While some would argue that there is no such thing as "comfortably" rich - rich is rich, there's no "comfortable" to it - others would aver that a few are, indeed, comfortably rich.
Comfort is a state of mind, while rich is the state of your checkbook.
If you were to match the two, what would be the highlights of being comfortably rich? Good money management would be the first indicator of comfort.
It would seem that those who can pay their mortgage and property taxes and still eat that month would be comfortably rich.
Benefits from possessing stocks, bonds, treasuries and CDs would fall into this category.
Investments well managed would yield a nice income as well.
This would seem to indicate the comfort of security, not to mention the zeros in the checkbook.
Persons powered by the thought of possessions, either in quality or quantity, would find comfort in the value of those possessions.
This type usually invests in classic cars, antiques or rare coins, autographed items from long gone dignitaries or stars and things of this nature.
Comfortably rich for these people would lie in the value retained by these possessions.
The comfortably rich buy up things at auctions that no one else wants, fix them up and resell them.
Profits from this enterprise go into buying up more stuff that no one else wants and so forth.
This, too, is an investment, but as the zeros pile up, the comfort comes from the security of knowing that you have something that no one else saw the value in until you showcased it.
Still others trade huge amounts of money in day trading or commodities trading and bank the returns.
Many do this in sweats while others do the suit and tie thing.
Either way, these people pit their minds against the best there is and come out on top.
Comfort for these people lies in knowing their wits can get them further than a nine to five.
And then there are those who make a fortune or two on the internet in whatever enterprise suits their talents or gifts.
These persons use the need in us to surf the net and our curiosity as to what's out there.
Our cravings are their security.
Yes, there are those that are comfortably rich.
For a definition of that phrase, ask yourself what would make you comfortable and secure.
Comfort is a state of mind, while rich is the state of your checkbook.
If you were to match the two, what would be the highlights of being comfortably rich? Good money management would be the first indicator of comfort.
It would seem that those who can pay their mortgage and property taxes and still eat that month would be comfortably rich.
Benefits from possessing stocks, bonds, treasuries and CDs would fall into this category.
Investments well managed would yield a nice income as well.
This would seem to indicate the comfort of security, not to mention the zeros in the checkbook.
Persons powered by the thought of possessions, either in quality or quantity, would find comfort in the value of those possessions.
This type usually invests in classic cars, antiques or rare coins, autographed items from long gone dignitaries or stars and things of this nature.
Comfortably rich for these people would lie in the value retained by these possessions.
The comfortably rich buy up things at auctions that no one else wants, fix them up and resell them.
Profits from this enterprise go into buying up more stuff that no one else wants and so forth.
This, too, is an investment, but as the zeros pile up, the comfort comes from the security of knowing that you have something that no one else saw the value in until you showcased it.
Still others trade huge amounts of money in day trading or commodities trading and bank the returns.
Many do this in sweats while others do the suit and tie thing.
Either way, these people pit their minds against the best there is and come out on top.
Comfort for these people lies in knowing their wits can get them further than a nine to five.
And then there are those who make a fortune or two on the internet in whatever enterprise suits their talents or gifts.
These persons use the need in us to surf the net and our curiosity as to what's out there.
Our cravings are their security.
Yes, there are those that are comfortably rich.
For a definition of that phrase, ask yourself what would make you comfortable and secure.
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