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We must be careful about money, if you are careful about money then there is no problem if people call you stingy because some people's job is to say bad things about others.
I recently finished reading the book "Psychology of money" and one of my key takeaway from the book is that, as much as possible, I should exclude myself from the rat race of constantly trying to live my life to impress others. Embracing the luxury life when I don't even need it is such a bad idea because at the end of the day, when push comes to shove; all the people I'm trying to impress won't be there to support me.
As long as the basic stuff are enough to cater for my needs and I am contented, I am good. I only realized afterwards that most things I have gotten in the past was solely because I wanted to impress people. Not again!
I have also studied this book "Psychology of Money," and what touched my mind is what you described as "Rat Race." This is something that can change your life. That is, Morgan Housel, who is a book writer, has derived this understanding from this that use money on your own estimate, that is, don't waste money on things that are pointless like people. It should be understood that it means to stop impressing each other with pointless things like ratings. Just focus on your goal; only your goal can give you everything.
I have also studied this book, "Psychology of Money," and what touched my mind is what you described as "Rat Race". This is something that can change your life. That is, Morgan Housel, who is a book writer, has derived this understanding from this that use money according to your own estimate, that is, don't waste money on things that are pointless, like people. It should be understood that it means to stop impressing each other with pointless things like ratings. Just focus on your goal only your goal can give you everything. So it means to say that money should not be wasted, even if you own billions of dollars, you should not waste it.