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Originally Posted by mineistaken
Yes, but in this case he was getting paid for years, meaning you should get used to it and start behaving smarter with cash as time goes by. First year you maybe waste, second year less wasting, third less and so on. I mean how many years does it take to learn to manage their money?
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I think people have a hard time understanding this because they are evaluating the situation from their own rational perspective and not able to see things from the players irrational perspective.
When you think you're the best, you're a star, you can do no wrong, you're a winner, you win, win, win.. etc etc etc... its very easy to give into the temptation of short term pleasures and rewards vs planning for long term, rationalizing that you'll figure something out later... get a new contract, get into rapping, get a movie deal, or whatever.
This is why lottery winners are always broke and why everyone always says "if it was me, i'd just..."
It is the current rational self, making predictions about a future, newly enriched and wholly irrational self. It doesn't really work well.