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Wealth and Money

Lessons about abundance, affluence, wealth, luxury, money, fortune, and financial freedom.

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Things to take into consideration when calculating your real hourly wage: - commuting - costuming - meals - daily decompression - escape entertainment - vacations and expensive playthings - job-related illness - other job-related expenses

The purpose of wealth is freedom.

Not needing wealth is more valuable than wealth itself is.

— William B. Irvine, A Guide to the Good Life

You’ll get rich by giving society what it wants but does not yet know how to get.

— Naval Ravikant

Some people are so poor, all they have is money.

— Patrick Meagher

You won’t get rich renting out your time. You must own equity in a business to gain financial freedom.

— Naval Ravikant

There are no get rich quick schemes. That’s just someone else getting rich off you.

— Naval Ravikant

Wealth is having assets that earn while you sleep.

— Naval Ravikant

Money is something we choose to trade our life energy for.

— Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez, Your Money or Your Life

A rich person doesn’t have to tell you they’re rich.

Money talks, wealth whispers.

Build the life you want first, then save for it. Otherwise your life won't be worth living.

When you’re finally wealthy, you’ll realize that it wasn’t what you were seeking in the first place.

— Naval Ravikant