My experience as a financial blogger and someone trying to accumulate wealth gave me a certain lens about money. But my experience working in a wealth advisory firm kinda shifted the lens a bit here and there and sometimes, I get a little philosophical about how we all view the concept of wealth. Nassim Taleb, of Fooled by randomness, antifragile and black swan tries to describe the fine line of how much wealth is optimal:

Money can’t buy happiness, but the absence of money can cause unhappiness. Money buys freedom: intellectual freedom, freedom to choose who you vote for, to choose what you want to do professionally. But having what I call “f*ck you” money requires a huge amount of discipline. The minute you go a penny over, then you lose your freedom again. If money is the cause of your worry, then you have to restructure your life. Nassim Taleb

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