MONEY IS THE MOTIVATING FACTOR, what do you think?

[Jiovanni]

Money is a good follower, but is a poor leader.

Money will always lead you astray, but it will follow you well.

Any man that seeks to follow money becomes misled.
Money is meant to follow you, while you are meant to follow value.  Create value, solve problems, and do it well, you'll attract people to follow you; remember, money follows people with value.

What's your take on this?

[jackg]

It's a bit foolish.

In the past, money has related to how skilled you are and who you know. Now money tends to follow other money.

Investing in value increases your equity faster than it increases your money (and there's the chance it won't increase your money by much compared to investing in where other money is likely to follow - where it's already been).

I don't know what you mean but following money that well. If something's overbought, it has a higher chance of becoming more overbought or overbought again than it does of being oversold.

[fiulpro]

Well I do think that you understand the fact that most things that we need in today's world is ofcourse built by money, health, house, medicine everything and anything is based on it, not even clean water for drinking is free and in certain countries you won't be able to live without an air purifier, therefore you need to understand that it might be a motivation but to make it right and fruitful, it might not be the right motivation, if your motivation is making lives of your family and ofcourse youself better, ofcourse you would have to depend on earning a good amount but you need to understand that it's ofcourse poison in excessive quantities.

[Pierre 2]

I think motivation behind following money -like a moth following a light- never changes through time. Everyone considers lack of money is why their life is terrible. Although there may be bigger issues with your life that money will never solve. So I agree that is the best buddy, best wife, best pet etc. You can say more. But its never good leader. Think about your own fathers, his affect on you was never determined by money. Emotions are leaded by heart.

[odunybiz]

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[DrBeer]

The first proverb sounds a little different (at least I heard it in this version) - "Money is a wonderful SERVANT, but a disgusting OWNER."
And yes, if this is an assistant who will allow you to receive much more than those who do not have such an assistant, or vice versa - your master has the money and you are in the position of a slave! Money is a convenient tool for a normal person who uses money precisely as an assistant / tool to improve their standard of living and empowerment. Plus - if you do not steal money, but earn with your mind, knowledge, experience - this is also a good indicator of your level of development!
Money, like many entities in our life, can be very useful if used correctly, or be a terrible poison if used incorrectly... So it all depends on us

[KingsDen]

Money is a good follower, but is a poor leader.

Money will always lead you astray, but it will follow you well.

Any man that seeks to follow money becomes misled.
Money is meant to follow you, while you are meant to follow value.  Create value, solve problems, and do it well, you'll attract people to follow you; remember, money follows people with value.

What's your take on this?

Your topic is enticing but the body of your thread is somewhat difficult for me to comprehend. I have heard so many quotes about money, but I have not heard about following money or being followed by money.

But what I think your thread should discuss according to your title is - Money is a motivating factor, when you don't make money you will be afraid and doubtful that you can make money. But once you start making money, you will be motivated to make more money. So, money is a motivating factor.

[teosanru]

Money is a good follower, but is a poor leader.

Money will always lead you astray, but it will follow you well.

Any man that seeks to follow money becomes misled.
Money is meant to follow you, while you are meant to follow value.  Create value, solve problems, and do it well, you'll attract people to follow you; remember, money follows people with value.

What's your take on this?

Money is the motivating factor for many but it really shouldn't be. You should be more concerned with whether you are enjoying what you are doing rather than focusing on money. Most people run behind money and really forget what their actual passion is. You are absolutely right on this front, one should focus only on adding value to the lives of other people rest everything will definitely follow and money will definitely come as a result of your efforts. But also I think sometimes it's wrong to judge people in these scenarios as sometimes it's money that might be important to them at a certain point.

[NdaMk]

I think motivation behind following money -like a moth following a light- never changes through time. Everyone considers lack of money is why their life is terrible. Although there may be bigger issues with your life that money will never solve. So I agree that is the best buddy, best wife, best pet etc. You can say more. But its never good leader. Think about your own fathers, his affect on you was never determined by money. Emotions are leaded by heart.

I quite agree with your claim. Money has gotten too much value in this generation that even power are easily bought with it. Many things of value are now acousted with money. The funny thing is some people that have bunch of it either feels they don't have enough or rather tired of having too lots of it. The poor on the hand thinks money is the solution to his every problem.

[Marykeller]

Money doesn't follow like a magnet if you don't intend to do anything. Money doesn't follow people, that doesn't work for it or pursue it. Money needs to be chased before it can follow you(in the right way). It doesn't fall like manna.
Your value in society is the kind of money you have. Society doesn't regard people with an empty account

The level of your happiness depends on money. You work towards your happiness. Money only follows people that are on the right track to acquiring it.

[n0ne]

Money is just the rewarding factor. Being passionate towards what your mind wants is the motivational factor. Just follow what your mind wish to do. Being passionate about something and working towards will eventually bring money. Maybe this can take time, but there'll be assurance of making money out of it.

