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Talullahhound
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Class Envy?
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3/13/2009 9:14:54 PM
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I understand that you grew your company and no doubt you are justifiably proud of it. No one is trying to say that you aren't bright or hardworking or successful. I'm happy for your success if it is what you want and you enjoy it.
But often I hear you refer to "class envy" and I wonder if you can explain what you mean. I for one, have always believed that "class envy" is pointless -- because no matter what you have or how much you have, someone else always has more and better. And when there isn't any more to be accomplished financially and with acquisitions, then there is the "old money" vs. "new money" social distinctions.
So I want to assure you that there is no "class envy" on my part. I'm quite happy with the career I had, I left when I wanted to, and thanks to my retirement, my investments and a nice inheritence, I live quite well. I can afford most things I want, but quite frankly, at this stage of my life, I don't want so much anymore. I've been there and done that. I enjoyed it; but it is different for me now. I had industry job offers along the way, but I turned them down, because I was really pretty satisfied with what I was doing. The contributions of government people such as myself may not mean much to you, but I think I saved some large dollar value deals for some American companies with what I knew and my ability to work things out. In the last years of my career, I got a lot of satifaction mentoring younger employees and solving the day to day problems of our organization.
In my definition, class is how you treat and respect other people, not what you do for a living or what you have.
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