What has prevented you from acquiring great financial wealth?
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A stupid, obnoxious and ignorant quote. Not actually by Bill Gates.
The moron who misattributed the quote to Gates in that thing couldn’t even properly use the contraction of “it is”.
There’s no calculable something that prevented me from acquiring great wealth. I used to play online poker at modestly high stakes, and with some better bankroll management, and less bad luck, I could have won a lot of money with relatively little effort.
Other than that. I care little for financial wealth. Most ways of getting rich involves other people making one rich, and I find that distasteful and against my ethical and political values. There’s often some element of parasitism, of exploitation, and of pure dumb luck. I don’t want any part of it.
What I prefer is a simple life, and for the overbearing machines of the capitalist system to leave me the fuck alone.
Being married to someone who did not have any self-discipline and was something of a fool. I spent much of my early life bailing him out financially.
I bet big time on the Buffalo Bills in the Super Bowl. I mean that many shots, they have to come through don’t they?
A nosy security guard with a gun. ;-p
Well there was also all that pussy I chased.
I didn’t marriage the daughter of the multimillionaire, 48 years ago. True story
I guess we have a decent amount of “wealth” but I’m not wealthy. Mostly, we have money because my husband wound up making a very good salary.
If I had been on my own I never would have been close to wealthy. I don’t have the necessary ambition, I’m risk aversive, and I have a hard time going along with ivory tower bullshit when I see it.
I had a plan to become wealthy, and I worked my plan. But after two divorces, I lost my dream, and couldn’t continue putting in the long hours and living the frugal lifestyle.
I grew up poor and didn’t know what to do with my potential. I had no direction and still dont. Ive always had my head in my clouds and could never take a lot of stuff seriously besides my gaming and drinking. I have the GI Bill and have no idea what I’m going to do with it, but I guess a degree is better than no degree.
My dad.
When I was born, I expected great financial wealth that I would be allowed to (piss) fritter away.~
@Blackberry Can you go to school full time? Go to a university and enjoy campus life? Once at school you might discover degrees and interests you hadn’t thought of.
Lack of drive, I think, combined with a weakness for spending which I inherited from my spendthrift dad. Fortunately, I’ve managed to pay off all my debts except house and car and lasso my spend-spend-spend impulse in recent years, but had I been more motivated to make money and done more saving and investing throughout my career, I think I’d be in better financial shape today.
I’m not complaining though. With a house, car and hot tub, how can I?
It’s just not a priority for me.
I agree 100% with Bill Gates.
What is you definition of “great financial wealth”?
There is nothing special about me. I’m no great success story. I worked my butt off at KFC while earning my BA (My family was very poor so I got no financial help from them or anyone). Then I worked hard for the next 40 years while continually investing in the stock market (I stayed the course through all the crashes and bubbles). My investments have surpassed “critical mass” and I also collect two retirement pensions (not including Social Security). I own our house and have no debt.
If what I’ve achieved equates to your definition of great financial wealth then my answer to you question is NOTHING has stopped me. I did it with a lot of brute hard work, persistence and I’ve been lucky too.
Lack of a criminal streak and lack of sociopathy.
<Wipes arse with £50 notes>
The fact that being taxed to death might have something to do with it.
I doubt Bill Gates wrote that. “its” should be “it’s”. He’s a smart guy and knows that statement is not true. You need combination of many factors: personal capability, right place at the right time, good support network, killer instinct, strong defense, etc.
The statement is as dumb as the Gaming commission ads that say “It’s your fault is you didn’t win the lottery. You have to play to win.” Faulty logic.
From what I understand, kids come out of college now often so much in debt, with a degree that can’t get them any more than a clerical position at a company, if they’re lucky.
@LuckyGuy makes a good point. There are quotes all over the internet that were supposedly from Abraham Lincoln, Marilyn Monroe, Bill Gates, Thomas Edison and others. The majority of said quotes don’t sound like things that these people would have ever said. Just because it’s printed doesn’t make it true or real.
“Hail Satan!” – Jesus Christ
Hail Stan. May his noodly apendage be apon you.
I’ve never been willing to sacrifice my health, my free time or my enjoyment of life to pursue money.
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