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Originally Posted by Max Power  Where did I say that??? |
I only quoted you at the top of my post, inside the quote brackets. You might want to reread if you are unclear.
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Originally Posted by Max Power You're all over the place, you're saying big money has a huge wow factor but selling stuff for big money is easy, seems to contradict itself yes??? |
What's a wow factor? I'm not sure what you mean.
These are the facts:
- $50 USD can have a lifesaving impact on people who live in more economically unstable countries.
- $50 USD has very little impact on the lives of many people in the United States. If you lost $50 tomorrow your life would probably not change much, if any.
Because of those circumstances it seems to me that an ethical imperative arises, one that can be solved by the following process:
- Maximize your income here in the US to earn as much as possible.
- Live on a reasonable income. As I've said, I live well on less than $35k/year, many people live on less.
- Spend the excess assisting those in need.
Steve is saying that if you live with this kind of philosophy you won't be as efficient in earning money, because in order to have a mindset of abundance you need the capacity to be able to see large amounts of money as being very small. He's also saying that its counterproductive to "feel outraged" over how someone else spends their money.
I'm saying that you would actually be more effective in earning money with this philosophy, because the knowledge that $50 can save a life should give you a huge incentive to both earn more money but also to not spend money frivolously.
Anyway, its an interesting debate, and I'm honestly not sure which is right. But Steve makes more than me for now, so I'll probably conceed until I sell a website or two.
