Contribution can be self-fulfilling without money, but without money, you cannot live in society. And that's unfortunate. When you contribute, creating value, mainly social value, is key. Like Steve said, finding an overlap between personal value and social value is where you will be able to make money consciously. I have been battling money for quite a long time. One day it's good, the next it's bad. But I was thinking inside the box, thinking that all people who are rich are liars and swindlers. So I thought if I were to start making lots of money, I would become like these people, greedy, cutthroat, and dishonorable, but I'm not that type of person now, and I can strive to be an honorable and compassionate person, regardless of my financial situation. Money isn't the root of all evil, but bad people with money is the root of all evil. I've been participating in the Million Dollar Experiment and I've been stressing "for the highest good of all," and one day, I'm talking to this woman I've never met about how I'm turning 21 and how I've decided not to drink alcohol and she hands me five dollars as good will towards sticking to that goal. There has been numerous other incidents where I received money unexpectedly out of kindness, so I now believe you can earn money being honorable and for the highest good of all.
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