Wealth goals?

Do any of you have goals regarding wealth? i.e. a certain monetary target to hit and then after that you will consider winding back from your career and into something else

I know this is may be a bad way of looking at things, that you should choose your career because you love it etc. but I do think having some milestones/loose goals may be helpful.

I’m also partly looking for advice. I’m an ambitious student looking at beginning my career soon and I’m looking for direction/goal and I can’t decide between a) choose a satisfying goal of a few $mn (career banker/consultant/exec) low risk or b) go for broke and aim for $bn (entrepreneurship etc.) - high risk

 
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10 million always seems like a solid target. You can get a couple million from a lifetime of achievement and savings, but 10 million is very strong.

If I ever get to 10 million, though, I'm sure 25 will look even stronger.

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Agree here. I think the idea of a walkaway number sounds nice, but it's likely if you get used to putting in the work required to reach a walkaway number, you're likely going to go crazy sipping Mai Tais at a beach for more than a year.

“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.” - Nassim Taleb
 

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Let me tell you something, ambitious student. You ain't never flip a zip, sell a pak, none of that, you ain't ambitious.

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