Posting Date: October 05, 2002

Information overload: it's time to take your time (Gerry McGovern) -- "Greed is the first cousin of speed. We have bought into the belief that we can get rich quick without any real effort. We can't." (Comments: Gerry, you're wrong about something. You make it sound like it isn't possible to get rich quickly. It is possible, however, it isn't probable. In other words, of course there are people who get rich fast. However, the percentage of people getting rich fast is extremely low. Yet, many people try, and try, and try because they see that other people have made it.)

Reader Comments...

It seems like his point was that people think they can get rich quickly with little effort - I don't think he's disputing that you can get rich quickly, what he is saying is that it doesn't just fall in your lap, especially not these days.

The get-rich-quick thing seems to be one of the lingering beliefs from the dot-com boom. Suddenly it became plausible for someone to get rich by working for a company that gave you options, or by starting up and selling off a company that was in the industry. Or they look at Microsoft engineers (forgetting that before they got their big checks they spent four years or more slaving away, missing family and friends they left behind, and spending all their time on campus).

I was just talking to someone recently who told me this was his "plan" and "that's why I'm working for a start up." Hello?

Posted by: Lydia on October 7, 2002 02:05 PM

Gerry's article is available in spanish at http://www.ultimorender.com.ar/funkascript/archivo/varios/000012.htm

Posted by: Manuel Razzari on October 9, 2002 09:18 PM

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