Life is not just about shrewdly accumulating wealth.
Most of the success in life and business comes from knowing what you should avoid: dying too early, bad marriages, and so on. Avoid contracting AIDS, getting hit by a car at an intersection, or doing drugs. Cultivate good psychological habits.
Avoid wicked people, especially those sexually attractive opposite-sex individuals.
If you are unpopular among those around you because of your uniqueness… then let them be.
Be Content with What You Have
Here is a truth that your investment advisor might object to: If you are already quite wealthy, and other people’s wealth is growing faster than yours—for example, by making money on high-risk stocks—so what?! There will always be people whose wealth is growing faster than yours. This is not a tragedy. Soros couldn’t stand the fact that others were making money in the tech industry while he wasn’t, and he lost a ton of money. We simply don’t care (that others are making money in the tech industry).
Guard Against Envy
Focusing on the idea that others are making money (faster than you) is a fatal sin. Envy is truly a foolish sin because it is a sin from which you cannot derive any pleasure. It will only cause you suffering; it will not bring you any joy. Why are you envious?