Smart, rich, or strong - which one you're better off being. Part 2

▫️ Smart

The depth of intelligence and breadth of outlook determine a person's level of freedom. There are several kinds of freedoms, from physical freedom to economic or material freedom, but the main one is freedom of thought, which makes you you - a unique person, with your own views and opinions. In the absence of this freedom, one becomes an avatar, ruled by the media, the laws of the market, instincts, and fashion. It is quite possible to live with all this, often even better than these thinkers, but you will always be missing something, and boredom will become a regular companion. Such a state is also called inner emptiness, the very one that opposes the rich inner world and usually takes over.

The mind does not guarantee wealth, much less happiness. All it gives is an understanding of the world, the rules of the big game, which can be observed or broken. In addition, a sharp mind will hardly allow you to do something you do not like, rather, it will save you from the daily grind and find something to your liking. True, the degree of success here will depend on personal skills, it is possible, not particularly related to intelligence.

▫️Wealth

Do not hesitate to choose, if such a choice is worth it, and then you will deal with the rest. Being rich opens, if not all, then many doors and solves or gets rid of most problems. First of all, from the pressing ones, which is extremely important if only because it frees up a lot of free time for any other activity, from creative to physical, from intellectual to social. We could say that wealth is complete physical freedom, when you are able to be anywhere, as soon as possible exclusively of your own free will.

With respect, Your friend. Christopher.