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← Wealth is what you have divided by what you want, so the reliable way to become wealthier is to want less.
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Read this korrent: Wealth is what you have divided by what you want, so the reliable way to become wealthier is to want less.
Wealth is what you have divided by what you want, so the reliable way to become wealthier is to want less.
Last stated 2 years ago
27 Sept 2024
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Derek Sivers — holds since 2024-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Contentment with what one has does not require great wealth — some billionaires lack it while many ordinary people never lose it. — tap to centre the map on it
Contentment with what one has does not require great wealth — some billionaires lack it while many ordinary people never lose it.
Last stated 2 months ago
28 Aug 2026
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Ryan Holiday — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Before it was possible to get rich by creating wealth, wealth was acquired by being on the winning side of military or political disputes. — tap to centre the map on it
Before it was possible to get rich by creating wealth, wealth was acquired by being on the winning side of military or political disputes.
Last stated yesterday
17 Oct 2026
PG
Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Earning more is an outer game you do not control; wanting less is an inner game you do. — tap to centre the map on it
Earning more is an outer game you do not control; wanting less is an inner game you do.
Last stated 2 years ago
27 Sept 2024
DS
Derek Sivers — holds since 2024-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Wealth can be created rather than being a fixed amount, so one person doing well does not always come at someone else’s expense. — tap to centre the map on it
Wealth can be created rather than being a fixed amount, so one person doing well does not always come at someone else’s expense.
Last stated 3 years ago
by 10 May 2023
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Nabeel S. Qureshi — holds since 2023-05-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Wealth can lead to isolation if not managed carefully — tap to centre the map on it
Wealth can lead to isolation if not managed carefully
Last stated 3 weeks ago
28 Sept 2026
PL
Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building substantial wealth requires owning equity in a business rather than merely earning income from one. — tap to centre the map on it
Building substantial wealth requires owning equity in a business rather than merely earning income from one.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
23 Sept 2026
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Barry Ritholtz — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Raise the number all you like, but never raise the lifestyle with it — you can make a lot of money and still be broke. — tap to centre the map on it
Raise the number all you like, but never raise the lifestyle with it — you can make a lot of money and still be broke.
Last stated 5 months ago
3 Jun 2026
KH
Kelsey Hightower — holds since 2026-06-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Lowering regulatory burden on businesses leads to increased wealth for everyone. — tap to centre the map on it
Lowering regulatory burden on businesses leads to increased wealth for everyone.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
26 Sept 2026
PL
Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A free person asks neither what the country can do for them nor what they can do for the country — tap to centre the map on it
A free person asks neither what the country can do for them nor what they can do for the country
MF
Milton Friedman — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A policy of freedom for the individual is still the only truly progressive policy, as in the nineteenth century — tap to centre the map on it
A policy of freedom for the individual is still the only truly progressive policy, as in the nineteenth century
FH
Friedrich Hayek — holds since c. 1944 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Computers should allow users to install any software — tap to centre the map on it
Computers should allow users to install any software
Last stated 3 years ago
26 Jan 2024
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-01-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company. — tap to centre the map on it
"If you're not growing, you're dying" is truer of the person than of the company.
Last stated 9 months ago
25 Jan 2026
JC
Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us. — tap to centre the map on it
A common-sense utopia is much closer to the present day than it is to the best futures actually available to us.
Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
WM
William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress — tap to centre the map on it
A company can run at a fast pace sustainably without constant overwork or undue stress
Last stated 4 years ago
4 Nov 2022
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it
A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out.
Last stated 3 years ago
10 Jan 2024
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Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it
A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them.
Last stated 2 years ago
19 Jun 2024
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Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it
A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death
TH
Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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