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Seek Wealth, Not Money or Status - Naval
## Metadata
- Author: **Naval**
- Full Title: Seek Wealth, Not Money or Status
- Category: #podcasts
- URL: https://share.snipd.com/episode/50804775-ad28-4a80-b97b-9cc0b5107476
## Highlights
- How to Get Rich Without Getting Lucky
Summary:
Wealth is the thing that you really want wealth is assets that earn while you sleep. Wealth is the factory that, with robots, is cranking out things. Wealth is the computer programm that's running at night that's serving other customers. Wealth even money in the bank that is being re invested into other assets and into other businesses.
Transcript:
Speaker 1
Wealth is the thing that you really want wealth is assets that earn while you sleep. Wealth is the factory that, with robots, is cranking out things. Wealth is the computer programm that's running at night that's serving other customers. Wealth even money in the bank that is being re invested into other assets and into other businesses. ([Time 0:01:01](https://share.snipd.com/snip/825fe54e-cfdd-4900-9476-e82a6cdb4fa0))
- Status is a Zero Sum Game
Summary:
Status, on the other hand, is a zero sum game. It's a very old game. We've been playing it since monkey tribes. And it's hierarchical. Who's number one, who's number two, who's number three? And for number three tho move to number two, number two has to move out of that lot. So status is zero sum game. Politics is an example of a status game. Even sport is ample of a status game. To be the winner, there must be a loser.
Transcript:
Speaker 1
Status, on the other hand, is a zero sum game. It's a very old game. We've been playing it since monkey tribes. And it's hierarchical. Who's number one, who's number two, who's number three? And for number three tho move to number two, number two has to move out of that lot. So status is zero sum game. Politics is an example of a status game. Even sport is ample of a status game. To be the winner, there must be a loser. ([Time 0:04:16](https://share.snipd.com/snip/8632fcef-2dc7-4cbb-8b97-eeb6366dcf93))