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You're welcome. Good luck on not making it. Though I'm sure you don't need it.

Right sure.

Shouldn't quote me out of context. Not to mention the "you" wasn't actually for you since I was quoting and responding to someone.

Who's screwing friends and family? :confused: You must mean this: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/rinehart-loses-bid-to-keep-case-confidential/story-e6frg9df-1226226175664 Guess that's why they're in mining, not property.

Any one who tries to make money is an evil capitalist and if this forum had its way, would and should probably be shot. Why can't we all just share our wealth...? This country should legislate so that all property investors have to give their house away for a month so the poor bugga' has a...

It's ok - you'll understand the translation if you ever get to a similar point in life. Remember to revisit this thread if you do.

It's all in the mindset Belbo. Perfect time for a Chinese saying: 人穷志不穷 (feel free to Google meaning) That's all I'm saying.

Not throwing stones. Just saying it's a slow and tedious way for people to get what they want. It's probably a generational thing too as I said.

Agreed. I'd say 30% is a fair number after 1 year. 80% is a good number after 3 years. If you're good at maths, you're probably more suited to be a stochastics mathematics analyst creating trading platforms. For all us other mortals, we settle for building powerpoint presentations with...

You're right... it depends on your own needs. It's actually not that complicated. I was really just speaking from my own perspective. That is, my ideal short-term goal can't be achieved by my job (in the short-term) no matter how I run the scenarios, that's all I'm saying. And I guess for...

The point was: - for a lot of people, their job is not going to help them achieve what they need (which was what I said earlier), or maybe I just have materialistic/extravagant/ambitious benchmarks - therefore to make a breakthrough, one usually has to take a leap of faith (eg Nathan...

Still requires a leap of faith. What's someone going to do? Earn $300k for say 4 years, save up say $600k net after expenses and taxes, and then what? It's not a lot of money if you're trying to live off rent or interest, but it's a lot of money if you put some effort in! It's all in the...

Well yes, it could do precisely that or something similar, I found out afterwards. Not sure if that's what I consider "set one up for life" though. My definition of "set one up for life" generally doesn't involve working for any one.

You'll find that to be much more rewarding I think

I'd be pretty disappointed in my child if his goal was work for someone - let alone Macquarie Bank.

Did this for 12 months when I was younger and said bye bye. Though I averaged 80 hours per week over the 12 months rather than 90 or 100. When I resigned, my boss asked me why I was leaving. I said I don't like this lifestyle. He said "well you knew what you were getting in to". I said...

The pursuit of success and achievement is. And money would be a reasonable proxy in many cases. Or we can always just hug trees.

He's a glorified stock picker I guess. Some would say a gambler.

He is in finance.

By no means take it for granted, but you'll still take a long time to hit $10m savings, especially if you only start earning that at 50. One guy I knew was offered $950k at 29. He decided if he can earn this working, he's going to come out and try to make the world his oyster. Any way at 33...