$1 million vs. $1 billion compared as a road trip

While I agree that getting a million dollars is good, and not to treat it as nothing.

The entire point is, people have a hard time telling apart the millionaire and the billionaire in their expectations.

People think they can do all those things with a million dollars. They think the guy with a million is just like the guy with a billion. Which is totally messed up.

The perception is the millionaire is living the lifestyle of the rich and famous, jetting about, has vacation homes, a yacht, hangs out with famous people, get’s private concierge medical care. When, none of that is true. Because a million is so much less than a billion or a hundred million even. Which seems obvious that it’s 1,000 times or 100 times less. It’s that a million is 1,000 times more than a thousand and most people can image a thousand dollars. So, having a 1,000 times that known thing is amazingly more. So much so, that having a 1,000,000 times that known thing doesn’t register as any different.

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