and producing quality work.
Pessimism isnt productive, but people still need to be realistic. Pursue what makes you happy, but you still _must_ investment in commodities and shit. If you don't, you're f'd in the long run.
"towards the lofty goal of being the best in the world at your dream" - only one person in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD is the best at something, and it likely isnt you. Try? Sure. But have back up plans.
You didn't read the whole article, did you?
QuoteHere's what I'm not suggesting: that you impoverish yourself financially to enrich yourself spiritually, intellectually, relationally, and emotionally. Rather, I'm suggesting that the economy as we've built it — and as we choose to live it — might just be doing something like the reverse. Authentic prosperity's probably more about achieving a balance.
I did. That's the only line that is based in reality.
only line based within your narrow view of reality*. millions have successfully found their way down another path, including myself and the majority of the people I work with on a daily basis. If this path is not for you, that's cool. But you're absolutely wrong to universally bag on it.
so long as everyone is able to afford their own livelihood with their best effort, ok.
I've met people that take the 'love what you do' to the extreme, and take out thousands in student loans and other misc loans, then get a useless degree in english and complain about the debt they have. *facepalm*.
ngr
hmm?
Happiness is definitely not that correlated with wealth. It's more tied to our expectations. I was in a tiny poor village in southeast Mexico, and the people there seemed much happier on average than the wealthy people in my life and those wealthy people I meet in big rich cities. And these poor villagers didn't even want my money. They were genuinely content. In many environments people are taught to worship money, become spoiled, and completely lose perspective. Think about those bankers who were committing suicide. Even with their big losses, they still probably had more money than everyone in that village combined, times 100000. But somehow it wasn't enough.
Having a 'balance' between the so called 'reality' of having to work a shit job for money, and doing something you love, is idealistic in my opinion. How many people do you know do something like that successfully? It's just a trap we've been conditioned to think is sensible, because it seems like a compromise. If you are persistent enough, and ambitious enough, I am sure you can end up doing something you like and be making enough money to live comfortably at the same time, no matter who you are (with a few exceptions).
That said, if you're really ambitious, at some point you are almost certainly going to have to work your ass off at things that you hate, as a means to an end. But that doesn't necessarily involve money. Life isn't easy, but money isn't as important as we are made to think it is either.
Mo' money mo' problems.