Nick Perry argues that wealth doesn't eliminate problems, it scales them. A private plane needs a hangar, mechanics, and pilots. The bigger and harder your problems, the more value you create and the more dynamic your life becomes.
Most people get this completely wrong about what it means to get rich. They think the whole point is to get to a life with no problems. But the guy with no problems drives a paid-off Honda to a job he hates. Now the guy who made it has 16 windows to wash on his plane and jet fuel that costs more than your mortgage, and he can't even find a hangar big enough to park it. But every one of those problems is somebody else's paycheck. The mechanic gets rich off that plane. The pilot gets rich off that plane. And the guy who built the hangar gets rich off that plane. So stop trying to eliminate your problems, because the only person with no problems is the one going nowhere. Get problems so big you can't find a place to park them. Follow me if you want to build that kind of life.
