dominating other poker players, its quite satisfying. Also I know its kinda hypocritical towards my political beliefs, but I feel wealth is like the biggest competition known to man. And of course I would not just be greedy and horde all this money, I would do charitable things, and all that stuff. But I think the pursuit of personal wealth is looked down upon for the wrong reasons. Its like having the ambition to be the best at a particular sport, or the ambition to start a company and become the best in the industry. The only difference is that in this competition you are not ranked by how good your perform in a particular sport or how your company has done, or whatever. Its just how much money you have.

I think it all depends on your definition of personal success. Some people feel that going to college, starting a career and moving up as far as you can, then retriing when youre 5ft into the grave, is the definition of sucess. Maybe it is for them, but I wont lie, I want to be as rich as I possibly can be. However I wont be ruthless to get there. I wont be a ladder climber and I wont forget my freinds, and those close to me.

sorry I know I rambled a lot, I hope some of it makes sense to someone. Also I hope I didnt stomp on anyones opinions, thats not what I meant to do.