The Brutal Truth About Making Money
If we were to divide all the wealth in the world, within five years, it would return to the same people who had it at the start. We have seen this phenomenon at work when the poor got stimulus checks. Their money eventually ended up at Amazon, Walmart, and Target. So why does this happen? It’s all in the mind. Those who get rich think of acquiring money differently from anyone else. Let’s divide these two groups into predators and prey. I’m not spewing Machiavellianism here, but logically speaking, there is nothing else outside of these two categories of people. You can be one or another, unless you live in the forest. As a caveat, I need to say that when I mention predators, I don’t mean scammers or sexual predators. Both are abhorrent and deserve to be punished. The main differentiator is their moral imperative: Predators believe that it’s a sin not to offer others their products or services. Prey believe that it’s a sin not to indulge themselves with the money they have been given. How predators think about money is vastly different too. For them, the concept of power is synonymous with money. This is rightfully so because those who have significant power, but are not rich, simply don’t monetize their influence. For prey, power and money are two separate things. Also, for predators, it is apparent that any kind of success in commerce cannot exist without eventually wielding influence. Prey rejects this notion by claiming that this would be stepping on someone’s toes. Predators have a different interpretation of the term ‘exploit’. For them, it’s about identifying unused value and extracting it, synonymous with providing efficiency. Prey always considers it taking advantage. Predators don’t exhibit delusional thinking which is rife among prey. They accept the fact that most people aren’t like them. They also don’t try to change those who are prone to fantasies. It is what it is. Prey typically convinces themselves that their employer cares for them and they will never get fired, even by AI.