Do you want to be rich or comfortable?

[kingwizard]

This is an interesting article I found on msn about the difference between being comfortable and being rich. Apprently a lot of people don't know the difference. Check out the global rich calculator at the end of the article to see where you stand in the world.
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.co...heRatRace/JustHowRichIsRichReally.aspx?page=1

 

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[AroundTheWorld]

Wow! What a great link at the end.... I love that website. Nice Find. ++

It is such a quick way to give you perspective on your life and help you realize just how lucky you really are and that you really could make a difference.

I watched a movie over the weekend - God Grew Tired of Us.

Great movie. Gives you a world perspective.

 

[Sid23]

One interesting fact...no matter how much you enter over $200,001, you will always be the 107,565 richest person in the world! Even if you enter all 9's, it doesn't change.

 

[Jorge]

One interesting fact...no matter how much you enter over $200,001, you will always be the 107,565 richest person in the world! Even if you enter all 9's, it doesn't change.

You beat me, I was going to post the same thing I wanted to check in what position I'll be next year and found that hahaah :banana:

 

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[rugreedy]

Cool article. Thanks!

 

[fanocks2003]

The author of the article brought this up in the article:

"So the less money you have, the less money you think you'll need to become rich. And the wealthier you are, I suspect, the more money it takes to make you feel rich."

I guess this has to do with the middle class effect that Robert Kiyosaki mentioned. I might be wrong here, but the richer you become the more some people spend hence the need to earn more money per year to keep up. But if these people would earn more, but spend the same amount of money as always they would pretty surely feel they wouldn't need to earn more to keep up. I think $100,000 a month is more than enough to life very rich. That is my number for being rich (when talking about income and not wealth).

Another good part of the article:

"At some point in this crazy world, you have to level with yourself about who you are, what kind of life you want, what will make you content. Are you on the path to great wealth? Or have you achieved what millions of others might consider -- what you yourself might want to consider -- a very wealthy life indeed"

A very important question. What does it take? It takes brains to be rich. Not hard leg-work as many people think.

My position if I should refer to the GlobalRichList:

"You're in the TOP 1.69%
richest people in the world!"

Doesn't feel too bad, I guess. I guess I am rich in income.

 

[kingwizard]

One interesting fact...no matter how much you enter over $200,001, you will always be the 107,565 richest person in the world! Even if you enter all 9's, it doesn't change.

I guess that means there are 107,564 more people richer than you.
Better get to work and make more money to get that number one spot.
I think you'll need around 70 billion to claim that spot. :icon_super:
:fastlane:

 

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