Money Hungry…Wealth is a Relative Term…Part III
February 23, 2008 | Author Dr Agon Fly
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Some people are called “money hungry.”
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And others folks get really angry
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When ”hungries” succeed
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At feeding their greed
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While their money stash is quite paltry.
I’ve known and worked with individuals and families whose possesions could be counted without using more than four digits. I’ve know others for whom a seven digit calculator would not be adequate. There are great icons from history who owned little or nothing and never once felt impoverished: The Buddha wandered India with just the robe on his back and his begging bowl in hand; St. Francis of Assisi retreated to a cave and relied on the largess of his community to escape the religious order he founded as it began to amass its fortune; Ghandi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King - people the world recognizes for their accomplishments and not their possessions - had wealth that isn’t measured with money.
For the typical American in the 21st century, however, money is essential and being a little bit “money hungry” is seen by most as honorable or at least acceptable as long as individual greed does not infringe on the rights or needs of others.
The number you assign to “wealthy” is a moving target. For one family it might mean burning the mortgage on a modest home and having a steady income. For Oprah, Warren or Donald anything below a ten digit net worth might make them uneasy. What you thought was wealth twenty years ago may seem like petty cash today – or visa versa.
You can put a measure to wealth that is more objective. If you apply the Money for Life Model of the Four Pillars to your personal economy, you can establish a way to both measure and manage the money that flows through your life and build a foundation and framework that allows you define “wealthy” on your own terms.
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