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For Me, The Best Things In Life - Meaningful Work, Meaningful Relationships, Interesting Experiences, Good Food, Sleep, Music, Ideas, Sex, And Other Basic Needs And Pleasures - Are Not, Past A Certain Point, Materially Improved Upon By Having A Lot Of Money.

Competitiveness Is Really What It Costs You Per Man-hour To Get You What You Want. In Other Words, There's An Education Level That Plays Into The Mix And So If It's Inexpensive To Buy An Hour Of Real Good Education In Places Like China Versus The U.s., That Factors In.

Don't Be A Perfectionist, Because Perfectionists Often Spend Too Much Time On Little Differences At The Margins At The Expense Of Other Big, Important Things. Be An Effective Imperfectionist. Solutions That Broadly Work Well (e.g., How People Should Contact Each Other In The Event Of Crises) Are Generally Better Than Highly Specialized Solutions (e.g., How Each Person Should Contact Each Other In The Event Of Every Conceivable Crisis).

I Have Been Very Lucky Because I Have Had The Opportunity To See What It's Like To Have Little Or No Money And What It's Like To Have A Lot Of It. I'm Lucky Because People Make Such A Big Deal Of It And, If I Didn't Experience Both, I Wouldn't Be Able To Know How Important It Really Is For Me. I Can't Comment On What Having A Lot Of Money Means To Others, But I Do Know That For Me, Having A Lot More Money Isn't A Lot Better Than Having Enough To Cover The Basics.

I'm Sure Donald Trump Will Think That He Has The Truth, And Some Journalist Is Arguing That He Has Truth, And Somebody Else Is Arguing That They Have The Truth. And In Fact It's Even Worse Than That Because They're So Hell Bent On Their Arguments That They Will Distort The Truth Consciously. They'll Manipulate The Facts To Support Their Arguments Because They're So Hung Up In The Fight. That's Where The Problem Is, So We Argue All The Time.