Yes, But I have something he will never have ...Enough"

pg. 39 Psychology of Money Moran Housel

"At a party given by billionaire, Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, Joseph Heller that their host, a hedge fund manager, earned more money in a single day, than Heller earned from his wildly popular novvel 'Catch-22' over its whole history. Heller responded "Yes , But I have something he will neve have ...Enough"

Say you are going to a 5-star hotel - it serves an extravagant buffet- 100s of dishes- you are hungry - you eat and eat - at some point the appetite comes down - mind gives up. you cannot eat more - is it not? 

because , body has a control system - closed loop - that signals that it has had enough ; I wish we have such a closed loop mechanism when it to dealing with money, fame , position and material pleasures!

In the book, Your Money or Your Life, author Vicki Robin helps us to identify the point of enough , when it comes to Money. 

the concept is called Life Energy - amount of time you are trading off for the money earned; 

At the point of enough, fulfillment breaks through the roof and reaches infinity!

Thoreau says " For my greatest skill - has been to want but little - so little distraction from my wonted moods- and so little capital required" Walde pg 37

Any fool can be ambitious ; it takes a genius to feel contented and enough!