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Money and self-worth

by flipflop09
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Do you think there's a connection?

I do believe money is a form of "energy" and we can attract or repel it depending on our internal attitudes/mindsets to a certain extent.

That being said, the reality is not everyone is born with equal opportunities. Although there are many different ways of measuring "wealth". People who are poor economically can be rich in family, relationships, happiness, etc..

Yet those of us born and raised in materialistic cultures don't acknowledge these factors. We grow up learning that poor people are inherently "lazy" and unworthy.

Personally I've lived on both ends of the spectrum.. I lived a privileged life in some ways, but I've also lived basically in poverty.

Luckily I had safety net(s) but I've seen how difficult it could be to climb out of that hole once you fall in it with no tools or resources in sight. Anyway...

After being in a position where I felt like my back was against the wall, I can feel this cold ambition setting in. I could easily become obsessed with making more and more until I've stopped at nothing to "prove" myself. Which honestly scares me..

And no I don't even have money right now, but things are improving and I can feel the momentum building. So I've strayed from my original thought, but I'd like to hear if anyone has opinions
#money #selfworth
  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    lets put aside the money is energy ..stuff right now ..

    money is a concept that a large number of people agree has value .. and then we play a monetary value on nearly everything else ..so we in our cultures ..need to buy everything we want ..because we spend so much of out time and energy working for money ..

    ok lets test your self worth ..in relation to money ..how much money would you be comfortable earning in an hour ..

    i watched something on the bratty rich kids in china..and one well know rich girl..got some guy to pay her 100,000 usd for 1 night with her ..

    our education system was designed so you would exxept very little money per hour ..

    what is your response when you see someone pay 1 million dollars for a car..or hear about a part where rich people where spening 2000 dollars for bottles of wine to dump on each others heads or shake up and sprey on each other..

    there is like 75 trillion dollars floating around the planet with 300 = trillion in valued asses ..and probebaly 1000 trillion in off the books assets ..

    when money was based on gold..there was a limited amount of money .. so rich people taght poor people that wanting money was bad and money doesn't make you happy..and a bunch of other junk ..so poor people would keep working their land paying their rents with food they grew ..so the rich people could have lavish dinners with each other ..

    it is kind of like the many rich people no ..who live in houses big enough for 200 people fly everywhere in private jets ..but are telling you to tern down your thermostat in the winth..and not run you air conditioning so cold in the summer.. drive a smaller car to work,, to save the world from global warming ,,

    in any case let me change the message ..

    most likely you are placing far far far to much of your self worth.. in the monetary limits of your life ..
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  • Profile picture of the author Wayne Equity
    Money and self-worth are connected, but not directly.
    When you have high self-worth you're much more likely to go after what you want and take massive action, which generally leads to money
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    • Profile picture of the author Odahh
      Originally Posted by Wayne Equity View Post

      Money and self-worth are connected, but not directly.
      When you have high self-worth you're much more likely to go after what you want and take massive action, which generally leads to money
      the connection depends on your concept of who you are competing against economically..if you are keeping up with the jones"

      then the other connection..is how much you feel the world values what you do ..

      ..if you want to build wealth you have to employ leverage to work in your favor ..while most people have debt ..on things that are not assets ..so leverage in the form of interest works against them

      the place of massive action ..is for sudden and short term burst to create momentum or .. invest energy to avoid consistent out put of energy ..

      most people liver and think pay check to pay check..or in short term month to month..the problem with many corperations is they run quarter to quarter .. so if no point for massive action is seen..no massive action will be taken
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      • Profile picture of the author ReachmoreCJ
        A long time ago, I had a mentor tell me that money is simply the way you keep score.

        There will always be someone who can outscore you, so if you tie your value with your income, you'll find that you're coming up short somewhere along the line.
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