The world is running after money. From businesses to individuals everyone in this world is running a rat-race for money. Of-course money has become important for any individual's life but there will still be as much as one needs and can spend.
I was having a chat with the VP of our company that day. I know his primary job involves money for the company but he was talking about i-banking and possibly everything that involves massive money. Anyone around the world who is making money seemed to be of interest to him irrepective of which field, domain, technology they are in. It was surprise for me because i always felt playing to one's strengths and vision is essential to any successful business. No company ever starts with the intention of becoming a behemoth like Microsoft. Even Google did not start with the idea of becoming a microsoft like money making unit. It played to its strengths & visions and earned money in the process. If it is just like that, tommorrow one can even opena grocery store or a Super-Mall and start making money.
People to whom I come across as a money-hater, let me be clear, I am no money-hater, and why should I be ? Eevryone wants to make money, so am I. But, I have my principles and visions about doing things and i believe money will come in the process. Money is not the end nor the beginning for me inspite of it being a important thing. I realise that money is probably more important as the world around me values money more than myself, people make and break relationships, friendships based on how successful you are and also the yardstick of success is primarily on how much money you are earning or making.
Today, everyone wants to do an MBA or a business degree with no notion whatsoever as what is actually management all about. It is all about what is the fat salary one will draw after graduation. It is the lure of $300000 salary which lure people. It is all numbers all around. My basic question lies on : how much does a person need to live a lavish life ? and even more so when people do i-banking jobs which even those few who work on that so accept that it is probably one of the most boring jobs, crunching numbers. Yet, there is always a bee-line for those jobs. And after spending16-18 hours on the job, how much time does one have to spend all that money, except for an expensive cruise holiday to the Bahamas onec in a while !!!
It is said that with time, i.e over the ages, humans have evolved, their civilizations have evolved, technology has marched forward. Has it really or even if it has in certain pockets, the basic tenets of a human pyschology has hardly changed. There was that old adage that all fights of humankind are over land, money and women. It is still the same, it has hardly changed and yet we call ourselves as evolved or advanced civilizations.
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