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Summary
The document is a page bearing the Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013812. It appears to be an excerpt from a book (likely 'The 4-Hour Workweek' given the terminology 'New Rich' and 'Deferrers') detailing a conversation between the author and a wealthy magnate named 'Mark' on a flight over Las Vegas. Mark describes his dissatisfaction with his life, despite immense wealth and high-stakes gambling habits. The document highlights the philosophical contrast between monetary wealth and life satisfaction.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Mark | Businessman/Magnate |
A wealthy passenger in first-class described as a 'legitimate magnate' who ran gas stations, convenience stores, and ...
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| Narrator | Author/Interviewer |
The person conversing with Mark on the plane.
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| Seneca | Philosopher |
Quoted regarding the nature of riches.
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| Henry David Thoreau | Philosopher/Author |
Quoted regarding the 'impoverished class' of the wealthy.
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Locations (2)
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Flight location: '30,000 FEET OVER LAS VEGAS'; referred to as 'Sin City'.
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Location where Mark ran gas stations, convenience stores, and gambling.
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Key Quotes (4)
"These individuals have riches just as we say that we “have a fever,” when really the fever has us."Source
— Seneca
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"Mark was a legitimate magnate... He confessed with a half smile that, in an average trip to Sin City, he and his fellow weekend warriors might lose an average of $500,000 to $1,000,000—each."Source
— Narrator
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Quote #2
"“None of them.”"Source
— Mark
(Response to which business he liked the most.)
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"He explained that he had spent more than 30 years with people he didn’t like to buy things he didn’t need."Source
— Narrator quoting Mark
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► HOW TO BURN $1,000,000 A NIGHT
These individuals have riches just as we say that we “have a fever,” when really the fever has us.
— SENECA (4 B.C.–A.D. 65)
— SENECA (4 B.C.–A.D. 65)
I also have in mind that seemingly wealthy, but most terribly impoverished class of all, who have accumulated dross, but know not how to use it, or get rid of it, and thus have forged their own golden or silver fetters.
— HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817–1862)
— HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817–1862)
1:00 A.M. CST / 30,000 FEET OVER LAS VEGAS
His friends, drunk to the point of speaking in tongues, were asleep. It was just the two of us now in first-class. He extended his hand to introduce himself, and an enormous—Looney Tunes enormous—diamond ring appeared from the ether as his fingers crossed under my reading light.
Mark was a legitimate magnate. He had, at different times, run practically all the gas stations, convenience stores, and gambling in South Carolina. He confessed with a half smile that, in an average trip to Sin City, he and his fellow weekend warriors might lose an average of $500,000 to $1,000,000—each. Nice.
He sat up in his seat as the conversation drifted to my travels, but I was more interested in his astounding record of printing money.
“So, of all your businesses, which did you like the most?”
The answer took less than a second of thought.
“None of them.”
He explained that he had spent more than 30 years with people he didn’t like to buy things he didn’t need. Life had become a succession of trophy wives—he was on lucky number three—expensive cars, and other empty bragging rights. Mark was one of the living dead.
This is exactly where we don’t want to end up.
Apples and Oranges: A Comparison
So, what makes the difference? What separates the New Rich, characterized by options, from the Deferrers (D), those who save it all for the end only to find that life has passed them by?
It begins at the beginning. The New Rich can be separated from the crowd based on their goals, which
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