Freedom for me/security for the people close to me, I guess. I was one of the lucky few who made a lot off Bitcoin, and paid off my dad's mortgage with the profits. I think I work harder now than if his house had ended up being foreclosed, as now I realize what an outlier that opportunity was.
It's becoming increasingly hard to find inspiration for the things that conflict with my personal ambitions(school, getting an internship at a megacorp etc), I regret to admit. As I'm typing this I'm sitting in my last networking lecture of the semester, and it's difficult to find inspiration to pay attention to this to say the least ha. If I'm working on a freelance project I actually care about, I will work at 100% for days at a time without any need for external contributing factors. I'd be content at a startup living out of my car working 16 hours a day coding/moving boxes/anything for peanuts(I mean as long as everyone else was doing the same of course), but I want my parents and other immediate family to be financially secure.
I guess it's hard to find inspiration until I'm willing to sacrifice to attain whatever goal I have in mind. I first went the business route, wanted to become a quant and wore suits with the rest of 'em. I then realized that if I really wanted something, I wouldn't have to watch corny youtube videos to motivate me to go do it.
Eh I definitely would agree with his point, everyone I know who has a net worth > 100 million USD is absolutely miserable. At that point I've noticed what those people want is a real human connection, which is impossible if others are aware of your wealth.
It's tricky, no doubt about that (I am not worth nearly that much but members of my family and some friends are fairly far north of that).
Family first. No matter what, your lasting real human connections are your family. If you have a clear policy for when and how you will help people out, this can go a lot smoother. My grandparents, for example; They will help with education and medical expenses directly -- which is to say you can ask for help if you need it without looking like an idiot. Otherwise, if they are interested in something you are doing or want to help out in some other way, they will offer. If they don't offer you don't ask. Some families have a more liberal policies that seem to work for them but my family is pretty large and everyone knows what everyone else is doing so this works for us.
Second, hang out with other wealthy people. If everyone has enough and are dealing with the same issues, they are less likely to focus on the money and more likely to focus on the person.
Third, there are people who are not wealthy that just don't care that much about money. If you find them and like them, keep them around (this is where things can get tricky).
I've found that most of these 'hangers on' problems are self made. A lot of wealthy people are busy and will pay to keep people they like in their life -- they are used to using money as a proxy for time and it starts bleeding into parts that maybe it shouldn't. That's when people's feelings get hurt, despite best intentions, and those real human connections evaporate, sometimes very painfully. But as long as people don't tiptoe around issues these things can be handled.
Family first... unless if your family is that wealthy, materialistic, dysfunctional, and soulless like mine (and yes, they were unhappy, for those curious, not that anyone would change anyone's stance towards money anyways).
After growing up in that environment, I knew money wasn't the answer. Instead, I placed my happiness in learning, helping others, and doing what I believed in. Couldn't be happier now!
It's becoming increasingly hard to find inspiration for the things that conflict with my personal ambitions(school, getting an internship at a megacorp etc), I regret to admit. As I'm typing this I'm sitting in my last networking lecture of the semester, and it's difficult to find inspiration to pay attention to this to say the least ha. If I'm working on a freelance project I actually care about, I will work at 100% for days at a time without any need for external contributing factors. I'd be content at a startup living out of my car working 16 hours a day coding/moving boxes/anything for peanuts(I mean as long as everyone else was doing the same of course), but I want my parents and other immediate family to be financially secure.
I guess it's hard to find inspiration until I'm willing to sacrifice to attain whatever goal I have in mind. I first went the business route, wanted to become a quant and wore suits with the rest of 'em. I then realized that if I really wanted something, I wouldn't have to watch corny youtube videos to motivate me to go do it.