Nikesh Arora: Wealth provides the ultimate freedom to walk away from situations
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Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks, discusses how personal financial success changes one's relationship to work and lifestyle standards via Maslow's hierarchy.
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“And you get to a certain amount of money, then you decide there are some things I don't have to do anymore. I don't have to be a security guard. I don't have to flip burgers. Right. But that very quickly goes up for the thing. I don't have to tolerate certain things that I tolerate in my life because I don't need it in my life because I don't have to adapt to the circumstance because I can walk away.”
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