As for Bill Gates, well I wonder about him sometimes. I mean I can’t judge, but his foundation states right on its own website that it supports International Planned Parenthood Federation and Population Action International.

Gates would therefore appear to be an elitist and it would seem when one looks a little deeper, that he would rather see poor people kill themselves off through abortion, contraception and sterilization than actually improving conditions in Third World countries.

Thanks for sharing. I never meant to imply that financial goals should be the most important goals in your life.

I disagree with your logic though. Simply because we’re fortunate enough to have material possessions, doesn’t mean we’re vein for enjoying them or increasing them. In fact, this material wealth is a powerful way to help the needy.

Just look at what Bill Gates is doing with his vast wealth (giving to charity) … and I guarantee that he’s had a hard look at his financial goals and done financial planning!

I don’t mean that we shouldn’t try and achieve financial contentment, but sometimes things don’t seem to add up in the world, e.g. spending $89 on a piece of software to ‘help’ us see whether we can hit our financial goals, when millions barely earn that after working for a full month!

Don’t take this as an attack at you Ryan, it was just a few thoughts that came into my head while reading your post. I just decided to share them.

I’m pretty against flying all over the place.

I’m American, so there’s a good chance that we’ll live over there at some point - not planning on jetting back and forth every couple months! :)

Thanks for all these posts, they are very useful.

Great Post! Thanks Ryan.

Thanks! :)

Ryan, it’s a piece of PC Software!

You’re right. I run it through Parallels.