Are you in the top 1%

[Osiris]

By the numbers I am in the top 1 %.

Does that make me special? I do not think so.

Do I have a lot of money? Do I have a high income? Sure.

Have I been very fortunate to be born in the right family in the right country with enough smarts to get into medical school, right residency etc? Sure. Am I willing to work hard and make the best of a sometimes hard and unpleasant job? Yes.

With the gifts I was given, I should be top 1 %.

[Complete_newbie]

Vagabond - fantastic post. FTR I posted that list as stratification. I completely believe in what you mentioned. Comparing to other people is the way to the dark side - cue all Yodaisms.

[wideopenspaces]

Not in the 1%, but still manage to be quite happy :-)

[FIREshrink]

This suggests you need almost $8,000,000 to be in the top 1% as of 2013. Probably higher now in 2017.

 

https://dqydj.com/net-worth-in-the-united-states-zooming-in-on-the-top-centiles/

[VagabondMD]

FIREshrink wrote:

This suggests you need almost $8,000,000 to be in the top 1% as of 2013. Probably higher now in 2017.

 

https://dqydj.com/net-worth-in-the-united-states-zooming-in-on-the-top-centiles/

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Gosh, I was happy earlier, and now I am sad.

Can someone research how fast a 50ish year old needs to run a 10k or half marathon to be among the most fit? I would like to be in the top 1% of SOMETHING.

[Zaphod]

Vagabond MD wrote:

FIREshrink wrote:

This suggests you need almost $8,000,000 to be in the top 1% as of 2013. Probably higher now in 2017.

 

https://dqydj.com/net-worth-in-the-united-states-zooming-in-on-the-top-centiles/

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Gosh, I was happy earlier, and now I am sad.

Can someone research how fast a 50ish year old needs to run a 10k or half marathon to be among the most fit? I would like to be in the top 1% of SOMETHING.

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Im always humbled by how blessed the great athletes are and how hard it is (with a career, etc..) to try to up your game on a very limited time frame. If you take all in your age group Im sure you're there.

[FIREshrink]

Vagabond MD wrote:

FIREshrink wrote:

This suggests you need almost $8,000,000 to be in the top 1% as of 2013. Probably higher now in 2017.

 

https://dqydj.com/net-worth-in-the-united-states-zooming-in-on-the-top-centiles/

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Gosh, I was happy earlier, and now I am sad.

Can someone research how fast a 50ish year old needs to run a 10k or half marathon to be among the most fit? I would like to be in the top 1% of SOMETHING.

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you are in the top 0.001% of wealth for all human beings who have ever lived. Hopefully that is enough.

[hightower]

I've been reading an Eckhart Tolle book recently.   Its started to make me think about the pursuit of wealth differently then I was before.  The ego can never be satisfied.  There is no number that is "enough."  To quote Tolle "Is that purpose in the future more important to you than what you are doing in the present? If it is, then it is a form of ego. The ego always looks toward the next moment for some kind of fulfillment."

[CM]

hightower wrote:

I’ve been reading an Eckhart Tolle book recently.   Its started to make me think about the pursuit of wealth differently then I was before.  The ego can never be satisfied.  There is no number that is “enough.”  To quote Tolle “Is that purpose in the future more important to you than what you are doing in the present? If it is, then it is a form of ego. The ego always looks toward the next moment for some kind of fulfillment.”

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Taken literally then, any saving for the future is a form of ego, and that's a bad thing?

[hightower]

Only if its getting in the way of you being in the present moment  Tolle's philosophy is really interesting, but it takes some time to really grasp what he's saying.  I just brought that up here because its so fresh in my mind.

[Zaphod]

CM wrote:

hightower wrote:

I’ve been reading an Eckhart Tolle book recently.   Its started to make me think about the pursuit of wealth differently then I was before.  The ego can never be satisfied.  There is no number that is “enough.”  To quote Tolle “Is that purpose in the future more important to you than what you are doing in the present? If it is, then it is a form of ego. The ego always looks toward the next moment for some kind of fulfillment.”

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Taken literally then, any saving for the future is a form of ego, and that’s a bad thing?

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As would be any form of preparation, study, training, anything....making it idiotic, so Im sure theres a LOT more to it than that lol.

[Kamban]

hatton1 wrote:

Sorry WCI if I made you think by my comment that I did not feel rich you thought I meant that I was still striving to be richer.  I actually feel like I have enough.  I meant that I don’t feel like I am a 1%er.  I am making a conscious effort to live modestly.

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I fully understand what you mean. Having 4, 5 or even 10M does not make one rich to the extent that that one throws money left and right without any care in the world. The people who do that are the suddenly rich lottery and large inheritance winners. People egg them on and make them feel rich and its gets into their heads and they blow through all that money quickly.

People who go from $10K to 100K to 1M and then 10M or more do not do that. They may have a slightly bigger and nicer house and maybe a Lexus but otherwise look and behave the same. They still look for sales in Macy's and Kohl's and look at eBay and Amazon for reasonably priced items. They are unlikely to be wearing a Hermes scarf or carry Louis Vuitton luggage and take the 1st class flights every time. Unless someone tells them or they come across it while reading, they are  unlikely to know that their net worth puts them in the 1 % or .05% or even .01%.

[Zaphod]

Kamban wrote:

hatton1 wrote:

Sorry WCI if I made you think by my comment that I did not feel rich you thought I meant that I was still striving to be richer.  I actually feel like I have enough.  I meant that I don’t feel like I am a 1%er.  I am making a conscious effort to live modestly.

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I fully understand what you mean. Having 4, 5 or even 10M does not make one rich to the extent that that one throws money left and right without any care in the world. The people who do that are the suddenly rich lottery and large inheritance winners. People egg them on and make them feel rich and its gets into their heads and they blow through all that money quickly.

People who go from $10K to 100K to 1M and then 10M or more do not do that. They may have a slightly bigger and nicer house and maybe a Lexus but otherwise look and behave the same. They still look for sales in Macy’s and Kohl’s and look at eBay and Amazon for reasonably priced items. They are unlikely to be wearing a Hermes scarf or carry Louis Vuitton luggage and take the 1st class flights every time. Unless someone tells them or they come across it while reading, they are  unlikely to know that their net worth puts them in the 1 % or .05% or even .01%.

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And professional athletes, celebrities.

[CM]

hightower wrote:

Only if its getting in the way of you being in the present moment  Tolle’s philosophy is really interesting, but it takes some time to really grasp what he’s saying.  I just brought that up here because its so fresh in my mind.

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Eckhart Tolle quotes:

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

What a liberation to realize that the “voice in my head” is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that.

Life is the dancer and you are the dance.

Still grasping... :-)

[TheHappyPhilosopher]

Vagabond MD wrote:

FIREshrink wrote:

This suggests you need almost $8,000,000 to be in the top 1% as of 2013. Probably higher now in 2017.

 

https://dqydj.com/net-worth-in-the-united-states-zooming-in-on-the-top-centiles/

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Gosh, I was happy earlier, and now I am sad.

Can someone research how fast a 50ish year old needs to run a 10k or half marathon to be among the most fit? I would like to be in the top 1% of SOMETHING.

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Here is an age graded race time calculator. Enter your age, gender, distance and time and see how you match up.

http://www.heartbreakhill.org/age_graded.htm