It seems that money is everything in this world doesn't it? We constantly hear, Money is power, Cash is king, Money is the root of all evil and the tell-tale sign that we think too much about it - Money isn't everything. Or is it?
We've been conditioned to believe many lies about money. Foremost among them is the idea that money's power is in how it enable it's bearer to buy things. From childhood we see our parents go to supermarkets, pull up their wallet - out comes the cash and in comes the milk... and sometimes even candy! We see this over and over again and after a million times finally our super fast mind makes the connection; Money provides me with what I need... and what I want. It's one of the most powerful, universal and yet ever so fallacious conclusions that we ever come to.
To be sure money cannot buy happiness, life, joy, peace, health and love. It does help - more or less - in many of these aspects but it is never the key ingredient to our inherent desires of fulfillment and delight. And to be surer still, greed for money is the root of all sorts of evil. Greed kills your soul and kills your body. But now that we got that out of the way let's get to the bottom of all this.
I've got a bag of wheat kernels lying in the kitchen's pantry. It's been there for a year and a half and only yesterday did we finally cook some of it! If I had taken that wheat and sowed it I wouldn't have doubled it... I'd have a kitchen full of huge sacs of wheat. I'd be able to make bread for a year, cook half of it and then sell and give away enough to feed fifty families and still have enough to sow even more seed than I originally did. See? That's the power of money... it can multiply!
Here's the thing. Most people use money to buy things. They spend and consume and in this state money always comes and always goes. The more money comes the more it is spent. There is no multiplication. Just addition and subtraction and in our consumer-oriented world it's mostly subtraction that wins!
If you can understand that money is like seed you're off to a great financial future. Really you are. That thought - that money is seed - is itself like a seed that will open a world of opportunities if you take the time to nurture this idea.
Just think with me a second. You're in university for how many years? How much money will have to flow into your pockets and then ever so quickly out of them to sustain your education? How about your living expenses during this time?
What if you decided to take only a portion of this money and instead of throwing it away on expensive, but small and short-lived pleasures, and instead of consuming it, sowed it? I guarantee you that some of you will graduate into your own companies! And I hope many more still will enter the job market with a completely different mindset than those who haven't begun to sow their money.
So how do you go about sowing your money? Stay tuned for more to come! In the meantime, I'm sure you'll figure many things out as you let the creative machine of your mind start churning to make your financial future far brighter. Here's to your bright future...
Cheers!
Want more on this subject? Check out Your Million Dollar Mistake! And don't forget to share this post with your friends... countless successful companies start with partnerships made right now, when you're a student. :)
Marc Mikhael, Ph.D.
The Apprentice's Compass - Navigate University!
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I've got a bag of wheat kernels lying in the kitchen's pantry. It's been there for a year and a half and only yesterday did we finally cook some of it! If I had taken that wheat and sowed it I wouldn't have doubled it... I'd have a kitchen full of huge sacs of wheat. I'd be able to make bread for a year, cook half of it and then sell and give away enough to feed fifty families and still have enough to sow even more seed than I originally did. See? That's the power of money... it can multiply!
Here's the thing. Most people use money to buy things. They spend and consume and in this state money always comes and always goes. The more money comes the more it is spent. There is no multiplication. Just addition and subtraction and in our consumer-oriented world it's mostly subtraction that wins!
If you can understand that money is like seed you're off to a great financial future. Really you are. That thought - that money is seed - is itself like a seed that will open a world of opportunities if you take the time to nurture this idea.
Just think with me a second. You're in university for how many years? How much money will have to flow into your pockets and then ever so quickly out of them to sustain your education? How about your living expenses during this time?
What if you decided to take only a portion of this money and instead of throwing it away on expensive, but small and short-lived pleasures, and instead of consuming it, sowed it? I guarantee you that some of you will graduate into your own companies! And I hope many more still will enter the job market with a completely different mindset than those who haven't begun to sow their money.
So how do you go about sowing your money? Stay tuned for more to come! In the meantime, I'm sure you'll figure many things out as you let the creative machine of your mind start churning to make your financial future far brighter. Here's to your bright future...
Cheers!
Want more on this subject? Check out Your Million Dollar Mistake! And don't forget to share this post with your friends... countless successful companies start with partnerships made right now, when you're a student. :)
Marc Mikhael, Ph.D.
The Apprentice's Compass - Navigate University!
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