The author has fallen into the money trap. Everyone, rich or poor gets basically the same amount of time. 80 years, give or take a few decades. The first few years are spent rather carelessly. By the time you're 40 you maybe have half a life left. Your time is worth more. You are the most capable you will ever be and you need to focus on what you really want to do in the life you have left. Say you live to be 89 and the Fed chairman decides to print up a billion dollars and drop it in your lap. What good does that really do you? When you are near the end of life, it really makes no difference anymore. That's when you look back and realize, you spent the majority of your life chasing money which doesn't really matter.

Everyone dies. You can't take it with you.