“ For a lot of competitive people money is a way of keeping score in life”
I know a lot of wealthy and competitive people, and none are that shallow. I’m sure they exist somewhere, but not too common.
My happiness level is strongly correlated with how well my family is doing and how much free time I have. Money provides the option to help on both these fronts.
Having a competitive personality is good for my litigation clients, and society since most of my work is public interest. I feel basically OK when I am in the zone, and crushing my adversaries, but it objectively is bad for me, and gave me early hypertension (135/85 area at 38 when I began diet changes, weight loss, exercise, and lisinopril)
