January 27th, 2008 
Vijaianand Money truly matters to everybody whether it’ 5 year old who wants to buy his favorite toy or 60 year who likes to retire financial free. There is no doubt about it. There is lot to talk about it but we only talk less.
Like this quote,
“Money is the opposite of the weather. Nobody talks about it, but everybody does something about it.” We deal with money day in and day out but we only talk very less about it. If you look very closely, Money has taken different avatars in different parts of the world. It’s a dollar for ordinary American, YEN for Japenese and a Rupee for a normal Indian. Its stock for trader, Gold for hardcore investor, home for a realtor and lot more avatars. But each one of them has only one sole underlying factor which is to “satisfy our needs”. Thats all about it.
The need for each and every person might vary according to their surroundings but the purpose and perspective towards money doesn’t change. So how one make use of that most commonly wanted MONEY is within each one and the Money itself can’t do anything about it. Don’t you think its a true fact. Just think about it for a second.
Lot of us percieve with a wrong imagination like, if we earn more all our problems should take care of itself and will get solved. Actually I think all the problem just starts there. It is not always about how much you earn, it is about how well you can manage and work with what you make.
Knowledge is Power, we all know that very well. So if we have proper knowledge to efficiently manage our money, we can be the Kingmakers of our own hard earned money. We don’t have to be Warran Buffet(who hailed as the nucleus of Omaha shaking up the stock market) or Donald trump (successful entrepreneur) to be one. If we manage our own money properly, we are Kingmaker on it’s own version.
Money shouldn’t rule us. We should rule the Money and should put to work for us. As Robert Kiyosaki quoted, “Make your money work for you and not the other way around“. Let me give you a simple example. We eat food every day because our body needs it. We have to eat at least 3-4 times a day to get proper calories for our body to keep moving. Eventually, eating has become a habit for us. We are trained to eat 3-4 times(I know some people eat all the time!!) when we are baby and we continue to do it all our life.
What happens, if you didn’t take a night dinner, can you sleep well that night? Your physical state is going to be messed up and many of us can’t sleep except few who can fast for days. But if you train your body to fast every night, it will eventually manage to coup with it. Similarly, anything needs to praticized to make it accustomed to you, that goes to money as well. If you don’t plan well and don’t manage it properly, it is going to haunt your mental state and keep you restless for life.
Money is an enabler of our dreams. It helps you go where you want go in life. In many people case, first one third of the life goes towards earning education and knowledge needed to find money. Next one third of life goes towards finding/making the money you longed for and last one third of life should go towards using the money to its last. Most of us don’t have control over the first one third because we depend our parents but the rest two third it is all upto us to make or break the life.
So money is part and parcel of your life. We all need money to survive one day or other. It does really matter for all of us. I strongly believe, it is all about how much you make, how you manage and make that hard earned money work for you to secure a better future. Lot of us forget to delve into this basic thought.
Keep pondering on this very own thought and share your comments about what do you feel about Money and try to talk more about it. Talk is cheap so don’t need to speed a lot and take the liberty to talk about all money.
Happy Money talk!!
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“First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.” – Aristotle