People who say that money is evil or bad or that they don’t need money, or even those who decry capitalism are living in a fantasy land the equivalent to believing that Santa Clause and the Tooth Fairy are real.
The incredible things that can be done with this thing we call money are limited by the bounds of your own imagination. And we’re learning more and more that there are no bounds to your imagination.
There are some who criticise Bill Gates for the so-called “monopoly” he has in the computing industry and for is immense wealth.
And yet this is the guy who has touched more lives than 99.9% of the population of this world and had a profound impact on the globe.
The vast majority of computer users are using technology developed by this guy’s company. He has amassed a phenomenal wealth that he is now gifting back to the human race through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation thereby impacting the lives of many more now and in future generations.
Money is a value system. Plain and simple. It is a measurement of the financial value of service you give and receive from others as well as a representation of the value of any specific item for sale.
The thing is that we decide the value of any specific items or services.
I know of a magician who charges £100 per performance. Another who charges £250 for a single hours worth of magic. And yet others who charge £1,000 to £3,500 for a day’s worth of magic.
I’ve been paid as much as £1,400 for 10 mintues worth of performance time in the past.
The thing is that each individual sets their own value on their time and the right kind of clients end up paying the right kind of prices depending on factures such as perceived value of the magician’s expertiese, budget and ‘replacability’.
The guys who charge at the lower end of the scale are easily replaceable as there are many magicians fighting over the scraps that are these kind of gigs. On the higher end of the scale there are fewer magicians and as such these guys are in high demand by those who need these guys.
Money is good. Or bad. But it’s all about YOUR perception.
If you see money as doing bad – that’s what you’ll be focusing on and that’s what you’ll see in the world.
Money is good. See all the good that money has done, is doing and can do.
A friend and I were disussing the importance of money – the role that it plays in our society.
This is a guy who lives in a squat. Him and several other squatters break into and take over abandoned buildings and convert them into free accommodation for themselves for as long as it takes the authorities or owners to kick them out. Not an ideal or stressfree lifestyle.
This guy seems to always be suffering from a lack of finances.
I asked him to point to absolutely anything on the street and I’d demonstrate how money was and is a vital part of that particular item in our society.
He chose the most valueless item he could – a discarded cigarette butt on the pavement.
We stood for a good 15 minutes as I demonstrated how money had been a part of the process in the life of the cigarette butt and more importantly a part of the process of EVERYONE’S lives who had at been at every stage of that cigarette butts existance and pre-existance. Money was even impacting the lives of those who’d be responsible for the sweeping up and discarding of that self same cigarette butt.
These people also have families they feed and support as a result of that butt.
Everywhere you look in modern society you will find money.
Even in tribal societies untouched by money we’ll find some system of value exchange.
Man has always had an intrinsic need to measure and quantify things. And this includes the value he receives and gives. Money makes that easier.
Now go make some money! ie. Go provide value for humanity!
Regards,
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