I spent more than 20 years working for law firms advising the largest companies in the world, which involved a great deal of time sitting very close to very rich men. Then I became a psychotherapist. Back then, I was struck by a couple of things. One was that the very rich didn’t seem especially smart: usually, very obviously not the smartest guys in the room. Very often, they’d struggle to follow what was going on and cover it up with irritation. And that was the other thing I noticed: they seemed pretty discontented.
Elon Musk: very rich isn’t the same as smart
Elon Musk: very rich isn’t the same as smart
Elon Musk: very rich isn’t the same as smart
I spent more than 20 years working for law firms advising the largest companies in the world, which involved a great deal of time sitting very close to very rich men. Then I became a psychotherapist. Back then, I was struck by a couple of things. One was that the very rich didn’t seem especially smart: usually, very obviously not the smartest guys in the room. Very often, they’d struggle to follow what was going on and cover it up with irritation. And that was the other thing I noticed: they seemed pretty discontented.