This is gonna be great. More here: The sound of Substack - by Dan Stone - The Substack Post
When you become extremely rich, you become isolated. You will be surrounded by people, but they will not be equals or peers who will talk frankly and honestly with you. They will only be there because of the money and if the money vanishes, so will they. You will be, essentially, alone with your staff and the constant buzz of people attempting to get something from you. You will trust no-one, feel no loyalty, and avoid facing what you have lost. On paper billionaires are rich, but in practice they are some of the poorest people alive.
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Practice More: A red Sharpie and 28 days — Rebecca Mezoff
“Weave every darn day”* becomes concrete when you can use a red Sharpie to mark off the days that you sat down at the loom and worked on that tapestry. I found the marking through the days especially satisfying when I used a marker and red was the best. There were four days in February that I didn’t weave on the rocks tapestry. On the 28th I cut it off the loom.
“Life isn’t as long as you think it is. You have a choice: You can go and try to live a playful life, or you can go and live a life which excludes playfulness. And it doesn’t get you anywhere. Playfulness gets you somewhere.”
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