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it is frightfully easy for us to lose our sense of the difference between what brings money and what causes happiness. You must be careful not to confuse correlation with causality in assessing the happiness we can find in different jobs.

How Will You Measure Your Life?

Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, and Karen Dillon

Wealth is assets that earn while you sleep What’s the difference between wealth, money and status? Wealth is the thing you want. Wealth is assets that earn while you sleep; it’s the factory of robots cranking out things. Wealth is the computer program running at night that’s serving other customers. Wealth is money in the bank that is reinvested into other assets and businesses. A house can be a form of wealth, because you can rent it out; although that’s a less productive use of land than running a commercial enterprise. My definition of wealth is oriented toward businesses and assets that can earn while you sleep.

How to Get Rich: Every Episode

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I hate it when people call themselves “entrepreneurs” when what they’re really trying to do is launch a startup and then sell or go public, so they can cash in and move on. They’re unwilling to do the work it takes to build a real company, which is the hardest work in business. That’s how you really make a contribution and add to the legacy of those who went before. You build a company that will still stand for something a generation or two from now. That’s what Walt Disney did, and Hewlett and Packard, and the people who built Intel. They created a company to last, not just to make money. That’s what I want Apple to be.

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

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