Is it bad to want money? Is it the root of all evil? Perhaps. Certainly there are people in this world that make it so. Greed and power go so much together.
But on a more reflective level, we all need money. And, no, it is NOT bad to make money (provided you can do it in a legitimate way).
What IS legitimate? Nobody knows, or hardly cares, it seems.
I have seen many adverts and sales pages that simply lie through their teeth. Despite the standards of advertising that we are all supposed to adhere to, companies and individuals blatantly lie. This is not “snake oil” lying of course, but rather a method of making claims or associations that lure us into buying their products or services.
So, they make money out of their misrepresentations. But we still buy. And we buy again and again.
At this moment, I am sitting at a $600 desk, on a $200 chair and using a $2000 computer. These were all bought with the money that people gave me after I asked them for (via my products / service).
Does that make it bad? Of course not. All our possessions are bought with the money that someone else has given us. Just because your income originates from the state or from your private company does not mean that you can hold a higher moral ground. That money still comes from someone and they pay you for whatever you do.
Even those that sail yachts, drive expensive cars and own multiple properties still need to feed themselves and their kids, clothe themselves and keep themselves warm. Only the relativity of the situation is different from you or me.
Sometimes, people ask me to do things for free. I sometimes oblige. I am an easy going sort of guy. But more often that not, those people that are asking for something free are simply degrading your worth and making a statement meaning they will do nothing with your gift.
Money pays the bills but it also makes you more alert to the opportunity before you. Paying for something makes you appreciate it more, utilise the messages that come from it and starts you on the road to perception of your own worth.
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