It is healthy to want a better life, though I have found personal goals more effective than material ones. You cannot make a job opening appear, but you can become the person who gets hired when one does. This has been my own mantra for a few years, and the reason I like it is that it takes the pressure off. I control myself and I trust the rest to work out.
This is the short version. The full lesson, with the story behind it, is in the book.
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