I was always driven to make money and save since I was 10. My biggest win in life wasn't making a financial profit on Bitcoin. A lot of people think it is, but they're completely wrong.
It was realizing I had enough wealth by 37 to stop focusing on obtaining more wealth, and focus 100% on my health, wife, and kids. I had the time to do that without trying to make more money.
Money no longer motivates me, and I love it. I'm a better person. I look at rich people with 1000x what I have and wonder why they still want to make more money. It's completely unrelated.
I think the money itself plays a big part. How are you ever supposed to feel secure with money that loses 10% of its value a year? No matter how much money you have, that will weigh on you.
There is also a culture of constant peacocking where everybody wants to be able to one up the guy next to them. I again think this is the result of bad money, because so much of storing value in a fiat system is attributed to being “smart” or “making investment moves” rather than simple saving and working hard at a humble profession.
The last point I’ll add is that 99.9% of people simply aren’t built to be capable of achieving Bezos levels of wealth, and certainly would not enjoy trying. It takes a true psycho who is willing to sacrifice everything for their business or careers to make it to the absolute top, and for most people that is not in their nature. There is a ton of suffering in not realizing this in time and still chasing that type of life even if it is not naturally your path.
(I’m part of the 99.9% btw)
*meant to say completely unrelatable*
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