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>>34436675
Meditate every day on the realization that money can't give you anything worth having. Excessive living turns into painful living, fame built on wealth is shallow and fleeting, and any security that you think it gives you is a complete lie. Anyone who admires you for it is simply admiring the money and not you, and it can't buy you genuine love or affection. Wealth can't save you from death, and you can't take any of it with you when you die. It's better to focus on learning how to live correctly, than fixate on how to live wealthily.

>>34436675
Anyone who's ever achieved anything was already doing what made them successful at like 24
Sorry but it ended long ago

>>34436688
This is easier said than done though. A lot of studies show money directly correlates to hapiness. Not only that but money is directly related to power as well, without it, or at least a lot of it, there is no time to live correctly, there's only time to trudge my ass to and from work so I can make ends meet and spend what ever I have left on quick dopamine hits to numb the pain of having to do this for the next 50 years.

>>34436692
This is true, I am a late starter in life. bullshitted around at various jobs till I was around 22 then went to college and got an engineering degree, fast forward to now and I'm now only a junior engineer in my company at 28, pretty pitiful when most my age are senior engineers already. I hate myself everyday for taking so long to get my shit together, I would have had a decent amount of experience under my belt by now. I have been trying, and failing, to start my own company in my field as this is my only shot of realistically getting wealthy, but it hasn't been working out

>>34436711
>This is easier said than done though
Of course it is. Everything worth doing is easier said than done. But it is possible, and if a bit of difficulty is all that stands between you and contentment then you'd just be harming yourself by giving up.

>A lot of studies show money directly correlates to hapiness
No, there have not been. Think for a moment about how worthless a study on happiness would be. How do they gauge happiness? Self reporting? That would be meaningless. Biometrics? Also meaningless. How often they smile? Totally worthless. There is no way to gauge happiness scientifically, and anyone who thinks that money has made them happy is by definition miserable. When that person loses their wealth, they'll be devastated. When Death comes knocking, they'll be trembling. Happiness can only come in the form of enlightenment and inward peace. Monks who have taken vows of poverty are happier than any materialist who ever lived.