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In 1923, nine  of the wealthiest people in the world met at Chicago ‘s Edge
water Beach Hotel. Their combined wealth, it is estimated, exceeded the
wealth of the government of the United States at that time. These men
certainly  knew how to make a living and accumulate wealth.

Attending the meeting were the following  men:

The president of the largest steel company,
The president of the largest utility company,
The president of the largest gas company,
The president of the New York Stock Exchange,
The president of the Bank of International Settlements,
The greatest wheat speculator,
The greatest bear on Wall Street,
The head of the World’s greatest monopoly, & a member of President
Harding’s cabinet.

That’s a pretty impressive line-up of people by anyone’s  yardstick.

Yet, 25 years later, where were those nine industrial  giants?

But let’s examine what happened to them 25 years  later.

1.      The  President of the then largest steel company (Bethlehem  Steel
Corp), Charles M Schwab, lived on borrowed capital for five years before  he
died bankrupt.
2.      The President of the then largest gas company, Howard Hubson, went
insane.
3.      One of the greatest commodity traders (Wheat Speculator) , Arthur
Cutten, died insolvent.
4.  The then President of the New York Stock Exchange, Richard Whitney,
was sent to jail.
5.      The member of the US President’s Cabinet (the member of President
Harding’s cabinet), Albert Fall, was pardoned from jail just to be able to
go  home and die in peace.
6.      The greatest “bear” on Wall Street, Jesse Livermore committed
suicide.
7.      The President of the then world’s greatest monopoly, Ivar Krueger,
committed suicide.
8.      The President of the Bank of International Settlement, Leon Fraser,
committed Suicide.
9.   The president of the largest utility company, Samuel  Insull, died
penniless!!

What they forgot was how to “make” life while they got  busy making money!
Money in itself is not evil; it provides food for the hungry,  medicine for
the sick, clothes for the needy; Money is only a medium of exchange.

We need two kinds of education:
…..a) One that teaches us how to make a living;  and
…b) One that teaches us how to live.
There are many of us who are so engrossed in our professional life  that we
neglect our family, health and social responsibilities.  If asked why we do
this we would reply that “We are doing it for our  family”.

Yet, our kids are sleeping when we leave home. They are sleeping when  we
come back home!! Twenty years later, we’ll turn back, and they’ll all be
gone, to  pursue their own dreams and their own
lives…………………….