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Some people take lifetimes, even multiple reincarnations to come to the conclusion that they are buyers, not sellers. Some people are born marketers and are very good at persuasion, hyperbole, and other tools to sell a product/service.

Others are natural consumers: they develop tastes and grow to be rabid shoppers. It's good to sit in the middle of these two opposites, but often better to decide which extreme you want.

I know I've made the decision too late in life, when I wasted a vast portion of it trying to sell some product/service/idea when really I just wanted the latest Porsche!




I'm sure a lot of people would love to go all-in on the buy side. Where do you get the money to buy something if you don't sell anything though?


> Where do you get the money

In this case we assume there is a cashflow of some sort. How the cashflow comes into being is a public matter for most, but sometimes a private matter. It is assumed that a certain amount of disposable income can be used to acquire tastes and become a 'shopaholic' of sorts.




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