You don't need an altruistic reason to make money

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You don't need to make money in order to feed the homeless, take care of your family members, or give to your church. You can want money simply for yourself, and that's absolutely ok. Don't let people guilt you into donating for a particular cause or purpose. You just tell them you're donating to yourself because you made the money.

I believe there are too many causes and charities in America. You have every right to love Capitalism, competition, and the sport of doing business without any thought to being positive 100% all day every day. That's simply wishful thinking.

THERE IS NO PERFECT NICHE.

Do you really want to help people? Do you really want to make an improvement in the lives of others? I don't. I just want the money to have and keep, for whatever I enjoy. If my products help people, that's fine. If they don't, oh well.

Greed is just a concept poor people made up to scare you away from pursuing wealth- even if it's simply for yourself.
#mind warriors #altruistic #make #money #reason
  • Dorian,

    Those are some interesting ideas you present. I agree there is nothing wrong with earning money simply because you want to. That is reason enough.

    Charities are growing across the land. Look at "Celebrity Apprentice". I believe it is in its thirteenth season now. Trump's brand grows ever larger while he features a show that promotes earning money to donate to charities. What a deal.

    There should be no guilt keeping to yourself what you work so hard to earn.
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    • humm, all power to you my friend. to each his own I think I know where your coming from. It's over used a bit no doubt...but if its sincere, you can't have enough of it!
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    In a word: Yes. : ) What's wrong with that?
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    • I agree with Jonathan 100%! I do want to help others. My family first and then those less fortunate than myself.

      That isn't to say I don't want to make money for myself as earning money to give it all away is simply ridiculous.

      A lot more charities are arising because with the current economy, the need is increasing. With all the poisons and chemicals, etc. in our food and atmosphere also increasing, it only makes sense that diseases and illness would rise as well.

      All one needs is a kind and giving heart coupled with wisdom to maintain a happy balance that they've determined for themselves.

      Terra
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  • i am not a fan of charity in it's current form..

    personally i will make my wealth by creating things that make people live better or at least a little more enjoyable ..

    if i give to people or help people it will be to people working to make their lives or the lives of those around them better .

    teach them to fish buy them a boat and get them to pay me back so i can help someone else ..or have them teach others and help others buy boat or do something to better their lives .
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  • Spending money on others will generally bring you more happiness than spending it on yourself. And that isn't just my opinion; it's been well documented in studies.

    I don't think there's anything wrong with spending money on ourselves...obviously we all need to help ourselves before we can help others. But beyond a certain point (maybe $75-100K) I would question how much our lives are actually improved by spending more money on ourselves, on stuff we don't really need.

    After I pay off my student debt, my plan is to donate at least 10% of my income to charity, for the rest of my life. It's true that some charities suck, but there are some that do great work. My favorites are the ones that fight malaria, because it's an extremely cost-effective way to make the world a better place.
  • 12/21/12 we really entered a new world ..

    the world we live in now the only real way to help the poor is to teach them how to earn money ..or how to access thing ..you use to need a lot of money for but are now free ..

    want to learn to cook steak from Gordon Ramsey ..there is a you tube for that ..

    most of the things that defined being poor ..are not the issues anymore..now it is just healthy food and decent housing . and clean water .
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  • How can a copywriter be altruistic? His entire job focuses around manipulating people to buy something.

    I never said I didn't want to help anyone. I'm questioning the conventional wisdom among lifestyle bloggers. etc, that you're whole purpose in life is to help others "grow", "write epic content", "be exceptional", when really all their doing is selling. It becomes more about them then the people they're claiming to help.

    I'm just saying that you don't have to have some big altruistic plan to make money and feel good about it. You can like making money simply for material reasons. That doesn't make you better or worse than anyone else.
  • I don't even have enough money for myself, quite the opposite. With that being said, I do think it is a nice thing to do to donate 10% of my income on a cause. It just so happens that I am involved with my church so that's where my 10% will go. Also, I don't believe that one absolutely has to donate money... There are other ways to help people that don't involve donations.
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  • I appreciate all the comments and have pondered many of them. It's nice we can share different perspectives and still see each others points without bias or condemnation.
  • You can still help people with an objectivist mind set (opposite of altruist). Altruism, is a form of self sacrifice.

    Rather than donating to a charity, hire some interns, teach then what you've learn in exchange for them helping you out. You are providing value in exchange for value.

    As opposed to giving your value away for nothing in return.
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    • Excellent idea Highlander. Thanks for sharing! Value for value...I like it.
  • One thing I haven't seen mentioned is that altruism can build self-esteem. Not the ego-fluff that washes off, but real self-esteem that gets down in your bones and stays with you. It's hard to feel bad about yourself when you're making a positive difference.
  • Why not turn that selfishness into profit?

    Here's one of the healthiest, selfish and altruistic statements ever made. Sounds like a paradox but it's not.

    "You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." Zig Ziglar

    Weird how that works, huh?

    BTW, it feels good to help others. Not everything is about money.

    I'd have thank yous for several posts in this thread but I've run out today.
  • You know, Dorian, the more I think about it the more I would like to have it both ways.

    I would love to become mega rich on the one hand simply to experience what that would be like keeping all the dough for my own use exclusively. But on the other hand, I can't see much wrong with helping out folks with or without my money just because that would resonate well with me. I like both ideas.

    Your beliefs on money and how to use it or not use it are just fine as well. Everyone is right in their own minds until that changes, . . . or not. We all share that characteristic I suspect.

    LLS
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    You don't need an altruistic reason to make money

    You don't need to make money in order to feed the homeless, take care of your family members, or give to your church. You can want money simply for yourself, and that's absolutely ok. Don't let people guilt you into donating for a particular cause or purpose. You just tell them you're donating to yourself because you made the money. I believe there are too many causes and charities in America. You have every right to love Capitalism, competition, and the sport of doing business without any thought to being positive 100% all day every day. That's simply wishful thinking.