I thought I'd mention that it seems that most successful people aren't that philosophical. They're just driven workaholics. The rest of us either don't care, or we sit around thinking about what drives the driven ones.
I've got a platonic friend who's very successful, your standard career-woman archetype. It's really difficult having a conversation with her because she gives short one or two word answers and if you say some she doesn't agree with (like the sky is blue) she'll get mad and argue, then try to trump the argument if she can't win. She usually can't win, either because it's like there are..gaps in her knowledge.
Anyway, I think the trait that makes her successful isn't intelligence or having defined any particular philosophy. it' just that her brain is so rigid, she's able to milk the direction in which she's going. Another way of putting it is that she's not smart enough to know that when she's going the wrong way, and she inevitably gets a few successes as a result.
If you're not naturally stupid, or rigid like that, then you actually have a disadvantage as far as monetary success is concerned.
I've got a platonic friend who's very successful, your standard career-woman archetype. It's really difficult having a conversation with her because she gives short one or two word answers and if you say some she doesn't agree with (like the sky is blue) she'll get mad and argue, then try to trump the argument if she can't win. She usually can't win, either because it's like there are..gaps in her knowledge.
Anyway, I think the trait that makes her successful isn't intelligence or having defined any particular philosophy. it' just that her brain is so rigid, she's able to milk the direction in which she's going. Another way of putting it is that she's not smart enough to know that when she's going the wrong way, and she inevitably gets a few successes as a result.
If you're not naturally stupid, or rigid like that, then you actually have a disadvantage as far as monetary success is concerned.