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The 3-story wall of windows looking out on 300 feet of frontage on Deep Creek Lake was a giveaway that “country boy” was not what he seemed.
On a sad note: I’m going to his memorial party on Friday. He passed away in a freak home accident on Jan. 3. I’ve known him now for almost 40 years. This is the big get together of his college friends (his funeral was small, family-only). And it will be a *party*. Because he was the kind of guy who inspired that. Expecting over a hundred equally close friends to attend.
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Basically the farmland 100k acres big. This was in Argentina.
According to USA Today, the top 10% of Americans held 60% of all wealth in 2022, while the top 1% held 27% of all wealth in the same year. As of June 2024, Elon Musk was estimated as the wealthiest person in the United States with a net worth of around 195 billion dollars.
I know what you are thinking: "That's a LOT of money!" But what do people generally do with that much money? Buy objects and display them in their houses, of course. However, looking at these statistics, it just makes you wonder what being rich really means, and whether being wealthy is the same.
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Writer and entrepreneur Kasia Manolas states in one of her articles that being rich is having things: a nice house, car, and clothes—while being wealthy is about the money you hold onto. She explains that you can see when someone is rich, but you cannot see when someone is wealthy.
A Forbes article elaborates that rich people let everyone around them know how successful they are, while wealthy people are focused not on how others view them, but on what their money can provide them for peace of mind and security. Although the difference might seem slight, it does make sense if you really think about it.
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His parents had a new house custom built. Huge house, custom woodwork, beautiful details throughout. Very expensive. I used to go over and hang out with my friend, swim in the pool, watch movies in their theater, etc. But despite all that, the thing that stood out to me was this: one day I walk in and there’s a brand new Steinway grand piano in the living room. His mom says she wanted to learn to play the piano so they bought one.
I play piano. Steinway pianos are amazing. They play beautifully and sound wonderful. Every Steinway piano is handmade in only one of two locations in the world. They’re like the Rolls Royce of pianos. This piano probably cost over $100,000. And they bought one just because she wanted to learn to play.
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On the other hand, financial advisor Andrew Rosen shares in one of his articles, "Being rich means adding more zeros to your bank account, but being wealthy is about living your life with zero regrets, zero jealousy, and focusing on what brings you joy and happiness."
"In my experience, the happiest people I know are the wealthiest, but it has nothing to do with how much is in their bank accounts," he elaborated.
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By house, she meant chateau. Turns out her dad was from Switzerland on owned several construction companies. Their house was actually featured on the show Grimm featured in the Portland oregon area. They were super kind, and I became like an adopted son. I loved house sitting for them.
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A Harvard study followed 724 teenagers from their youth to their retirement. This study suggested that there was an association between connections, such as your social circle, and happiness when you reach retirement age.
Andrew Rosen narrates that the happiest among those who were retired had similar traits when it came to their mindset, not their bank account.
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Just “the name of their house”, Hampshire. .
Well, that surely gave me something to think about. Next time when I dream about owning a house with a helipad, I will definitely ask myself whether I want to be rich or wealthy.
What about you? What signs have you noticed about people that revealed their richness and did it make you wish to be loaded with fortune as well? Now, don't be shy; it's ok to want what you want. Don't hesitate to share your thoughts in the comments. Also, let us know which thing in this listicle surprised you the most!
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After the party, I was breaking everything down. He came out on the deck with me to kick it and was hitting a solid gold [substance] pen. We were having a beer and sharing the pen. He casually dropped, like it was a speeding ticket, that the glass windows in the house cost $2.5m.
This was his beach house.
EDIT: He was not the wealthiest person in the neighborhood. One of his neighbors had a Van Gogh in their living room.