I read on Sunday at column that Eric Zorn wrote for the Chicago Tribune. It really touched something in me since many times I feel that we go about our lives not realizing what we have financially. As businesspeople, we are always chasing more financial success.
Eric puts ‘being privileged" in perspective in light of the Katrina losses:
- Being privileged is never sweating the insurance co-pay.
- Being privileged is running the air conditioner while you’re out so your place is cool when you come home.
- Being privileged is worrying about the time it will take rather than the money it will cost to fix your broken refrigerator.
- Being privileged is having health insurance in the first place.
- Being privileged is not carrying a balance on your Visa.
- Being privileged is not knowing whether payday is this Friday or next.
- Being privileged is having a college savings account.
- Being privileged is cashing in your frequent flyer miles.
- Being privileged is hiring someone to clean your toilets.
- Being privileged is not waiting for the paperback edition to come out.
- Being privileged is having three or more phone numbers to your name.
- Being privileged is not playing the lottery in part because you know that in many ways you’ve already won it.
- Being privileged is having Internet access at home so you can participate easily in online discussions about what it means to be privileged.Being privileged is drinking gourmet coffee, bottled water and imported beer.
- Being privileged is owning a washing machine and a dryer.
- Being privileged is a $30 haircut.
- Being privileged is having memberships, subscriptions, season tickets and parking spots.
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