logoalt Hacker News

jcranmer • yesterday at 11:43 PM • 5 replies • view on HN

It's... really not that hard. All you have to do is be content with what you have, and not go lusting after new opportunities. Although granted, anyone who can pull that off probably isn't going to be a multibillionaire CEO, because that's the kind of personality selected against among CEOs.

But if you're married, with kids, and you're willing to throw that away to chase someone else, I'd argue you have a serious personality flaw going on there.


Replies

ksec • yesterday at 11:50 PM

>to chase someone else,

There is no chase here. It is the other way round.

➕ show 1 reply
sidewndr46 • today at 2:11 AM

Isn't there actually a south park episode about this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Healing_(South_Park)

fxwin • today at 12:18 AM

> All you have to do is be content with what you have, and not go lusting after new opportunities

What if Huang wasn't married/with family? Would he just never get to form close relationships after becoming successful?

blini-kot • today at 2:12 AM

>serious personality flaw

exactly, although I would double down that that is precisely the kind of personality being selected for by the system

appplication • today at 12:05 AM

Being content with what you have arguably not a mutually compatible attribute with being a billionaire. Not even being snarky.

➕ show 1 reply