Money Should Not Dictate Lifestyle Choices

Growing up in a middle-class family, the speaker never worried about money. Working at Atari, he realized he could live a simple life and still get by financially. He transitioned from being intentionally poor in college to becoming incredibly rich, but made a conscious decision not to let money influence his lifestyle choices. Observing colleagues who amassed wealth and altered their lives drastically, he decided against such extravagance, opting to maintain a grounded and simple life irrespective of financial status.