Four self-made millionaires share the subtle ways in which wealth strains relationships, and how financial success ultimately cost them friendships.

Still, millionaires aren’t devoid of relationship issues. In some ways, they can experience wholly unique ones, because “the world is not very compassionate to that kind of trouble and pain,” Amanda Clayman, a financial therapist who hosts Fresh Produce Media’s Audible series “Emotional Investment,” told Business Insider.

  • BrotherL0v3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    Self-made millionaires tend to have a few distinct qualities. For one, their relationship with money can differ from that of their friends. They might focus more on long-term financial goals and be more stringent about saving.

    When Lane Kawaoka became a millionaire by buying rental properties, he realized his newfound wealth was making him feel lonely. Much of it had to do with differing mindsets.

    Ah yes, self-made. Generating money from the aether thru the purchase of real estate. Not hoarding housing and leeching off of the value created by others.