Morgan Housel

I had no intelligence.

I had no wisdom.

I didn't know how to love anyone.

I had nothing else to offer friends, family, spouses, whatever it be.

And so the last remaining lever, if you're trying to get attention and respect is, well, look, I have no intelligence to offer.

I have no wisdom to offer.

Maybe people will admire me for my car.

That was why I wanted it.

And now that I hope today, 20 years later, I have a little bit more to offer to my wife, to my friends, to my family, to employers and customers, whatnot, then my desire for those things has gone down.

Not to zero, but it's gone down.

There's a great Warren Buffett quote where he says, success in life is when the people who you want to love you do love you.

And key to that is like, you have to ask the question, like, who do you want to love you?

And for a lot of people, the quick knee jerk reaction is everybody.

And so you want to have a nice car, nice clothes, nice jewelry, because you think everyone's going to stop and stare.

When I drive this down the road, people are going to be stop and say, look at that guy.

Look at her.

That's amazing.

Like they're so successful.

I admire them.

I respect them.