If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Seeking wealth as the sole objective often prevents achieving it due to narrow focus.
- In plain terms
- If you only care about getting rich, you probably will not get rich.
- What can you take from it?
- Focusing only on money can undermine the work needed to earn it.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What drives your work more than money?
- Is money a means or an end?
Another view
Some people do succeed by focusing exclusively on financial metrics.
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