Comments on: Staying Hungry and Foolish http://www.personalfinanceplaybook.com/2009/07/staying-hungry-and-foolish/ A Personal Finance & Investing Resource Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:39:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Todd Metheny http://www.personalfinanceplaybook.com/2009/07/staying-hungry-and-foolish/comment-page-1/#comment-1161 Todd Metheny Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:06:44 +0000 http://www.personalfinanceplaybook.com/?p=1150#comment-1161 Hi Chessiq - I love that speech, too. He's a cool guy. I was thinking about how he dropped out of college the other day. In a lot of ways, there's a lot a person can learn in school. For most people, I think going to school is a good thing to do. For Steve Jobs, though, dropping out of school made perfect sense. There wasn't going to be a teacher qualified to teach Steve Jobs about entrepreneurship. He did exactly what an entrepreneur would do - he acted on his ambitions, even if it meant taking on a high degree of risk. Hi Chessiq – I love that speech, too. He’s a cool guy. I was thinking about how he dropped out of college the other day. In a lot of ways, there’s a lot a person can learn in school. For most people, I think going to school is a good thing to do. For Steve Jobs, though, dropping out of school made perfect sense. There wasn’t going to be a teacher qualified to teach Steve Jobs about entrepreneurship. He did exactly what an entrepreneur would do – he acted on his ambitions, even if it meant taking on a high degree of risk.

]]> By: Todd Metheny http://www.personalfinanceplaybook.com/2009/07/staying-hungry-and-foolish/comment-page-1/#comment-1160 Todd Metheny Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:54:26 +0000 http://www.personalfinanceplaybook.com/?p=1150#comment-1160 Hi Katie! I think I've read that article or one similar to it. The number they throw out is always surprisingly low, then you start hitting a point of diminishing returns on the amount of happiness being provided. Thanks for your encouragement and thanks for contributing! Hi Katie! I think I’ve read that article or one similar to it. The number they throw out is always surprisingly low, then you start hitting a point of diminishing returns on the amount of happiness being provided.

Thanks for your encouragement and thanks for contributing!

]]> By: Chessiq http://www.personalfinanceplaybook.com/2009/07/staying-hungry-and-foolish/comment-page-1/#comment-1147 Chessiq Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:26:34 +0000 http://www.personalfinanceplaybook.com/?p=1150#comment-1147 Good work, Todd! I love that speech. I have watched it a couple of times, but my takeaways were never as good as you have put it here. One of the things that I have always struggled with, is whether to give up everything else and focus on Chess, which is my passion, and I think I am pretty good at it, and I could get a lot better, or carve out a safety net, and then play Chess afterwards. It is something I have never been able to resolve. I guess it's sort of resolved since I will probably be a CPA in the next 3 months and safety appears to rule. One thing I can say is that the times when I played Chess as if my life depended on it, i.e. I was hungry, I played the best Chess, enjoyed the most, and won stuff. My dream is to be a memorable Chess GrandMaster, some day. Thanks for bringing back the conversation into my mind. Good work, Todd! I love that speech. I have watched it a couple of times, but my takeaways were never as good as you have put it here. One of the things that I have always struggled with, is whether to give up everything else and focus on Chess, which is my passion, and I think I am pretty good at it, and I could get a lot better, or carve out a safety net, and then play Chess afterwards. It is something I have never been able to resolve. I guess it’s sort of resolved since I will probably be a CPA in the next 3 months and safety appears to rule.
One thing I can say is that the times when I played Chess as if my life depended on it, i.e. I was hungry, I played the best Chess, enjoyed the most, and won stuff. My dream is to be a memorable Chess GrandMaster, some day.
Thanks for bringing back the conversation into my mind.

]]> By: Katie http://www.personalfinanceplaybook.com/2009/07/staying-hungry-and-foolish/comment-page-1/#comment-1136 Katie Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:54:50 +0000 http://www.personalfinanceplaybook.com/?p=1150#comment-1136 Great post, Todd! Reminds me that I haven't told that friend from New York how awesome he is lately! Your comments definitely hit home. I read an article recently that was also stating how, after a certain point, more money doesn't make you happier. I hope I always remember that and don't find myself so tied to a certain standard of living that I can't afford take the necessary risks to find something I really love. As an observer, I think you're staying hungry and I'm proud of all you've accomplished! I'm sure it won't be too difficult for you to master the staying foolish part either. :) Great post, Todd! Reminds me that I haven’t told that friend from New York how awesome he is lately!

Your comments definitely hit home. I read an article recently that was also stating how, after a certain point, more money doesn’t make you happier. I hope I always remember that and don’t find myself so tied to a certain standard of living that I can’t afford take the necessary risks to find something I really love.

As an observer, I think you’re staying hungry and I’m proud of all you’ve accomplished! I’m sure it won’t be too difficult for you to master the staying foolish part either. :)

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