If you look outside, there is no end of your wishing list. Always bigger house and larger boat, math and philosophy have proved that they will never converge. So if that's what you are doing, you will never focus your effort and never find what you want. Even by chance you have something valuable, you won't be able to recognize it and stand very little chance to appreciate, let alone to cherish any such rare opportunity.
The reason why there are some confusion is that quite a few extravagant, larger than life people actually are humble. Yet because their appearance and behavior, they usually serve as negative influence to folks who don't think very much.
Here is one; Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, wears a Rolex watch.