People try all kinds of ways to talk you and I out of money. Including thinking we are a little nuts.
From time to time, I notice a study by psychologists that attempt to explain why some people want to make more money than they really need. I noted one commentator who wrote this:
“Why does a person who is already rolling in money want more? Indeed, why do people whose lives are already comfortable make sacrifices in other areas of their lives – family, friendships and their own sanity – just to get more cash? Especially when, objectively, they appear to be dollars that they don’t need.”
The main thesis of this article is that money is a drug and the accumulation of lots of money is an addiction. The author even says, “Money turns out to be one of the most addictive games we ever invented.”
Here’s how I respond. While this is possible, it’s more likely that some people just don’t get it.
And this is true even if they have advanced degrees. Arguably, the advanced degrees are the reason they just don’t get it!
In any case, if you want a justification for feeling uncomfortable about wanting money or a plausible reason for talking yourself out of mega-success, I commend this thinking to you. It will make you doubt the wisdom of high aspirations in business and question the wisdom of having a pile of money.
And this much I promise you. Listen to this kind of thinking long enough and let these thoughts resonate long enough and you will believe them.
And it won’t matter how long you entertained energizing thoughts about success and money up to that point. It’s what happens when you let less-than-empowering thoughts screw up your thinking.
Let this happen at your own peril. There are enough people who will try to talk you out of success without relying on degreed people who don’t get it.
Money means a lot things to us. Let it mean “challenge” and you can get as much as you want.
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