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Kristy Shen
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December 2011
Planting Your Money Trees
Becoming a parent has turned me into an involuntary firefighter. I don’t get a cool hat, or get to drive a big red truck, but I do get woken up in the middle of the night to deal with pee-soaked bedsheets, or having to deal with a mid-day meltdown in the middle of the grocery store, or hearing the sound of glass shattering as another dish gets broken. I used to be able to leisurely stroll to a
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“The more stuff people owned, the unhappier and more stressed they tended to be. Conversely, the less stuff people owned and the more they spent on experiences like travel or learning new skills, the happier and more content they were.”
― Quit Like a Millionaire: No Gimmicks, Luck, or Trust Fund Required
― Quit Like a Millionaire: No Gimmicks, Luck, or Trust Fund Required
“According to business and economics professor Paul Harvey, “a great source of frustration for people with a strong sense of entitlement is unmet expectations.”1 If you believe that you’re special, and all you have to do is find your singular passion and turn it into a perfect job, that’s a recipe for disaster. The reality is that the world owes you nothing. You only become “special” by developing skills that are in demand, which takes focus, grit, and long-term work.”
― Quit Like a Millionaire: No Gimmicks, Luck, or Trust Fund Required
― Quit Like a Millionaire: No Gimmicks, Luck, or Trust Fund Required
“One of the biggest lies we´ve been sold is that following our passion is the key . Statistically, following your passion will lead to unemployment or underemployment”
― Quit Like a Millionaire: No Gimmicks, Luck, or Trust Fund Required
― Quit Like a Millionaire: No Gimmicks, Luck, or Trust Fund Required
