‘Greed is good’ – Gordon Gekko, ‘Wall Street 2- Money never sleeps …’ Discussion
I recently saw this Wall Street sequel and it reminded me once again that wealth is a state of mind. There will always be money coming in, going out and MULTIPLYING whether we are part of it or not. There are people who know who to do the latter and there are people who don’t. My mission has been to make people realize that there are many ways to add value and earn money.
DO NOT depend on your pension, the government or anyone else to secure your future.
Taking notes from the original Wall Street movie with Charlie Sheen as the hero, they make you believe that making a lot of money, being rich was bad or ruthless. On Wall Street 2 there is apparently a different message; that family and love are just goods that you cannot buy, whatever is happening in the money markets, the economy … your career is no longer so secure.
Despite the doom and sadness that is portrayed in the media (apart from 3rdi of course … we like to defy the norm) and a large part of this film; Think how many millionaires and billionaires have been made in this so-called ‘recession’.
Check out one of the social media gurus of the 2000s Mark Zuckerburg the founder (well, one of!) of Facebook who rose to fame and fortune in one of the supposedly worst economic periods since the great depression.
Going back to tough businessman Gordon Gekko in the sequel, Wall Street Two. mentions “Someone reminded me that I once said ‘greed is good’. Now it seems like it’s legal. Because everyone drinks the same Kool Aid.”
The point I’d like to make here is that it’s okay to make money, it’s okay to be rich, it’s okay to add as much value to as many people as possible with integrity … in the shortest amount of time possible. time as possible! For example, I’ve been using Facebook a lot more for business over the last few months and now I’m starting to see great returns. There are MILLIONS of people joining Facebook regularly and whether you are for or against it is a phenomenon that is still increasing rapidly and India and China are not yet fully connected.
My wish for you is that you read these articles every month and be inspired to take control of your finances and your life and make it what you absolutely DESERVE and not what you are conforming to. That you are using some of these tips and exploring them for yourself. Just thinking about it and writing goals or notes. Have you noticed any memorable changes yet?
I will blatantly use another quote from the original Wall Street, one of the key characters Bud Fox says “There is no nobility in poverty.” I have to agree in a broader sense (obviously there are always exceptions to the rule – Gandhi, Mother Teresa …) than for the common person – it is better to have a comfortable and abundant lifestyle rather than one full of deficiencies. . deprivation and jealousy. I live in a part of the world where there are total extremes from a complete lack of means and those to billionaire status and large and secure closed properties. YOU CAN make a difference and you have the option.
We are almost coming to the end of ANOTHER year … we are galloping through another decade of our lives and I really want you to make the necessary changes to be comfortable with acquiring more wealth. As I mentioned in the previous article, to move forward you have to enter the uncomfortable zone … it will be worth it!
So, your actions for this month, if you decide to accept, are:
- Review the articles from this past year and review the areas you need
- Your personal estate sheet?
- Calculate your liabilities and your assets?
- Did you apply the Cappuccino Factor?
- What were the biggest challenges you faced in creating a new money mindset?
These are just a few questions for you to think and act on for the next four weeks. Next month we will review 2010 in more detail and commit some actions!
I leave you with my favorite quote from Mr. Gekko from Wall Street 2:Money never sleeps;
“Recovery. Except I’m not in that business anymore, because the only thing I learned in jail is that money is not the main asset in life. Time is …”
To your health, wealth and success
Amanda