Hello everyone,
Just so you don’t get confused, I’m filling in Money Monday content before I go ahead to Google Tuesdays, and though all this is taking place on Tuesday morning (as I am pre-empting my pre-written material to do this), Monday’s date will be on these pages.
Or is that just More confusing?
If so, never mind, it’s not important, it’s merely relevant to know for feed readers, so you can be aware that the feed is not broken.
First, just a quick note to my subscribed audience that is related to today’s topic, then we’ll launch right into the tips. This is part of the tip, so if you read the tips on the site, you’ll want to see this too.
Thank you for all your well wishes. If any of you saw my post about my on-going illness and sent me an offering via PayPal, you’ll find that I won’t accept it unless you agree to take delivery of one of my products or a service. Why?
I only exchange value for money… I have one major rule when it comes to business. Regardless of my need (and I’m not in any urgent need, through God’s grace), I only exchange value for value. I’m proud of what I produce. If you don’t want, or already have, the fruits of my labor, I will not accept your money “just because”. I can’t take money I did not earn.
In other words, I’ll exchange:
my knowledge for money,
exchange my free time for the both my own personal pleasure of helping others, and the possibility of future business
my time for money,
a service for money,
my money for service, someone else’s time, someone else’s product and so on.
This rests on a central principle: my need is not the factor by which a decision should be made to secure my value – only my ability to provide information, services, or anything else I might have to offer.
I appreciate the offer, and the knowledge that my audience is filled with such loving hearts. And I demand from myself that every relationship in my life be as reciprocal as possible.
How is this information relevant to today’s upcoming information?
When I’m forced to be physically idle, I study – I have trouble being completely mentally and physically idle.
Many moments of my downtime are dedicated to learning the nature of the various currencies in the world, and money is one of those currencies. The events of last week led me to some deep examination of the book Atlas Shrugged, which has given voice to a principle I had previously not had the words to express. Here are some of the words from that novel. Read them, and I’ll be back with the next installment of Money Mondays.
When you accept money in payment for your effort, you do so only on the conviction that you will exchange it for the product of the effort of others. It is not the moochers or the looters who give value to money. Not an ocean of tears, not all the guns in the world, can transform those pieces of paper in your wallet into the bread you will need to survive tomorrow. Those pieces of paper, which should have been gold, are a token of honor—your claim upon the energy of the men who produce.
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