[jacquesm]

I think the difference between the way you look at HN and the way I do is that I think this isn't a site that is strictly about 'how to win' in the business world but on how to improve your game in a much more general sense.

It's about skills, not about 'how do I win'. And if enjoying the game makes you practice longer and harder that's a valid way to go about reaching your goals. Neglecting your long term health at the expense of trying to win means that if you don't win in the short term that you will not be able to try again.

The narrow and shortsighted goal is one that you may want to achieve but I almost guarantee you that you're not going to be a winner without improving your game first and without enjoying the game even if you don't win and without protecting your long term health.

There is no 'winning' in this sense in the businessworld, you can set a goal and by achieving that you can make money almost as a by-product. HN is (at least in my perception) partly about achieving those intermediate goals.

If rich to you means having money then you're going to have to achieve that goal in an indirect way (or you'll have to rob a bank).