If the focus is towards money and from the beginning itself you run for it, then at some point you'll lose your importance.

[Silberman]

Money is a good follower, but is a poor leader.

Money will always lead you astray, but it will follow you well.

Any man that seeks to follow money becomes misled.
Money is meant to follow you, while you are meant to follow value.  Create value, solve problems, and do it well, you'll attract people to follow you; remember, money follows people with value.

What's your take on this?

Money is the motivating factor for many but it really shouldn't be. You should be more concerned with whether you are enjoying what you are doing rather than focusing on money. Most people run behind money and really forget what their actual passion is. You are absolutely right on this front, one should focus only on adding value to the lives of other people rest everything will definitely follow and money will definitely come as a result of your efforts. But also I think sometimes it's wrong to judge people in these scenarios as sometimes it's money that might be important to them at a certain point.

Without a doubt doing what you like to do and obtaining decent profits out of it will be the ideal scenario for everyone, but we must remember that life is never that simple and you have to take a choice, and in that case many people are going to prefer to follow the money rather than their passion, it is a difficult decision to take but we have to do it especially when you are not the only one that depends on the money that you get and you have a family to support.

[mk4]

It can honestly work both ways. I know both types of people — the ones that solely focus on the money, while the other focuses on being good at what they're passionate in and or focus on solving problems first — then the money follows after.

I know very successful people from both sides, but the latter tends to be more happier people; with the former being mostly more stressed and more miserable despite being well-off.

[autumnleaf]

Money is always a component in motivating people to work hard, although this isn't always the case. The best term to describe human motivation is certainly desire. The urge to make money or the desire to feel successful in what we do must come first, and then the money will come and the way that mk4 emphasizes two distinct categories of people is also true.

[Poker Player]

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They seem to me to be generalizations and clichés that are partly true but also partly false, as is often the case.

Money is a means.

It can honestly work both ways. I know both types of people — the ones that solely focus on the money, while the other focuses on being good at what they're passionate in and or focus on solving problems first — then the money follows after.

I know very successful people from both sides, but the latter tends to be more happier people; with the former being mostly more stressed and more miserable despite being well-off.

Of course, the second option is much better.

[killerfrost]

(...)

We may have different views on this life, and materialism, in my opinion, is only lightly considered as a tool to push the best friend to develop in the direction that the person thinks. The various aspects of matter are determined by the nature of the individual; whether they consider it important or not. So I feel it's true that if you seek joy from yourself, money is a very small thing, but in today's social prejudices, they dominate most people's lives. If we were less greedy, less compared, and more loving to each other, then right now we would see that life is unfolding uncomplicated and just like a movie we want to enjoy.

[Rajamuda]

You know, most people today looks like are controlled by money, money is like everything and is able to change a lot of people's fate.
But basically this can be part of the motivation in life, after all money is like the first need that must be obtained as much as possible, Money doesn't just motivate, it makes more people change their lives for the better.

[Fortify]

Money is a good follower, but is a poor leader.

Money will always lead you astray, but it will follow you well.

Any man that seeks to follow money becomes misled.
Money is meant to follow you, while you are meant to follow value.  Create value, solve problems, and do it well, you'll attract people to follow you; remember, money follows people with value.

What's your take on this?

I'd say this is more a judgement about economic policies than anything else, Capitalism is the best of all the worst options that we've found. Free markets in most cases will work out the most efficient means of production and bring down prices for everyone. However free markets are open to abuse so they need strong and wise regulation, which is the hardest part. Governments tend to work on very small time scales like 4 years, but businesses are constantly having to adapt to new conditions every day. There are also some areas where potentially the government should have more control because the private sector can and does abuse it. Things like medical care, power and water supplies should be very carefully managed for the wider public benefit.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Money without a purpose will be less meaningful. If there is a goal for which you need money, then of course money will play a motivational role. But there is also a moment: What are you willing to do for money? Sometimes it's not exactly the right thing to do, but people who are said to "have their price" are sold for money and do the dirty work. From here, we often hear that money becomes an idol for some people.
 Sometimes people have a choice to commit a crime in order to fulfill their dreams. We know that there are people who can cross their moral line. 
I welcome the desire to have money for noble purposes. But you should always understand that personal happiness will not depend on the number of millions in your pockets if this money is not earned by honest work.

[naira]

What's your take on this?

There will be many people who define money. In terms of value, the function of money has so many benefits. Motivating to encourage people to further improve their self-quality power and develop their potential to achieve financially as expected. But often money is made into a god as if they forget that money is also a double-edged sword. Make a person forget who he is. Why is money so motivating? because in this day and age without money will be an obstacle. I admit everything costs money but that doesn't mean money can buy it. Therefore there is such a thing as self-respect, in economics, it may not be too strange that in fact, self-esteem is the only controller so that money can follow you. Skill, quality, and knowledge make you have value.