Get rich... or die trying!

I am not sure if it is because of the particular period of my life that i tend to notice and remember discussions about money more than anything else.
I am surrounded by people who regard the "money-making" process more than anything else.
I got to know different approaches: from "I want to get outrageously rich overnight" to "No matter how long it might take, but in the end I want to closely compete with the Sultan of Brunei".
I think it is funny the fact that, regardless the approach assumed, the means in the end are more and less the same: work f*** hard or try to screw someone else.

I find myself quite uncomfortable with the whole issue. Not that money is not an issue for me. The thing is that for me it is strictly related to the current moment.

"What do I do NOW with the money I have NOW?". I have to honestly confess that this might be related with my constant state of stinginess. :-)

I find it a quite interesting approach. The expectations and ambitions are measured against possibilities and it almost cuts at the roots the main source of human unhappiness: to desire what you can't get.

I had a few occasions to discuss and think about the idea of wealthiness. Valdemar had an interesting theory that links happiness to small increments in one's utility curve. I must say I totally agree.
As for "richness" itself, I had another interesting discussion last night in Covent Garden.
It might sound quite romantic, but to me FAME matters much more than FORTUNE. The others' opinion does matter a lot to me... but I would like to have means other than money to be remembered.

The only thing that worries me is that eventually this naive approach of mine might prevent me from reaching both FAME and FORTUNE.

Wow! I might die not rich, without even having tried to become it...
Please, if this is the case, write it on my grave!

Il mio pranzo sullo stomaco

Il fatto di essere a Londra, non mi tiene fuori da quello che succede in Italia... anche se mi fa male.

Mi fa male allo stomaco leggere che il nostro paese non ha ancora sconfitto il radical-comunismo alla pari del Nepal, Laos e il Nord Corea. Il fatto che, fortunatamente, i nostri numeri siano inferiori (almeno spero) non addolcisce la pillola.

Al centro della questione, ancora la stupida idea che il lavoro sia un diritto... quando invece e' un DOVERE!

http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Editoriali/2007/02_Febbraio/13/ichino.shtml

Training...

... my patience!

I acknowledge I am too impulsive person, too emotional... but enough is enough.
My life is averagely cool, ergo I have better things to do during the day than coding stupid stuff in Excel (not even VBA!!).

I have to force myself to keep calm!

Parents in London

I always said that one of the first things I would have done once in London, would have been inviting my parents over and then show them around and spoil them a bit. This is what has been keeping me busy in the last few days.