Comments on: Why You Won’t Be Rich http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/ Just You and Me - Exploring Pathways To Freedom Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:56:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Podcast 43 - So You Want to be Rich - Or Do You? http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-17899 Podcast 43 - So You Want to be Rich - Or Do You? Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:31:26 +0000 http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-17899 [...] episode of the Shards of Consciousness podcast is based on a post I wrote in April, 2007 called Why You Won’t Be Rich, one of the most popular articles on the [...] […] episode of the Shards of Consciousness podcast is based on a post I wrote in April, 2007 called Why You Won’t Be Rich, one of the most popular articles on the […]

]]> By: Rick Cockrum http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-7463 Rick Cockrum Thu, 10 May 2007 03:58:07 +0000 http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-7463 Hi Warren, and welcome to Shards. There isn't anything wrong with having a lot of money, but money is usually a stand-in for something else. If you understand what that something else is, you have a lot better chance of being happy. Hi Warren, and welcome to Shards.

There isn’t anything wrong with having a lot of money, but money is usually a stand-in for something else. If you understand what that something else is, you have a lot better chance of being happy.

]]> By: Warren http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-7462 Warren Thu, 10 May 2007 00:28:21 +0000 http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-7462 You are right. A lot of people who are rich aren't very happy at all. But I think their motivations for getting rich were all wrong to start with and it just got progressively worse as they accumulated wealth. You are right. A lot of people who are rich aren’t very happy at all. But I think their motivations for getting rich were all wrong to start with and it just got progressively worse as they accumulated wealth.

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]]> By: Carolyn Manning http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-6712 Carolyn Manning Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:15:39 +0000 http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-6712 Rick, I've been reading and re-reading Think and Grow Rich, so maybe the quote was from Napoleon Hill. Most nights, I fall asleep with it next to me (is it time to back to Dickens or Hemingway? Maybe.) When I find the passage, I'll let you know. Rick, I’ve been reading and re-reading Think and Grow Rich, so maybe the quote was from Napoleon Hill. Most nights, I fall asleep with it next to me (is it time to back to Dickens or Hemingway? Maybe.)

When I find the passage, I’ll let you know.

]]> By: Rick Cockrum http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-6711 Rick Cockrum Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:12:31 +0000 http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-6711 <blockquote>...wealth, with all its parts</blockquote> I've never heard that saying, Carolyn. Where's it from? Robyn - Life is poorer and meaner without some of the things money can buy. It sounds like you've found a secret to happiness. :-)

…wealth, with all its parts

I’ve never heard that saying, Carolyn. Where’s it from?

Robyn - Life is poorer and meaner without some of the things money can buy. It sounds like you’ve found a secret to happiness. :-)

]]> By: Robyn http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-6710 Robyn Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:03:09 +0000 http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-6710 Rich, I hear what you are saying. On the other hand if we are driven only by money, you become a taker. If on the other hand, you connect well with others in the world, money becomes a tool for giving. That comes back to bless you immensely. This is how I live and it is very rich! Riches are found in things money cannot buy. Rich, I hear what you are saying. On the other hand if we are driven only by money, you become a taker. If on the other hand, you connect well with others in the world, money becomes a tool for giving. That comes back to bless you immensely. This is how I live and it is very rich! Riches are found in things money cannot buy.

]]> By: Rick Cockrum http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-6708 Rick Cockrum Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:50:20 +0000 http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-6708 It's hard to stay awake. It's hard to change old habits of thought. Never a straight line. Not even a spiral, but rise and dip, circle and regroup. If we're lucky we catch ourselves nodding off and returning to habits we want to change. Then we give ourselves a good shake and say <i>Wake up! I've been there. It doesn't work.</i> There isn't anything inherently wrong with material abundance. Nor is it an "outward sign of an inward grace". Beyond their needs, it doesn't seem to me that most people care how much money they have. And that's okay. It’s hard to stay awake. It’s hard to change old habits of thought. Never a straight line. Not even a spiral, but rise and dip, circle and regroup. If we’re lucky we catch ourselves nodding off and returning to habits we want to change. Then we give ourselves a good shake and say Wake up! I’ve been there. It doesn’t work.

There isn’t anything inherently wrong with material abundance. Nor is it an “outward sign of an inward grace”. Beyond their needs, it doesn’t seem to me that most people care how much money they have. And that’s okay.

]]> By: Carolyn Manning http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-6706 Carolyn Manning Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:06:39 +0000 http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-6706 This was going to be a quiet email to you, but we're all too much of a family now. Let whatever needs to come out, come out. My feeling is to stay strong with each other. On a personal level things have been difficult and it appears I'm letting the familiar take hold while I, at the same time, try to extricate myself from them. "Rich" is relative. Once upon a time it said "wealth, with all of its parts". Perhaps we should go back and think about that. This was going to be a quiet email to you, but we’re all too much of a family now. Let whatever needs to come out, come out.

My feeling is to stay strong with each other.

On a personal level things have been difficult and it appears I’m letting the familiar take hold while I, at the same time, try to extricate myself from them.

“Rich” is relative. Once upon a time it said “wealth, with all of its parts”. Perhaps we should go back and think about that.

]]> By: Rick Cockrum http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-6703 Rick Cockrum Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:21:25 +0000 http://www.shardsofconsciousness.com/2007/04/why-you-wont-be-rich/#comment-6703 Your words weren't harsh at all, Carolyn. You're exactly right about the fear of the unknown. Aaron Potts was recently talking about that aspect of it on his blog. Until change is forced (or appears to be forced) on us, most of us don't change because it's less painful to stay in our current situation. I'm talking about more than that, though. Most people simply do not have a reason to be rich. Success is another story. Unless you define success as becoming rich, the two have little to do with on another. Success has to do with accomplishing your goals. You may get rich doing so, but it's a side effect, kind of like being fulifilled is a side effect of striving to live the best life you know how, and knowing you have done the best you could. Your words weren’t harsh at all, Carolyn.

You’re exactly right about the fear of the unknown. Aaron Potts was recently talking about that aspect of it on his blog. Until change is forced (or appears to be forced) on us, most of us don’t change because it’s less painful to stay in our current situation.

I’m talking about more than that, though. Most people simply do not have a reason to be rich. Success is another story. Unless you define success as becoming rich, the two have little to do with on another. Success has to do with accomplishing your goals. You may get rich doing so, but it’s a side effect, kind of like being fulifilled is a side effect of striving to live the best life you know how, and knowing you have done the best you could.

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