On Money
I don’t make much money. I haven’t for a while. I’m OK with that.It only bothers me when I’m at a dinner party I don’t want to be at and someone confuses immediate liquidity with success.
Success isn’t about now. It’s about trajectory. If you’ve got a Fortune 500 brand name and a 50k job right out of school, but your trajectory has you… older and better paid at 55, that’s not admirable. That’s linear. Boring. Dependent.
Some facts. The average CEO is 55. I have my entire current lifespan to get there. Most successful entrepreneurs are older than 30 and on their second or third enterprises.
I make enough to where I can provide someone I care about with a nice little secure house, great fresh food everyday, and sustain hobbies and passions and experiments.
Simply, I don’t make much money. I haven’t for a while. I’m OK with that. It’s an aspect of success I’ve punted on, even going so far as turning down lucrative gigs. Instead, I work and talk to and share with exceedingly smart people on the issues of our time.
Why? I’m young. I’m hungry. Unevenness helps me think, tinker, build. Money? That’s later.
-Shlok
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