Answers Money Can't Buy

So, I read this article about what the Ultra-rich want.  Here is my solution. It would work, but it's not a world in which you'd want to live in. You must turn your compound into your own kingdom from the start, because the only form of practicable government that ensures the survival of its leader is despotism. Everyone who has anything, tangible or intangible, must depend on you for everything. Everything must be in jeopardy if your rule ends, including individuals' pride and self worth.  A King you will become if not a cult leader. Having some charisma will help, but it's not essential. The following are a few things that will need to happen. 1. Make sure they have families.  Evey soldier/armed guard must have a family which must include children. It is of the utmost importance that they are protecting something important to them other then you. This has to be there in the beginning so that your new culture may take root.  2. Have their sons an

Hi, I'm a busybody who actually has some working gray matter in between my ears. Now as the title states if you have problems that your money can't help you with then feel free to ask me. If you don't have money you can still ask me but one thing I can't do is make your portfolio grow. If nothing else you waste a little bit of your time for another person's opinion on your problem. Try it... you might be pleasantly surprised like the first time you tried chocolate or vanilla. And if you don't think the opinion is valuable, simply don't follow it and you're no worse off than before. In the scheme of things, if you think about, having an anonymous disinterested opinion might be what you are looking for in the end. Why am I doing this at all? Well, life is short and made shorter by every passing moment, so why not do it? Yes, I could have said all these nice things about helping people or caring about people but I didn't.  Pat