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Originally Posted by Keith  If you have all that extra money, have you considered investing it in something big that furthers your goal of promoting personal growth? |
I don't buy into the belief that money is an investment tool with any real power. The truth is that money is an incredibly weak investment tool... unless you just want to make more money.
Investing money can generate some economic and productivity growth but usually not much genuine conscious growth. Otherwise the trillions our government is spending, spending, spending would be having a much greater payoff in terms of personal growth. Instead we end up with millions of people who can't even read. And with all the money that's been sent across the globe, most people still live on less than $2 a day.
The simple truth is this: As a tool for solving the real problems of the world, money absolutely sucks.
The real work is done not by money but by competent people who care. And the best work they do is to spread their competent caring to others.
My preferred investment vehicle is human beings themselves. We don't really need to spend more money in the world. We simply need more competent people who care. In other words, we need to raise our collective consciousness.
This is a return that can't be purchased by throwing more dollars around. When you give money to people who care, the money eventually ends up in the hands of people who don't. The good that's done by the initial spending is later negated by the follow-up spending. Better to bypass this cycle instead and spread caring instead of cash.