You are the average of all your friends.
Choose wisely.
If you surround yourself with losers, they will keep you in the mud.
If you surround yourself with motivated people who are doing interesting things and succeeding you may end up operating in rje clouds.
Recomended on economics:
To start, Read up on Smith (wealth of nations), Mill (on liberty), Hayek (lots), Keynes (the economic consequences of the peace), Friedman (lots and youtube lectures).
Also an advanced knowledge of mathematics helps as well. It's not something you'll learn over a couple weekends but trust me it's worth it after.
-Optiyoshi (reddit)
Smaug could just get a cold card and bitcoin, then he would not need to bother guarding his horde. He would be free to roam the earth doing Smaug things.