Millionaires... how?

catoutthebag

chucknorris wrote: »

Its not a few pence, but it isn't what it used to be, it used to be an iconic milestone being a millionaire, it is nowhere near that now.

Maybe. But normal people strive for other things, like survival and life experiences, than some sort of shallow, sad, capitalist goal of being a 'millionaire', often because they have some sort of other deficit (lack of confidence, insecurity, no friends or social life etc)

chucknorris

catoutthebag wrote: »

Maybe. But normal people strive for other things, like survival and life experiences, than some sort of shallow, sad, capitalist goal of being a 'millionaire', often because they have some sort of other deficit (lack of confidence, insecurity, no friends or social life etc)

Millionaires are normal people too, just because they are financially successful doesn't mean that they lack other qualities.

You are allowed to strive for more than one thing you know.

Mr_Costcutter

catoutthebag wrote: »

Maybe. But normal people strive for other things, like survival and life experiences, than some sort of shallow, sad, capitalist goal of being a 'millionaire', often because they have some sort of other deficit (lack of confidence, insecurity, no friends or social life etc)

Have to agree

I think many of us have made 'a lot' of money simply by owning property in London. Wealthy by good fortune and not always by design.



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chucknorris

Mr_Costcutter wrote: »

Have to agree

I think many of us have made 'a lot' of money simply by owning property in London. Wealthy by good fortune and not always by design.



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Sorry but I don't understand this, how does having good financial fortune equate to someone lacking social qualities? Surely there is no or little correlation.

jimjames

chucknorris wrote: »

Millionaires are normal people too, just because they are financially successful doesn't mean that they lack other qualities.

You are allowed to strive for more than one thing you know.

I agree. If anything I'd expect someone who's made their million(s) to be more confident and have social skills than someone who's working at minimum wage but that's getting away from the initial discussion.

lawriejones1

When my grandmother died she left an estate around a million, and that was through living a frugal existence and saving while she worked as an accountant and my grandfather was a professional soldier. I think it was the fact that she grew up and experienced hyper-inflation in pre-war Germany that she loved to save. She has helped every one of her grandchildren to either get on the property ladder or realise an ambition and so on, leaving an incredible legacy.

I'm not sure what my net worth is, but it wouldn't be a million, but I think that this is an easily achievable figure, particularly if business growth continues. It won't enable me to stop work though.

SailorSam

I have a relative who was named in the Sunday Times rich list. He did it by having a touch of luck and he worked hard.
It helped as well that he's always had long pockets and short arms.

ChesterDog

catoutthebag wrote: »

I've known lots of wealthy people die of a heart attack through stress and working long days and not relaxing. Funny with the amount they earned. Their kids will be happy with the inheritance though.

Even the poster on page 1 said him and his wife should have enjoyed it more and worked less hard.

I'm not advocating consumerism but neither capitalism. Do what you like. ...but life's too short.

That's very true. I would just add a couple of points though.

My tale was about survival really. We didn't set out to make a lot of money, just to do our best to be financially independent. We HAD to work really hard in business to make it work. For years we were right up against it, but we are not the type to throw in the towel. The things we did to survive ultimately meant that - because we carried on doing them - we prospered, but the scenario was almost forced upon us by circumstance.

Secondly, these posts are naturally very finance-orientated. Those are the aspects discussed and on this partucular thread the question was a very specific one. It would be wrong to form the impression that the nature of some replies mean those people have missed out on the good bits of life in pursuit of wealth. For example, catch me on some other forum on some other topic - or indeed in real life - and you would have a completely different impression.

skivenov

I know two

One's a "poor" farmer, the other got laid off, started his own business and got lucky.

jimjames

ChesterDog wrote: »

It would be wrong to form the impression that the nature of some replies mean those people have missed out on the good bits of life in pursuit of wealth. For example, catch me on some other forum on some other topic - or indeed in real life - and you would have a completely different impression.

Good point. If you saw the £50 car I've just bought to restore you'd have no idea I'd got any money at all.