Comments on: Weekly Reading http://www.thenumberbook.com/blog/2006/04/08/weekly-reading/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:54:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Weekly Reading by: drgonzo http://www.thenumberbook.com/blog/2006/04/08/weekly-reading/#comment-27 Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:02:22 +0000 http://www.thenumberbook.com/blog/2006/04/08/weekly-reading/#comment-27 Random thoughts of wisdom regarding money: Like a lot of things in life, it's better to have money and not need it than to need it and not have it. It's not so much that having money is so great as much as it is not having it really, really sucks. To most people, having more money just means they can dig themselves a deeper hole. It never ceases to amaze me the things people would rather have than money. Nice book. I've had many of the same thoughts while out for my morning stroll through my neighborhood wondering how many families ensconced in the million dollar homes don't have a pot to piss in. Most of the time I feel like a stranger in the US becasue my attitude of save first and get the nice things you can afford is the polar opposite of the prevailing attitude of get the nice stuff and then figure out a way to pay for it. Random thoughts of wisdom regarding money:

Like a lot of things in life, it’s better to have money and not need it than to need it and not have it.

It’s not so much that having money is so great as much as it is not having it really, really sucks.

To most people, having more money just means they can dig themselves a deeper hole.

It never ceases to amaze me the things people would rather have than money.

Nice book. I’ve had many of the same thoughts while out for my morning stroll through my neighborhood wondering how many families ensconced in the million dollar homes don’t have a pot to piss in.

Most of the time I feel like a stranger in the US becasue my attitude of save first and get the nice things you can afford is the polar opposite of the prevailing attitude of get the nice stuff and then figure out a way to pay for it.

]]> Comment on Weekly Reading by: JayCeezy http://www.thenumberbook.com/blog/2006/04/08/weekly-reading/#comment-26 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:14:35 +0000 http://www.thenumberbook.com/blog/2006/04/08/weekly-reading/#comment-26 Glad to read that you are in demand, both as a speaker and by radio producers looking for responsive answers. You are great to read, even your blog posts are compelling. That article several weeks back, on the front of the WSJ below the fold, was great free publicity and hope the Cramer buy will drive books sales. Saw the 30% off stickers have been removed from 'The Number' at B&N in Marina Del Rey, and the book was on one of the front tables as well as 'new non-fiction'. Will check out the Kevin Phillips book, thanks for the recommendation. Glad to read that you are in demand, both as a speaker and by radio producers looking for responsive answers. You are great to read, even your blog posts are compelling.

That article several weeks back, on the front of the
WSJ below the fold, was great free publicity and hope the Cramer buy will drive books sales. Saw the 30% off stickers have been removed from ‘The Number’ at B&N in Marina Del Rey, and the book was on one of the front tables as well as ‘new non-fiction’.

Will check out the Kevin Phillips book, thanks for the recommendation.

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