[Jaben]

The intention to make money in order to achieve some worthy goal that will bring joy in the making of it and create joy and love upon the completion of it makes sense to me. Steve said part of his motivation to become a millionaire is to start up a non-profit personal development organization with local chapters around the world similar to Toastmaster's International. Why not set that as the goal then?

What specifically is magical about accumulating 1 million dollars of US currency? It seems to me like it is fear that he may not be worthy of starting an organization of such magnitude successfully with out this title of Millionaire. He also said he wants to teach others how to become millionaires. That begs the same question, what do they want the money for and why don't they set the goal to achieve what they want as the primary goal? Sure I can see if your goal is to have people meet in person, travel is required and money is a logical means to achieve this goal. But in the MDE, the money is the goal.

If you look at the true meaning of money, why it even exists - it was born out of fear and continues to exist out of fear. Imagine if you were to setup an exchange system between your closest friends or family members, say love dollars. What is money? It's a means of measuring exchange. So lets say your wife does the dishes and you cook. You decide that 1 well cooked meal is worth 1 love dollar. And one set of nicely cleaned dishes is 1 love dollar. Now why would you seriously want to implement this? You would do this to ensure equal exchange. But in a loving relationship is this necessary? Isn't the need for measuring exchange born of fear that the others won't do their part or the desire to get others to do more for you?