CHAPTER 11Friends
One of the great challenges for individuals with wealth is the question, “Do my friends like me for who I am or for what I have?” We hope the following section sparks some thinking about what a true friend is for you.
Friends as Wealth
According to his student Xenophon, the philosopher Socrates once spoke about friends this way:
Many people know the number of their other possessions, even when they have many things. But of their friends, even if they have just a few, not only are they ignorant of the number, but also to those who ask them to list their friends they set down some and then again take them out. Such is their mindfulness about their friends!1
Think about this point for a moment. How many houses do you have? ...
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