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If you can afford these things, fine. Enjoy them. But if they are a stretch, a struggle, could they really be worth long hours, strained relationships, or your kids continually asking, "Where's Dad?" Life is short and time expended earning a living is, in effect, trading life for cash. We all have an overhead, of course. But what else are you trading your life for? I once heard a customer in a jewelry shop asking the store manager just how accurate the Rolex was that he was considering. "Sir," he answered, "I'm more than happy to tell you about the amazing Swiss craftsmanship that goes into each of these timepieces and how they may become a family heirloom. But, in truth, nothing under this counter keeps time better than the phone in your pocket." This man knew his business. He wasn't selling watches. He was selling luxury, a certain image of success. There's nothing wrong with that. The world is full of desirable things. But some of us have forgotten that the important things in life aren't things at all. And genuine success cannot be measured in dollars and cents. As Bob Dylan once said, "What's money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do." "What is success?" asked Ralph Waldo Emerson, "To laugh often and much. To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children. To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty. To find the best in others. To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition. To know even one life breathed easier because you have lived; this is to have succeeded." SPONSORED Unlock the Ultimate Gold Play: $20 for a 1-Oz. Stake in Gold! Gold has already soared past $2,500 an ounce. But with this 'backdoor' strategy, you can gain exposure to over an ounce for just $20. 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Beyond the satisfaction of some real and natural necessities, all that the possession of wealth can achieve has a very small influence upon our happiness, in the proper sense of the word; indeed, wealth rather disturbs it, because the preservation of property entails a great many unavoidable anxieties. And still men are a thousand times more intent on becoming rich than on acquiring culture, though it is quite certain that what a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has. So you may see many a man, as industrious as an ant, ceaselessly occupied from morning to night in the endeavor to increase his heap of gold... And if he is lucky, his struggles result in his having a really great pile of gold, which he leaves to his heir, either to make it still larger, or to squander it in extravagance. A life like this, though pursued with a sense of earnestness and an air of importance, is just as silly as many another which has a fool's cap for its symbol. What a man has in himself is, then, the chief element in his happiness. The desire to have, to acquire, and to possess is in principle insatiable. Yet rarely does it generate the fulfillment we imagine. By contrast, doing, creating, contributing, or giving does generate the sense of satisfaction we crave. In setting our priorities, therefore, shouldn't doing precede having? After all, how can you do what you really want if you're too busy working for what you already have. So check your priorities. Make sure your actions are in sync with them. As essayist Christopher Morley observed a century ago, "There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way." Good investing, Alex Leave a Comment BUILD AND PROTECT YOUR WEALTH Why This Billionaire's Multimillion-Dollar Bet on a Little-Known AI Stock Could Be Your Next Payday! Marc's Guide to Mastering Earnings Season What Warren Buffett's Billionaire Investing Partner Didn't Reveal in Public Could Make You a Fortune... 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