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Originally Posted by qprogeny79
now maybe if you use the money to better the state of the world (financing medical research, setting up scholarship funds, etc.) THAT would be gratifying, but that would simply be another case of earning your reward, viz., the knowledge that your actions are helping others and the respect for yourself that ensues.
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You just reiterated my point.
It is a means to an end, and only morons with nothing else to offer the world or themselves see money as an end unto itself. That's all I was saying. I would still have a life filled with challenges and avenues to pursue satisfaction and fulfillment, but figuring out how to pay for a new roof would not be one of those things, that's all.
Re: old money/trust funds, minding one's p's and q's and kissing ass until someone dies is not equal to building a fortune for one's self through one's own efforts, and presenting that as some kind of "challenge" is pretty ridiculous.
I think we probably agree more than we disagree on this stuff.