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Is That All There Is?When you're making money, but you're still not happy

ByChristopher D. Lancette

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The American "can do" spirit has many entrepreneursthinking the sky's the limit. Trouble is, if the sky's thelimit, you'll always feel earthbound.

Knowing when to pronounce yourself successful can be a matter oflife and death. Although there are a lot of happy millionaires,there are also a lot of compulsively ambitious souls who are neversatisfied, no matter how many houses, cars and boats they have.Someone makes a million with a brilliant investment, and thenimmediately sets out to make two. Once that person has two, theadrenaline rush is too great to resist, and he or she lays plans toget into the $5 million club, and on it goes. If that's whatyou think life is all about, read no further.

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