ASPIE Paths to becoming Wealthy Beyond Your Dreams

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I want to know how aspies are getting rich. If you know any aspies who are financially successful or are financially successful yourself, feel free to share the story. Even though some of us may have social difficulties that others don't have and that might affect common paths to wealth, I don't feel like that should be a blockade to achieving your financial dreams and providing for a secure future free of worries that plague those living paycheck to paycheck or those who are broke. If your relationships with others tend to suck, then might as well compensate by becoming and being extremely rich, right?

for what purpose. to be honest, i generally beleive in the teachings of Jesus so no.

that's not what i would invest in nor do I think Jesus would want me to given the suffering people and animals and environment are going through. further, if you give in the way Jesus speaks of you are always giving therefore you will never "acquire wealth" (although over your lifetime you may give a lot).

Yeah, that's so; money is a tool that can be used for many purposes.

But, honestly, I don't have talent for being an entrepreneur; so it doesn't seem like that's where I'd be most effective. My time is usually worth more than any money I might earn with it; so when I want to help out somewhere, I tend to use my talent with organization and sheer stubborn persistence.

What I want out of money is "enough money so that I can buy myself the basics and not have to worry about whether or not I'll be able to afford them". For me, that level is about $20k per year, or $30k if living in an expensive area. Any more is pretty much useless to me.

I would rather develop my skills than pad my bank account. It's those skills that can actually do some good. Anybody can donate money; and I suppose those who are skilled at earning money might specialize in it. But nobody can learn every skill available, and I like to think that my own specialties are useful to the world.

If you try to do too much, you won't be able to focus strongly enough on any one thing. Jack of all trades, master of none. I want to do research and development in rehab technology. That's not a high-money field. It'll pay the bills; but it won't make me rich. If I wanted to earn lots of money, I guess I could sell out and work for somebody like Proctor & Gamble, developing new body lotion and toothpaste; but really--we've got enough of that. I want to spend my life doing something actually useful.

Besides, money's just not one of my priorities. Like, say I walked up to you and said, "Sure, you like thinking about ways to make money; but don't you also want to become a world-famous mountain climber? How can you not want to be a mountain climber?" When you're probably totally uninterested in it. (Substitute something else if you do happen to like mountain climbing.)

I know lots of people think that a person's value is determined by how much money they have; but I'm not among them, and I think you'll find that for most people--Aspie and NT alike--money really isn't priority number one.

Well I personally have little interest in money. I just want enough to live comfortably when I'm settled in a career. However, since I do have a poor social life, I'm considering pursuing a Ph.D. I have nothing better to do, right? If I ever did become rich, it would be from writing fiction. I'm not saying I'm a fabulous writer who'd make it, just noting that that would be the way due to my creativity and writing frequency.

It's better to do what I love than to sell out and be a slave to the almighty dollar.

I would rather live off grid, have a self sustainable farm and hide out in the boonies than to be rich. just enough to keep it going and some money to cover for emergencies is all I need.

I dont wanna chase the almighty dollar cuz one day it wont be worth much at the rate we are going.

Jojo

After some thought I think the the trick to accomplishing this is to dream small.

engineering - maybe if i started out in it as a young person
computer programming - tried it. outprogrammed two professionals in my course, but the detail-orientation necessary was nerve-wracking
i don't recommend being a doctor of medicine. i tried it. didn't work for me. it requires tons of tact in dealing with other physicians who have the power to make or break you.

i'm a people person who was slow in learning how to deal with people. now i help people in social work, as many here suggest, sacrificing the do-re-mi for satisfaction.