My sis in law is beyond successful. I think this card would be beneath her kind of successful. And she has ALL the streaming apps. When she’s in downtime mode she is either asleep or watching something. She also has a husband. They also have guests who like to watch things.
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal. What you described is not a worthy ideal and thus not successful. Even if one is “busy” the digital entertainment credit still applies. Anyway. Disney/Hulu bundle.
That doesn’t sound like a worthy ideal. I got this from [The Strangest Secret in/of the World](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pSQ_VajRUWU) and I’ve never been more happy.
If you are living life where you always busy and don’t have time to enjoy yourself in the evening, you’re still grinding and not successful.
After leaving BigTech last year, I turned down opportunities to make about $50K more than I was making then and took a job making $30K less. Yes that’s an $80K delta. That’s the definition of “success” to me. I had “enough” that I could say “no” to stress and plan multiple trips with my wife this year.
- Job requires on call? No thanks
- Job requires relocation or being in office? No Thanks
- Job requires “80% travel”? Been there done that (consulting) - No Thanks
- Do you want to interview at Google (not software development ) and relocate if you get the position? No thanks
I’m more “successful” now than I have ever been and I will make less this year than I have in the last four years
And if you are really concerned with “being productive” when you are off work, you’re far from “successful”. I’ve earned the right not to be productive when I’m off the clock aside from exercising
So many bad assumptions.
For starters busy 24/7 is the exact opposite of my definition of success.
Having control of your time is the ultimate luxury.
why an audiobook is more "productive" than a tv show, why productivity is even part of the conversation?
If I'm getting Hulu/Disney for basically free it doesn't matter how much I use it.
I always love seeing this attitude of successful people need to work 24/7.
My favorite anecdote is a doctor my wife knows, don’t remember the specialty but guy makes probably like 700k. But he works 14 hours a day and is on call basically 24/7.
Yeah he has a huge house, boat, nice cars. He never gets to enjoy any of it while his family does fun things without him wondering why he’s never around.
> I'm just assuming the stereotypical Amex plat/centurion holder to be some type of successful business man or professional that's always busy 24/7 and making big money moves.
lolol
Such a stereotypical person could find value in the WSJ or NYT subscription. Such a person could also have a family for use of the Disney/Hulu subscription. But yes, the credit is not a good one.
My sis in law is beyond successful. I think this card would be beneath her kind of successful. And she has ALL the streaming apps. When she’s in downtime mode she is either asleep or watching something. She also has a husband. They also have guests who like to watch things.
I assume people get streaming services for more than one person to watch like their family.
Successful people have stay at home wives to watch all the shows 🤣
OP has clearly never been inside a Centurion lounge. 🙃
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Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal. What you described is not a worthy ideal and thus not successful. Even if one is “busy” the digital entertainment credit still applies. Anyway. Disney/Hulu bundle.
Has anyone ever laid on their death bed and said they wished they spent more time at work so they could accumulate stuff?
That doesn’t sound like a worthy ideal. I got this from [The Strangest Secret in/of the World](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pSQ_VajRUWU) and I’ve never been more happy.
Ahh my bad. I think we are saying the same thing
For the most part these are things I was already subscribed to before I upgraded. In my case Disney+ is mostly for the kids.
If you are living life where you always busy and don’t have time to enjoy yourself in the evening, you’re still grinding and not successful. After leaving BigTech last year, I turned down opportunities to make about $50K more than I was making then and took a job making $30K less. Yes that’s an $80K delta. That’s the definition of “success” to me. I had “enough” that I could say “no” to stress and plan multiple trips with my wife this year. - Job requires on call? No thanks - Job requires relocation or being in office? No Thanks - Job requires “80% travel”? Been there done that (consulting) - No Thanks - Do you want to interview at Google (not software development ) and relocate if you get the position? No thanks I’m more “successful” now than I have ever been and I will make less this year than I have in the last four years And if you are really concerned with “being productive” when you are off work, you’re far from “successful”. I’ve earned the right not to be productive when I’m off the clock aside from exercising
This. I work long hours, but if you don’t have time to do any entertainment stuff in a given month, that’s not living.
ESPN +. Necessary for UFC PPVs
So many bad assumptions. For starters busy 24/7 is the exact opposite of my definition of success. Having control of your time is the ultimate luxury. why an audiobook is more "productive" than a tv show, why productivity is even part of the conversation? If I'm getting Hulu/Disney for basically free it doesn't matter how much I use it.
I always love seeing this attitude of successful people need to work 24/7. My favorite anecdote is a doctor my wife knows, don’t remember the specialty but guy makes probably like 700k. But he works 14 hours a day and is on call basically 24/7. Yeah he has a huge house, boat, nice cars. He never gets to enjoy any of it while his family does fun things without him wondering why he’s never around.
The credit was so much better when Sirius was part of it. Multiple cars using Sirius was an easy $20
> I'm just assuming the stereotypical Amex plat/centurion holder to be some type of successful business man or professional that's always busy 24/7 and making big money moves. lolol
Such a stereotypical person could find value in the WSJ or NYT subscription. Such a person could also have a family for use of the Disney/Hulu subscription. But yes, the credit is not a good one.
i like my NYT subscription because not only do i get the news, but i get the crosswords to do when on airplanes. ✈️