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neilward2 · 11-01-2009, 06:26 PM

Hi guys,

This has been bothering me all weekend and I just can't come to a conclusive answer on this:

Since taking up the million dollar experiment I have noticed sums of money coming into my life that had never come in before, like everyone else says: "very strange". But at the same time I have also been losing medium amounts of money £20 note here £10 note there and last week £60 (all from my pockets) - this has never happened before. Now, I have started to 'cheat' in my eyes to 'try to make' more money (playing the lottery etc)- I've never played before, but I somehow found myself subscribing for no apparent reason - I don't even like the lottery, the odds are rediculous!

Here is the real big one: yesterday, my tenant moved out and gave me £500.00 in rent. The guy was really grumpy and hated me, he took some of the electrical goods from the house and didn't repair the damages either - but i still gave him his security deposit back as he is a very very ill man.

The fact is, he had already paid me the £500.00! He had forgotten about it, I told him straight away to keep it as he had already paid, he insisted I take it and that he hadn't paid - so all in all he walked away with his deposit that he didn't expect to get back plus an extra £500 so £1000 in all.

My friends think I am crazy for doing that, but to me, it just felt right to give him ALL the money back. And I think that is what's important, doing what feels right in your heart as opposed to your head.

In your opinion, was this part of the experiment?! If it was, I hope not as it doesn't make sense to me. But at the same time it felt like a test...... that is the only way I can describe it, a test of my integrity. I feel as though I made the right decision here, although of course the money would have been great. But I would rather have the money I am due in this life come to me in an honest way through sheer hard work and my own making as opposed to dishonesty.

11-01-2009, 06:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
neilward2 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 293	Million dollar experiment vs integrity Hi guys, This has been bothering me all weekend and I just can't come to a conclusive answer on this: Since taking up the million dollar experiment I have noticed sums of money coming into my life that had never come in before, like everyone else says: "very strange". But at the same time I have also been losing medium amounts of money £20 note here £10 note there and last week £60 (all from my pockets) - this has never happened before. Now, I have started to 'cheat' in my eyes to 'try to make' more money (playing the lottery etc)- I've never played before, but I somehow found myself subscribing for no apparent reason - I don't even like the lottery, the odds are rediculous! Here is the real big one: yesterday, my tenant moved out and gave me £500.00 in rent. The guy was really grumpy and hated me, he took some of the electrical goods from the house and didn't repair the damages either - but i still gave him his security deposit back as he is a very very ill man. The fact is, he had already paid me the £500.00! He had forgotten about it, I told him straight away to keep it as he had already paid, he insisted I take it and that he hadn't paid - so all in all he walked away with his deposit that he didn't expect to get back plus an extra £500 so £1000 in all. My friends think I am crazy for doing that, but to me, it just felt right to give him ALL the money back. And I think that is what's important, doing what feels right in your heart as opposed to your head. In your opinion, was this part of the experiment?! If it was, I hope not as it doesn't make sense to me. But at the same time it felt like a test...... that is the only way I can describe it, a test of my integrity. I feel as though I made the right decision here, although of course the money would have been great. But I would rather have the money I am due in this life come to me in an honest way through sheer hard work and my own making as opposed to dishonesty.