BE A MILLIONAIRE!

  Many people aspiring to be millionaires claim that money is a tool and that they have no emotional attachment to it. This is a mistake. There are two basic elements to business - labor and money. Without labor, money is useless; without money, labor achieves very little. Everything else is achieved by a combination of these two base elements. Therefore, money cannot be a tool, unless you consider labor a tool, too.
    If you consider labor a tool and treat your workers as if they are tools, you will likely lose them. You will drive them away to where they are appreciated more highly. It's the same with money. Treat money like it is a tool and you will lose it, or at least fail to acquire it to the degree you could. You will drive money away to where it is treated better.
    You could argue that your workers mean nothing to you, that you have no emotional attachment to them, that they are a means to an end, that you use them to achieve your purposes, that you despise them, that they frustrate you - all things people say about money. But do you think that would show in your attitude towards your people and when dealing with them? Some workers would remain with you because they feel they have no choice, but the best and brightest would surely leave.
    The same applies to that other basic element of business. Treat money in the same way - without consideration, without appreciation, without attachment, despising it and letting it frustrate you - and you will drive money away. It may pass through your hands but little will remain.
    Money, to me, is input. Money doesn't seem to be much like the backhoes and cranes and hammers and screwdrivers I am familiar with as tools. Money could be a resource, but it doesn't seem to bear much similarity to the concrete and lumber and steel with which I am familair as resources, or the providers of such materials who can also be considered a resource.
    Money is a servant, in the most honorable sense, as a respected and appreciated employee. Money evokes in me the same emotional expression as I would hold for a faithful and efficient servant. We work together in partnership, trusting each other, expecting the best from each other, giving our best, expressing gratitude for each others gifts and talents.
    I have money to invest and money to live on. As long as I am producing something with my money, I feel productive. As long as I have some money sitting idle, I have more than enough. As long as I am productive and have more than enough, I feel rich and comfortable and maintain peace of mind — which is the ultimate gift I give to myself.

Frederick Pearce — frederickpearce.com
Building businesses, building lives, building wealth.

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