[quote=6packscaredy]i am less beautiful than average, but more lean and muscled. I am also funnier than the average person.
I am not confident i could make 3% returns on a pile of money over the next 3 years. i am pretty sure i could lose 30% or gain 30%, but i can’t promise which.[/quote]
Ha, ha. Funny. Hey, a good sense of humor is priceless I always say. That’s the problem as scaredy mentioned…. it would be fine and dandy if people were just aiming for that mythical 3%. The problem is most people don’t want that 3%. They want that 30%. Instead of just a move to first base, lots of people are going for grand slam home runs each time at the bat.
Or people do make home runs but then they lose it ALL. Lots of people like that as well. Watch this movie on Netflix. Fascinating.
Guys like Elon are risk takers. See how close he came to his entire world crumbling…he lost almost his entire hundreds of millions of dollars of his Paypal fortune to start another. Watch the movie and see how close he came to losing it ALL. He was down to his last $2 million.
[quote=ocrenter]
The quarterly drilling does ultimately factor into my willingness to work. It really is the case of deminishing returns. Which actually works out for the family. :-)[/quote]
You nailed it OC. That’s why since moving to California I don’t have any big desire or motivation to take on any of these positions. I’d rather do consulting when I pick and choose vs. taking a big salary and getting the bulk of it paid in taxes. As you say, it sure works out for the family! More free time for them.
