A billion dollars can't make you content....but a way of thinking can.

Does it bother you to think that whatever you[1] would earn in your lifetime is minted by hundereds of others[2] in a year. Or whatever you dare not even wish (oh yes, you do not) is made in just one day by many others[3]?

I am afraid you might find the thought a bit depressing. Do not.

Think about it.

What does make the difference? I won't plunge into the rhetoric of Ambition, Passion, Dream, Sweat or whatever, i leave that crap to Robert Kiyosaki, Shiv Khera, Deepak Chopra et al. who are good at nursing these "shots of steroid"[4].

I do think i know the difference[5], but here i am interested in the bigger picture.

All i care is that i was not born destined to be an engineer in a status oriented society of racing-rats. We are born humans[6], who would fulfill their needs[7], desires[8] and use their share of resources and must die.

It is the (mis)understanding of our desires that makes us restless. We are not sure of what counts and to what extent. Would a private jet or a business class ticket or an economy class ticket do? And to travel where -- Las Vegas, Bali or Massi-Da-Pind. Stay where -- Suite in a seven, five, three star hotel, or a self-checkin hotel?

The point is, there are many ways to do something. We can not beat[9] everyone (not our ego for sure) by going a different/better way. The billionares go for the most expensive options and thousandares, like me, go for cheapest options. Who enjoys[10] more, or is happier, is not yet answered!

Even if i can not earn more than Gates(read wealth), even if i can not execute kings like Bush does(read power) and even if i can not taste exotic cuisines and keep keeps like some Sultans do(read luxury), i have no reason to enjoy my life any way lesser! (conditions apply[11])

I remember reading somewhere "I may not own the world but i don't give a damn to who does"

Now get back to the rat-race, just remember to enjoy it and not complain if u "lose" it.


[1] -> Engineer/Doctor in better cases.
[2] -> CXOs of Colas, Banks and Abcsofts and many politician.
[3] -> Gates, Buffet, Rothschilds, Ambanis, Mittals.
[4] -> You heard me. More on that next time.
[5] -> So you are interested!
[6] -> An intelligent animal, to be precise.
[7] -> Food, Sex and Shelter.
[8] -> Taste, Lust and Luxury.
[9] -> I say why at all?
[10] -> definition of joy is relative and subjective.
[11] -> Those who matter most to me must also share my viewpoint.