The Best Investment You Can Make

[Armin]

http://blogs.hbr.org/haque/2011/06/the_best_investment_you_can_ma.html

It'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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[Armin]

oh well. fuck it.

[Rule]

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.

[Armin]

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

[Newby]

some strange word filter replacing haq with hack

lol x 10.

[CrAz3D]

cant eat "love"

[Armin]

I do what I love on a daily basis, and I eat just fine.

[CrAz3D]

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.

[Sidoh]

some strange word filter replacing haq with hack

lol x 10.

hahahaha.

[Armin]

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?

Here'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.

[CrAz3D]

I did.  That's the only line that is based in reality. 

[Armin]

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.

[CrAz3D]

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*.

[Joe]

some strange word filter replacing haq with hack

lol x 10.

hahahaha.

Still not as good as congratulations becoming coblackpeopleatulations.