Tuesday, January 18, 2005
No matter how much money, it's not enough
There are two articles caught my eyes today:
One was an 'careless subscription' from Salary.com, tell me that Salaries will move up in 2005, based on their surveys. And interestingly they attached a quote from Arnold Schwarzenegger:
"People are always making a fuss over my $15-20-million salaries. Believe me, the amount is meaningless once Maria finds out about it. She's already spent half of my salary from Terminator 7!"
The second one was this news that "First 'Survivor' Winner Dodged Taxes", of course they categorized it it 'Oddly Enough' section, but it still feels reall odd.
However, after giving a little more thought to these, a conclusion is not that hard to make: "everyone needs a little more money than they have". Don't I need a little bit more? Don't YOU? Will there be an end? For sure you and I will say "Sure, there is", but whatever you and I answer, compare that to what you 'had' answered 5 or 10 years ago (had you answered before), and I can guaranttee it's not the same anymore.
But don't feel bad, as I am not, I see that as a 'progress', you will have the 'trouble' of managing your million$$ when you have a million $$, and that's certainly a nice problem to have.
"Lives, like money, are spent. What are you buying with yours?"
-Roy H. Williams
One was an 'careless subscription' from Salary.com, tell me that Salaries will move up in 2005, based on their surveys. And interestingly they attached a quote from Arnold Schwarzenegger:
"People are always making a fuss over my $15-20-million salaries. Believe me, the amount is meaningless once Maria finds out about it. She's already spent half of my salary from Terminator 7!"
The second one was this news that "First 'Survivor' Winner Dodged Taxes", of course they categorized it it 'Oddly Enough' section, but it still feels reall odd.
However, after giving a little more thought to these, a conclusion is not that hard to make: "everyone needs a little more money than they have". Don't I need a little bit more? Don't YOU? Will there be an end? For sure you and I will say "Sure, there is", but whatever you and I answer, compare that to what you 'had' answered 5 or 10 years ago (had you answered before), and I can guaranttee it's not the same anymore.
But don't feel bad, as I am not, I see that as a 'progress', you will have the 'trouble' of managing your million$$ when you have a million $$, and that's certainly a nice problem to have.
"Lives, like money, are spent. What are you buying with yours?"
-Roy H. Williams
