Comments on: Financial Thanksgiving List http://www.thehappyrock.com/2008/11/27/financial-thanksgiving-list/ Getting out of Debt, Getting off the Couch, and Getting into Life Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:23:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Peter @ Wealth Creation http://www.thehappyrock.com/2008/11/27/financial-thanksgiving-list/comment-page-1/#comment-7169 Peter @ Wealth Creation Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:17:23 +0000 http://www.thehappyrock.com/?p=1251#comment-7169 You certainly have a lot to be grateful for. Living debt free and financially secure is rare these days. I really don't quite agree with that global rich list. It makes you want more than what you need. The real trick to financial security is, like John said, separating your needs from your wants. Being rich does not equal being happy. I have lived among some of the poorest people in the world, and let me tell you, many were far far happier than the richest guys I've known on wall street. You certainly have a lot to be grateful for. Living debt free and financially secure is rare these days. I really don’t quite agree with that global rich list. It makes you want more than what you need.

The real trick to financial security is, like John said, separating your needs from your wants. Being rich does not equal being happy. I have lived among some of the poorest people in the world, and let me tell you, many were far far happier than the richest guys I’ve known on wall street.

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]]> By: John @ Curious Cat Investing Blog http://www.thehappyrock.com/2008/11/27/financial-thanksgiving-list/comment-page-1/#comment-7101 John @ Curious Cat Investing Blog Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:59:17 +0000 http://www.thehappyrock.com/?p=1251#comment-7101 I really like the global rich list. So many people in the USA think they have difficult financial challenges, and to some extent they do. However, the struggles billions of other people face, today, are much greater than all but a few in the USA. The global rich list shows how wealthy you are (even if it is a bit misleading at an absolute level, still the overall message is valid) compared to everyone else in the world. Shouldn't you be able to be satisfied being in the top 1 out of 100 people? Do you really need to be in the top 1 of 10,000 people to be financially secure? If so, I think examining your "needs" is a good step. Appreciate how wealthy you are, instead of focusing on how many additional material goods you could have with even more money. I really like the global rich list. So many people in the USA think they have difficult financial challenges, and to some extent they do. However, the struggles billions of other people face, today, are much greater than all but a few in the USA. The global rich list shows how wealthy you are (even if it is a bit misleading at an absolute level, still the overall message is valid) compared to everyone else in the world.

Shouldn’t you be able to be satisfied being in the top 1 out of 100 people? Do you really need to be in the top 1 of 10,000 people to be financially secure? If so, I think examining your “needs” is a good step. Appreciate how wealthy you are, instead of focusing on how many additional material goods you could have with even more money.

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