# 25 The Rich Life *Week 5, Day 1 of [[00 The Wealthy Stoic Course]]* #source/course << [[24 Week 4 Tips and Tools - The Wealthy Stoic|Back]] | [[26 Embrace Your Rich Life|Next]] >>  ## Content > “A Rich Life means you can spend extravagantly on the things you love as long as you cut costs mercilessly on the things you don’t.” — [_I Will Teach You To Be Rich_](https://geni.us/JRTJ) by Ramit Sethi If Ramit Sethi didn’t beat us to it, we might have named this course, “The Rich Life.” **Watch TikTok [video](https://www.tiktok.com/@ryan_holiday/video/7230620392992345387)** 📺 Ramit is the bestselling author of [_I Will Teach You To Be Rich_](https://geni.us/JRTJ) and host of the [I Will Teach You To Be Rich podcast](https://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/podcast/) (one of Ryan’s favorite podcasts), and of the Netflix series [How to Get Rich](https://www.netflix.com/title/81410436). His work focuses on how to help people live what he calls “The Rich Life.” The title is a bit misleading because he doesn’t use “rich” solely in a monetary wealth way. It’s more an all-encompassing philosophy about living a good life. Ramit talks and writes about entrepreneurship, spending, investing, social skills, fitness, psychology, productivity, and on and on—all these interconnected components that go into living well. Key to Ramit’s work is the idea that the definition of The Rich Life varies from person to person. [When we interviewed him a while back](https://dailystoic.com/ramit-sethi-on-what-it-means-to-be-rich/), he gave this example: > I have a friend who always has fresh flowers throughout her tiny New York apartment. They look amazing. When I asked her how she keeps up and maintains all these fresh flowers, despite her busy full-time job, she told me that she spends the equivalent of a cable bill every month to surround herself with beautiful, artisanal flowers that are delivered to her house every week. Every week…on “just” flowers!  > This is the idea of living a Rich Life: If you love how flowers look and make you feel in your home, you don’t “save” buying flowers only for special occasions. You make sure you have them around you all the time. Ramit, on the other hand, doesn’t really care about flowers. So his Rich Life looks different. His definition of a rich life, he says, is never having to step into a Home Depot.  Another important part of his Rich Life–the part that arguably sustains him morally and spiritually—is having the time and money to help other people. “When something outrages you or inspires you,” he said, “when something makes you MAD or SAD or THRILLED, that’s an opportunity to lean into it and use your time and money to improve it.”  To Ramit, if you can’t do that—because you’re too busy, because you’re too selfish, because whatever—then you are not rich…no matter how many digits are to the left of the decimal point in your bank balance. We can imagine Marcus nodding his head in agreement. As we talked about in Week 3—the point of life, Marcus said, is to possess good character and to do acts for the common good.  **This is also the point of wealth and success. To be a positive difference maker.** To be able to help when someone needs it, to be able to hop on a flight and show up for a friend who reached out in a time of crisis. To be able to forgive a debt, to be able to pick up a tab, to be able to spend a few hours furthering a cause.  That’s true wealth. That’s a truly Rich Life. It has very little to do with how much you save for yourself, and everything to do with how much you spend for others. --- ## Activity **What is YOUR Rich Life?** What is the thing that brings you uttermost happiness in life. Is it having a certain amount in your savings account? Is it trying a new restaurant every two weeks? Is it doing what you want, when you want? There is no wrong answer. What is your Rich Life? --- ## Week 5 Workshop Do your money habits enhance your relationship with the things you love? Share what your Rich Life is!