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He wrote, “The pleasures of wealth and greatness, when considered in this complex view, strike the imagination as something grand and beautiful and noble, of which the attainment is well worth all the toil and anxiety which we are so apt to bestow upon it. And it is well that nature imposes upon us in this manner. It is this deception which rouses and keeps in continual motion the industry of mankind.” Smith saw value in the drive to obtain wealth and status but also highlighted that it was a deception.
Win the Inside Game: How to Move from Surviving to Thriving, and Free Yourself Up to Perform
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