In The End, What Matters Most Is

Competitiveness Is Really What It Costs You Per Man-hour To Get You What You Want. In Other Words, There's An Education Level That Plays Into The Mix And So If It's Inexpensive To Buy An Hour Of Real Good Education In Places Like China Versus The U.s., That Factors In.

I'm Just Saying That If You Understand How The Economic Machine Works, It Just Works Like A Machine. There Are Cause-effect Relationships.

Success Is Achieved By People Who Deeply Understand Reality And Know How To Use It To Get What They Want. The Converse Is Also True: Idealists Who Are Not Well-grounded In Reality Create Problems, Not Progress.

One Of The Things Meditation Gives You Is Creativity Because Creativity Really Comes From The Subconscious Brain - Intuition, Imagination - So It's Not Like You Can Go There And Say, I'm Going To Go Be Creative Now. Maybe You Can, But The Real Way You Get Creativity Is, You Know, You're Taking A Hot Shower And Great Ideas Come To You From The Subconscious. Essentially, Meditation Opens A Pipeline Between The Conscious And The Subconscious.

For Me, The Best Things In Life - Meaningful Work, Meaningful Relationships, Interesting Experiences, Good Food, Sleep, Music, Ideas, Sex, And Other Basic Needs And Pleasures - Are Not, Past A Certain Point, Materially Improved Upon By Having A Lot Of Money.