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The secret on how to quench your thirst for money

How do you have a fulfilling life when messages of the need to get bigger, better things and more money are being thrown at you?

Everybody wants to be rich. Most of us want to have more than enough money and most of us are fearful about not having enough money. There is nobody I know who feels like he has enough money. Nobody has declared that he is 100% satisfied with his salary or business income. There is always something else to buy. Have you noticed that having the "latest" is a big fat lie? If your objective is to have the latest of anything you are going to be in problems. Say you buy the latest phone out there, the likes of Infinix model owned by John, have a look at my Sony Ericsson model where i am typing this from, say Samsung  S6 which makes Peter want to have a look at its features every now and then not forgetting Victor's Hp Pavilion laptop and iPad. Someone joked that one can take a shower inside that phone. Back to the point, isn't it just a matter of time before a new version comes out? It's the same thing with a car. There already exists a newer model of that car. Trying to have the latest is like trying to catch a mosquito. You never seem to quite be able to catch it and even the few times you do, another one quickly appears. Even if it's not about the latest, there are more luxury brands of shoes and clothes to buy. There are always more holiday destinations to go to. There is always a new restaurant to try out. Now, I am not saying that these things are necessarily bad, but to be able to put things in perspective, we have to keep our sanity when messages of bigger, better, smarter and faster are constantly being thrown at us.

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