Are you rich? I am

Very well thought out. But the thing is, like it or not, money does rule the roost in life. Given an option between being a happy family guy and being someone like say, Donald Trump, I would chose the latter.

But yeah, family is important. Thats the reason why I'd rather be a Donald Trump than a Hugh Heffner.

No offence, but one of my professors said something really factual the other day and I doubt I'll forget those words. He said, to a man, money is the most important thing in life. Then comes YOU and YOU alone, and lastly your family.
You may not like those words but deep inside even you know thats the truth.

Wishing you a long an happy life!

I would like to take your professor and have a few words with him. If you base your life on You and You alone you have missed the entire point of being alive. Point is I could not be Me without a family that that chose to put me first over themselves. I carry this same tradition over to my children whom I hope will always put others over themselves.

Think about it this, why do you work? Do you work for you? Ultimately you are working to better someone or something other than yourself. This of course assumes you are actually working in a job you have an ambition for. I work in hopes to better the health care industry with software that aids in saving peoples lives. This goal helps me strive to do better and work harder. Sure I get personal gain out of doing this who doesn't. But guess where my personal gain goes, my family. Its the circle of life. If you have your priorities set on being rich in the monetary form you should rethink your priorities.

Thanks for sharing this Sloan. I think this post says so very much. It's easy in the tech sector to let the pace of life take over and lose sight of what matters most in our lives. Just last night I took Sheryl offline for a quiet evening together. I made dinner and we spent the evening talking and just being together without intrusion. Our wives (or husbands), kids, family and friends are the greatest wealth in our lives.

For me, it's a bit more personal because, having spent 4 months out of work, sometimes the focus on income gets a bit intense. Thank you for reminding me just how very wealthy I am, even in rough times.

well the professor i'm talking about is a forensic sciences teacher.

look, i'm a med student, currently in my 3rd year. it will still take 2 more years for me to get the Dr. before my name, and before i make medicine as my living. so when i start earning and when i have a family with wife and kids, maybe my thought process will change. the thing is, all you said above sounds really good on paper. really does! but in reality, its entirely different. i am not saying that family doesnt assume importance for a person, but the thing is, family comes secondary to most people's career aka money! (well, career is money! who would want a promotion without a higher pay? )

Told ya I'd give you the story and here it is, the readers digest version.
I have a son who was born with a cleft palate. He would quit breathing when he was placed on his back at birth. He had to be shipped to a different hospital so they could monitor him. At 9 months he had his palate repaired and then at 1 1/2 he had his first cast. A spiral fracture to his leg, something usually associated with child abuse. He got the cast off and immediately broke the tibia in his other leg, also a spiral fracture. We didn't want to admit something was wrong so we didn't seek the help our doc pointed us to. a couple months later he was walking across the room and broke the first metatarsal in his foot. we sought answers then. He was diagnosed with a bone disorder that caused him to have half the amount of collagen required for all tissues, which equates to brittle bones, fragile tendons and ligaments and so on. All tissue has collagen. At 11 he had the first fracture to his spine. At 12 he had an accident which put him in the hospital for a long time and kept him from school. Never in all my life have I experienced anything like I did then being called to the school and finding my son on the floor of the gym telling me he had a broken back, again, but also a broken arm and finger. I found help for him and got him a special treatment that has him now standing far taller than we thought he would at 5'7″. The thing is, I learned in a very hard way that we get no guarantees and all we have is today. Live for it, and live for the love of those in your life. It's ultimately all we know we have and all we can count on. I learned what was important and it wasn't money. It was my child.

You are proof that your love will change his life forever. A lot of parents would have given up but you stayed strong and were blessed with wonderful results. Thank you so very much for sharing that story. You are indeed rich.

Very well thought out. But the thing is, like it or not, money does rule the roost in life. Given an option between being a happy family guy and being someone like say, Donald Trump, I would chose the latter.

But yeah, family is important. Thats the reason why I'd rather be a Donald Trump than a Hugh Heffner.

No offence, but one of my professors said something really factual the other day and I doubt I'll forget those words. He said, to a man, money is the most important thing in life. Then comes YOU and YOU alone, and lastly your family.
You may not like those words but deep inside even you know thats the truth.

Wishing you a long an happy life!

I would like to take your professor and have a few words with him. If you base your life on You and You alone you have missed the entire point of being alive. Point is I could not be Me without a family that that chose to put me first over themselves. I carry this same tradition over to my children whom I hope will always put others over themselves.

Think about it this, why do you work? Do you work for you? Ultimately you are working to better someone or something other than yourself. This of course assumes you are actually working in a job you have an ambition for. I work in hopes to better the health care industry with software that aids in saving peoples lives. This goal helps me strive to do better and work harder. Sure I get personal gain out of doing this who doesn't. But guess where my personal gain goes, my family. Its the circle of life. If you have your priorities set on being rich in the monetary form you should rethink your priorities.

Thanks for sharing this Sloan. I think this post says so very much. It's easy in the tech sector to let the pace of life take over and lose sight of what matters most in our lives. Just last night I took Sheryl offline for a quiet evening together. I made dinner and we spent the evening talking and just being together without intrusion. Our wives (or husbands), kids, family and friends are the greatest wealth in our lives.

For me, it's a bit more personal because, having spent 4 months out of work, sometimes the focus on income gets a bit intense. Thank you for reminding me just how very wealthy I am, even in rough times.

well the professor i'm talking about is a forensic sciences teacher.

look, i'm a med student, currently in my 3rd year. it will still take 2 more years for me to get the Dr. before my name, and before i make medicine as my living. so when i start earning and when i have a family with wife and kids, maybe my thought process will change. the thing is, all you said above sounds really good on paper. really does! but in reality, its entirely different. i am not saying that family doesnt assume importance for a person, but the thing is, family comes secondary to most people's career aka money! (well, career is money! who would want a promotion without a higher pay? )

Told ya I'd give you the story and here it is, the readers digest version.
I have a son who was born with a cleft palate. He would quit breathing when he was placed on his back at birth. He had to be shipped to a different hospital so they could monitor him. At 9 months he had his palate repaired and then at 1 1/2 he had his first cast. A spiral fracture to his leg, something usually associated with child abuse. He got the cast off and immediately broke the tibia in his other leg, also a spiral fracture. We didn't want to admit something was wrong so we didn't seek the help our doc pointed us to. a couple months later he was walking across the room and broke the first metatarsal in his foot. we sought answers then. He was diagnosed with a bone disorder that caused him to have half the amount of collagen required for all tissues, which equates to brittle bones, fragile tendons and ligaments and so on. All tissue has collagen. At 11 he had the first fracture to his spine. At 12 he had an accident which put him in the hospital for a long time and kept him from school. Never in all my life have I experienced anything like I did then being called to the school and finding my son on the floor of the gym telling me he had a broken back, again, but also a broken arm and finger. I found help for him and got him a special treatment that has him now standing far taller than we thought he would at 5'7″. The thing is, I learned in a very hard way that we get no guarantees and all we have is today. Live for it, and live for the love of those in your life. It's ultimately all we know we have and all we can count on. I learned what was important and it wasn't money. It was my child.

You are proof that your love will change his life forever. A lot of parents would have given up but you stayed strong and were blessed with wonderful results. Thank you so very much for sharing that story. You are indeed rich.