No, I did not fly Notch around yesterday

From Notch’s blog:

Yesterday, a rather spontaneous rich guy dropped by the office to meet and greet, which was fairly awesome. We had a short meeting where everyone said what they did and what we thought about the future and so, and as he left, he invited three of us along to fly to London with his private jet to go to a party where a famous musician was playing. That was even more awesome.

I immediately said yes. Then I called my fiancee to make sure it was ok. ;)

We arrived at the party at about midnight, where there was a table reserved for us. There were rich people and various hang-arounds everywhere, but the mood was very relaxed and energetic. The music was brilliant, and the entertainment even more so. People got drunk, people smoked on balconies, and we ended up in a hotel suite eating white bread and some kind of peanut butter/gingerbread paste.

After catching some very brief sleep in our own hotel rooms (paid for by Mr Rich (thank you, sir! (I wonder if he’s reading my blog..))), we flew back to Stockholm just in time for a meeting with a potential new employee.

It’s amazing to realize that there are people who actually do this all the time, flying around in private jets, and having assistants who in turn have their own assistants.

For all those wondering, that person was not me.

It is interesting to me that Notch is discovering, due to his sudden wealth and fame, this slice of society that is hidden to everyday working men and women. When you’re an employee, your friends are employees, your neighbors are employees, everyone in your world in an employee. But there is another world out there where people do not have to ‘go to work’, do not have to ask for vacation time, and do whatever they wish to do. You, the reader, need to find that world. There is no reason why you cannot fly around on a private jet and have assistants to your assistant.

Instead of saying, “I cannot live like that!”, I want you to start asking, “What can I do so I can live like that?” The latter is productive, the former is self-defeating.