The only people I recognize, time and again, as having an &quot;abundance mindset&quot; are people who prioritize wealth and material objects first and foremost, because they recognize there&#x27;s a whole lot of that stuff out there for the person willing to go out there and get it however they can. Otherwise, I kind of see the term as not very useful. Actually, it might be inherently wrong.<p>A major part of the &#x27;unhappiness&#x27; that I see a lot of &quot;smart&quot; people deal with is kind of the opposite of this &quot;abundance&quot; thing - in reality, there aren&#x27;t enough of &#x27;everything&#x27; to go around. Good jobs, reasonably priced things, work-life balance, adequate sick and vacation time, opportunities to advance in a company...it&#x27;s not that smart people reject these things, it&#x27;s that some of the conditions are pretty un-sympathetic to merit and integrity based approaches. For all the talk about the US having a very mobile system of social and economic status - which I think it does, global context in mind - it&#x27;s still a bell curve of haves and have nots. Being smart enough to see that conditions are not very appealing doesn&#x27;t jack up the seratonin feelings of &quot;oh everything is just great&quot; in my neighborhood. Relevant quote:<p><i>Peter Gibbons: Our high school guidance counselor used to ask us what you&#x27;d do if you had a million dollars and you didn&#x27;t have to work. And invariably what you&#x27;d say was supposed to be your career. So, if you wanted to fix old cars then you&#x27;re supposed to be an auto mechanic.<p>Samir: So what did you say?<p>Peter Gibbons: I never had an answer. I guess that&#x27;s why I&#x27;m working at Initech.<p>Michael Bolton: No, you&#x27;re working at Initech because that question is bullshit to begin with. If everyone listened to her, there&#x27;d be no janitors, because no one would clean shit up if they had a million dollars.</i>