Lin explains that making a lot of money has never been a big motivation for his family, and surmises that it may be due to the influence of his father as a former schoolteacher. The Lin family have the steady-as-she-goes mentality of civil servants, and are happy just to have enough to live comfortably.
林芳洲指出，或許是父親教職出身的影響，他們並沒有生意人「一心以賺錢為重」的拚勁，反倒比較像公教人員「日子過得去就好」的務實心態。