Donald Burns shares his grandfather's definition of wealth: a rich man keeps his first dollar, but a wealthy man keeps his first friend. Real wealth, he argues, comes from deep friendships, not money in the bank.
My grandfather used to tell me he was like the primary male influence in my life. My maternal grandfather, great man, used to say, a rich man has his first dollar. A wealthy man has his first friend. And he also used to say, you can judge a man's wealth not by the size of his pocketbook, but by the depth and breadth of his friendships. That's true. So, you know, I stay. I have. I consider myself a very rich man. Not because I have a lot of money in the bank, but. You. I don't. But I have a ton of great, real friends.
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