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Steve Pavlina · 08-14-2008, 05:16 PM

Money is attached to social value, not intrinsic value. Deal with it.

One of the best ways to "deal with it" is to design your life such that you generate lots of social value from your own intrinsic value. For example, I happen to be a very growth-oriented person. But so what? Nobody will pay me for working on my growth. However, by sharing my growth experiences and lessons with others, I convert intrinsic value to social value, so I'm able to generate substantial income just being who I am.

A very loving, heart-centered math teacher with 20 students is probably under-utilizing her gifts. She can do a lot more good by finding a way to share her love with more people. Dr. Barbara DeAngelis used to teach meditation workshops to tiny audiences. But she can make $1M per year from teaching relationship skills to larger groups.

Jack Canfield used to earn $20K per year as an educator. He learned he could make 10x that and more by teaching educators (more leverage). At first he wrote and sold books for teachers. Then he learned to broaden his audience to encompass more people. Should he have remained a teacher for $20K per year, or was it better for him to expand beyond that?

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Steve Pavlina Administrator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 3,870	Money is attached to social value, not intrinsic value. Deal with it. One of the best ways to "deal with it" is to design your life such that you generate lots of social value from your own intrinsic value. For example, I happen to be a very growth-oriented person. But so what? Nobody will pay me for working on my growth. However, by sharing my growth experiences and lessons with others, I convert intrinsic value to social value, so I'm able to generate substantial income just being who I am. A very loving, heart-centered math teacher with 20 students is probably under-utilizing her gifts. She can do a lot more good by finding a way to share her love with more people. Dr. Barbara DeAngelis used to teach meditation workshops to tiny audiences. But she can make $1M per year from teaching relationship skills to larger groups. Jack Canfield used to earn $20K per year as an educator. He learned he could make 10x that and more by teaching educators (more leverage). At first he wrote and sold books for teachers. Then he learned to broaden his audience to encompass more people. Should he have remained a teacher for $20K per year, or was it better for him to expand beyond that? __________________ Steve Pavlina www.StevePavlina.com (Twitter page, Facebook page) Get my book Personal Development for Smart People I'm a human alarm clock. I awaken people who are sleeping through life. Then I duck.