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Re: The psychology of money...BUT, what is MONEY?
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Good issue to toss around. The SQ1 have been posted 16 years, I've had 5 students in that time. I don't teach them to the public, but, they are there for anyone to use or to ignore. But it may be one of the best guides out there on MONEY. I feel it is hard to have a discussion without first, having definitions. I'll use the ones from the SQ1, but anyone can add or present their own versions or define money differently, OK? From S Q1 Lesson 2 and 2B: Money is a medium of exchange and a measure of value. These, for me, cover it, but again, feel free to add yours too. What most smart kids weren't taught in school was the practical math of money. While college bound students learned Geo, Trig, Alg... I was in the "dummies" class where we learned how to balance a checkbook, read the financials, understand ledgers and bookkeeping. In fact, MY advanced math was "Practical Bookkeeping"...of course I was a lousy student, but I did "get" most of the lessons. So, while many were learning that x+Y= ???????????? I knew that red was bad. Black was good. When it came to money. Also, what most don't learn is: MONEY IS A MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE. But, for the majority, they think or falsely believe it is the ONLY one to concern yourself with. Exchanging value. It is the key. Glenn Osborn has this great thread here on BARTER, with dozens of examples of trading tits for tats. If you have a larger concept, then it makes seeing ALTERNATIVES to money when you want to EXCHANGE VALUE. The SQ1 shows how to get money or other things. I haven't had the need to add to it in 20 years. If you see something I've missed, let me know. http://www.sowpub.com/gordon/financialpicto.gif See? If we look at exchanges of values, then the love of money, or psychology of bad/good doesn't really come into play. The biblical references and other religious ideas, usually play money against God, or mammon vs spirit... Or they embrace the idea it was all made for our pleasure and gain is good. Looking at money from a different view, as an EXCHANGE... Then you can see how to get what you want. The WHY you want it, is the psychology part that is different in all of us. But say a lump of gold is just a rock. That is what it is. The value of that rock is man created, the original "shiny object" of lust. Nomads were classified as the RICH, by the number of cattle or livestock they had. Land keepers (ownership is a made up word, and is only determined by one's ability to defend his claim of ownership) built things, and the bigger and badder they were, with what was inside was a general value of any given society. Rich in castles, poor in huts, much like today. Getting money, isn't that difficult, CHOOSING and deciding what you are willing to GIVE for it, is the real challenge. GordonJ Last edited by GordonJ : August 14, 2016 at 11:57 AM. |
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