Looks like ‘tomorrow’ has finally made it.
I state the question ‘Why?’ in regards to why I intend to go about making a million dollars in the next year. There has to be a reason, whats driving me? whats the motivation?
Someone once said ‘I want to become a millionaire not for the money, but for the person it will make me become.’ Personally, thats not my mentality, but I can see where they were coming from. Yeah, once you become a millionaire, if you obtain it through a means of working your ass off, yeah, you will have picked up some good habits and a damn good work ethic as biproducts. Not my cup of tea however.
Frankly, I do want to become a millionaire for the money. Remember how Al Pacino put it in Scarface? Thats more headed in the right direction. But rather than power - I truthfully can’t say I don’t want the women - I am interested in making change. Making a difference. Doing something good in this world where there is so much need.
Do I need a million dollars to make a difference in this world? NO. Not at all. But to make the changes, the impact, the difference that I desire – I do. Money gives me leverage. Leverage means more of what I want, and I want what I want in a big way. For me, money is the way to do that.
I have begun working for a non-profit. They do the sort of thing that I like: providing opportunity to those in need – bringing hope, bringing joy. What do I do for this non-profit? I will be revamping their fundraising campaign. In other words finding them money.
If creating joy in this world is what I want to do, to make people happy and provide opportunity; why skimp on my level of impact? Do you realize volunteering at the food bank, or whatever other little petty volunteer work people end up doing, is the easy way out? Yes there is a need for it, yes it is a good thing, but if you really want to make an impact on the world, for as many people as possible, it is necessary to find a way to leverage what it is you do. For me, for what I want to do, money is going to be my lever.
What about you, do you have dreams of change, visions of a better world, thoughts of bringing joy to others? What is it that you want to do in life? Then find a way to do just that.
There is nothing spiritual about being poor. Enough said.
2 Comments
April 14, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Mmm, very thought provoking. I agree that volunteering to pass out food at a food bank is a waste of time, if you have the potential to do so much more. “Teach a man to fish” and all that.
But I don’t think spirituality has anything to do with how much money you have. I certainly agree that it is a (if not the main) force for change in the world. But priests, rabbis, and monks can live in asceticism and change their communities, countries and the world.
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