The power of this best-of-craigslist post is that he (a former partner-track and then partner-at-age-30 lawyer) talks about why he is happy with his post-superachiever life and at the same time - he does not condescend those people who choose to be slackers, homemakers, or McMansion home owners, or whatever they want to be (as long as it makes them happy)

I came across a definition of success on Friday that really resonated with me: Success is not about financial independence, a big house, or fame. It's about whether you are making progress towards worthy goals.

I like it because that allows us to feel we are succeeding now, rather than the proverbial later.

Profit of successful startup: several million in four years

Profit of successful lawyer: several million throughout lifetime

And once again, the nerds own the jocks.

Sure is nice to have a rich Ivy League lawyer tell me how unimportant success is and just to be happy with my life.

This sounds like a summary of Click (except without the movie poet's license).

What??? What's this doing here? I was just at Reddit, thank you very much.

Synthetic happiness at work.

For fuck's sake. Shouldn't I have received this as a forward of a forward of a forward of a forward (do I need to go on?) with the subject line CARPE DIEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Come on guys, aren't we better than this? Can't we transcend cliché?