Get Wealthy, Not Rich

The Royal Academy of the Spanish Language defines wealth (in its first meaning) as "the abundance of goods or precious things."

And this is the concept that we all have in mind. A person is rich when he has wealth: a luxurious house, an expensive car (or two or three!), Expensive clothes, trips in first-class ... You know what I'm talking about.

But it is helpful to make the distinction between (a) having wealth and (b) being rich.

To explain the difference, let's use an example: imagine yo...