When I think about how wealthy people become wealthy, until recently, I used to think that presumably, their salaries were large enough or their businesses were successful enough that they were able to take back large sums of money as remuneration.
Today, in the course of some other conversation, I was struck with a brilliant thought: wealthy people become wealthy because they want to be wealthy.
This may seem obvious, but the critical point to note here is the agency: in the first paragraph, the idea is of some external force making it possible for one to bring back home large amounts of money. In the second, money comes because the person wills it. If the person wills it strongly enough, they will do whatever is needed to get that money.
So my next questions for myself are: how much money do I really want? And just as importantly, Why?
When I ponder this question, my first instinct is to say, I need enough money for day to day expenses, a little bit put aside for the kids, some for a rainy day.
I have been watching Greenleaf on Netflix, and as the good folks on that show might say, Why limit the Lord's largesse with your small thoughts?
So, why limit myself? And why is my first instinct to shy away from wanting a huge ultra-large load of money that will make me hyper-rich?
Do I want to be hyper-rich? Again, why?
This is a deeper question than anything I've asked myself. Money without a purpose, or gathering money for its own sake, is a bit like eating without a purpose: ultimately, you will fall sick. You need to make money towards something, and at the same time, ensure that it doesn't just keep collecting in one place.
These questions are so difficult that the urge to quickly open a romance novel and lose myself in its pages is very strong...
Today, in the course of some other conversation, I was struck with a brilliant thought: wealthy people become wealthy because they want to be wealthy.
This may seem obvious, but the critical point to note here is the agency: in the first paragraph, the idea is of some external force making it possible for one to bring back home large amounts of money. In the second, money comes because the person wills it. If the person wills it strongly enough, they will do whatever is needed to get that money.
So my next questions for myself are: how much money do I really want? And just as importantly, Why?
When I ponder this question, my first instinct is to say, I need enough money for day to day expenses, a little bit put aside for the kids, some for a rainy day.
I have been watching Greenleaf on Netflix, and as the good folks on that show might say, Why limit the Lord's largesse with your small thoughts?
So, why limit myself? And why is my first instinct to shy away from wanting a huge ultra-large load of money that will make me hyper-rich?
Do I want to be hyper-rich? Again, why?
This is a deeper question than anything I've asked myself. Money without a purpose, or gathering money for its own sake, is a bit like eating without a purpose: ultimately, you will fall sick. You need to make money towards something, and at the same time, ensure that it doesn't just keep collecting in one place.
These questions are so difficult that the urge to quickly open a romance novel and lose myself in its pages is very strong...
