Reply and tell me: What is your Rich Life?

Reader,

More than anything, I want to help my readers define and live their Rich Life.

But what exactly is a Rich Life? 

My definition of a Rich Life has changed as I’ve aged. When I first moved to New York City, a Rich Life was taking an air-conditioned taxi instead of sweating in the subway station. Later, as my business started to grow and I had more income, a Rich Life meant being able to order appetizers, since my family never did that when I was growing up. 

These days, a Rich Life means being able to spend my time and money on the Money Dials that are most important to me: convenience, working from home, traveling with my wife every year, and bringing our families along with us. 

For example, my wife Cass and I defined what our Rich Life would look like for our honeymoon. Instead of the typical 7- or 10-day honeymoon, we decided:

• We’d invite our parents to be part of our honeymoon. Our parents gave everything they had to their kids. Now, it was our turn to treat them. We wanted to treat them to a luxury experience — no worrying about kids or planning or cost.
• We wanted to combine luxury and culture — we love food, design & beauty, and local culture.
• We’d take a long honeymoon — 6 weeks — to be leisurely and have time to experience everything across 4 countries and 3 continents.

Here’s another example: a couple of years ago, Cass and I held a fundraiser in NYC. We both come from families of immigrants, and we wanted to raise money for families being separated at the border. What we were seeing in the news made us feel helpless, outraged, and sad. But we also knew that we were in the enviable position of being able to do something about it.

In the end, we learned many lessons and we raised $12,975, beating our goal of $5,000!! (We donated 100% of that money.)

For me, THIS is a Rich Life — where you use your time and money to help other people.

When something outrages you or inspires you … when something makes you MAD or SAD or THRILLED, that’s an opportunity to lean into it and use your time and money to improve it.

Now it’s your turn. What does a Rich Life look like for you? (If you’re living it now, great — what does it look like? If you’re not, that’s OK too — now is a great time to put it down into words.)

Reply to this email and let me know. I read every response. 

P.S. In the coming days, I’m going to show you the psychological frameworks that allowed me to define my Rich Life … and then achieve it.