Gates to students: Don’t try to be a billionaire, it’s overrated
This was an important thing for me to read.  For the past several years I have been trying hard to deprogram myself of the "richer is better" mindset.  Part of my problem has been the assumption that richer people believe themselves to be better than those less rich, to the point that someone like Bill Gates would think less of someone who "only" had a couple million dollars.<p>I'm slowly weaning myself off of this damaging viewpoint.  Something that has really helped have been TED Talks: it's awesome to see a room full of people - some of them hugely wealthy and successful - looking with absolute respect and awe at the presenter on stage talking about (say) the intelligence of crows.<p>This answer by Gates really helps further cement the idea in my mind that, yes, having more money is great to a point, but in the end, what have you DONE with your life?  What have you MADE that brings value to the rest of the world?  Those are the kind of things that bring true respect to you, from the rich and non-rich alike.