Focusing too much on money often leads to not making any

[Fara Chan]

It's all because they have proven how to make money so it's natural that they are more listened to and given special treatment, that's how it is in this world that rich people are proof or a reference for someone to be able to do something similar regardless of the truth or not but money is the goal of many people so if there is a lot of money it will be considered successful.
Indeed, not everyone also only aims to make money but I am not a hypocrite and think realistically that almost everyone does something just for money even though besides that there are many other valuable lessons that can be learned.

Because remembering the main goal is money and that has also been the goal of many poor people and also of many rich people in this world, of course it is not wrong for poor people to listen to directions from rich people on many things. Although some poor people also have a way of thinking and also in judging something when there is direction from other people including rich people, but when the priority is money, of course his thoughts will not change much because it reminds him of the main goal earlier.

[Salmen]

OP's message is ambiguous and can apply to different relatable scenarios I could think of.

Don't focus on the money - instead on providing real, indistinguishable value for people.
The higher the value to them, the more you will earn.

[Fortify]

Although it may sound a bit "preachy," I really feel that society has become somewhat pathological. Money seems to have become the only standard by which people are measured, and everyone is desperately chasing wealth, as if without money, you have no value. Meanwhile, the things that should be most cherished—character, sincerity, effort—are being pushed to the sidelines. People are so focused on counting their money that they forget what truly matters: how they live and the kind of person they become.
Don't forget, money is just a bonus that comes after the realization of self-worth.

It is actually a worthy piece of advice in two ways. Firstly, it's worth recognizing burnout, which can happen when you are spending too much time working - it can be ok in the short term, especially if you are getting juicy overtime opportunities, but if you try to do too many hours over a long time it is going to ruin your mental and physical health. Be kind to yourself and let your body rest for a bit, because you cannot spend that money if you run yourself into an early grave. Secondly, people can pick up jobs that reward you very poorly for your time, when you'd actually be better off learning or simply enjoying a rest for your main money earning ability - always be re-evaluating if what you are doing is worth the payoff in terms of dollars per hour after all real costs are counted.

[reagansimms]

Although money has been considered an inseparable need in human life to fulfill all needs in this world and has captivated all groups, true happiness cannot always be measured by how much money you have. When you have a lot of money from your hard work, there are other responsibilities that need to be fulfilled to complete your happiness in life. You can position yourself as rain during the dry season and a shady tree in the middle of the desert, then other people will always remember your kindness and I think that is the happiest thing in this life.

 

[jaberwock]

Maybe what it means is that there are a lot of people who work only for money, and the money they make is used to buy what they want and have fun, without realizing that they will lose their jobs because one day they will be fired or no longer use their services, so they end up getting nothing after the income chain is cut off.

Unlike the rich who work for money and the money is used as a tool to earn other money by improving skills and others to make themselves much better at making more money.
The sentence is sarcastic for people who focus on working to earn money and spend it on fun without having long-term thinking. IMO

I would say it's more about the fact that we are going to end up not enjoying it and that could be a problem as well. You focus too much on making money, and then you will not be able to spend it that much. Like recently, Elon Musk reached 400 billion dollars networth, that's what they are saying but what does the dude do? He works, he tweets, he plays diablo, that's it. That's not really something that requires 400+ billion dollars networth, I ask what this made him gain, like what does he do that I can't do, and people say "well he owns tesla", but what does that change him on his day to day life, like he works more than me and he doesn't enjoy life and just miserable? That's not life, I have a better life in that sense.

I have seen many rich people who are on their yacths, going around the world, having fun, partying, buying amazing collection items, visiting the best places of the world, THATS rich life, so you gotta learn the difference.

[l99l]

Money is respected, money is chased today.
Although living virtuously is perhaps one of the greatest meanings of living in the world, we are in such a structure that a person who has many virtues despite not having money is not respected.
The first thing everyone focuses on is money, this is the goal, and we cannot make as much money as we want, maybe we are looking for meaningfulness in the wrong place.

[diamondsurfer]

Focus on the future. Wall Street really controls money in the markets, in the short term so if you make a discovery before Wall Street before everyone finds out. The price won't move, money follows innovation or the trend of society is headed. You just discovered it before it caught on and if it's really good it's like wildfire. Sprouts, $SFM is a good example of this.

[dezoel]

I would say it's more about the fact that we are going to end up not enjoying it and that could be a problem as well. You focus too much on making money, and then you will not be able to spend it that much. Like recently, Elon Musk reached 400 billion dollars networth, that's what they are saying but what does the dude do? He works, he tweets, he plays diablo, that's it. That's not really something that requires 400+ billion dollars networth, I ask what this made him gain, like what does he do that I can't do, and people say "well he owns tesla", but what does that change him on his day to day life, like he works more than me and he doesn't enjoy life and just miserable? That's not life, I have a better life in that sense.

I have seen many rich people who are on their yacths, going around the world, having fun, partying, buying amazing collection items, visiting the best places of the world, THATS rich life, so you gotta learn the difference.

The freedom he has is to make sure he can decide on the future of the world, that's what his money bought. Not everyone is same as you said, some play computer games, some drink expensive champagne on a yacht, and this is why I believe that we are going to end up with a lot of difference between people. But, the reason why Elon just tweets and plays pc games when he has the time, is because when he is working, he is working towards changing a whole nation, not even a nation he is from, not even a nation he grew up, not even a nation where he started his first business, a nation that he went when he was already a grown man, only because it's the most powerful nation in the world.

So, with his 400+ billion dollars, he is earning himself influence over the biggest nation in the world, his goal is to make sure that he can do something to that nation, and put his name in history. When you are that rich, they let you have a government branch, and D.O.G.E. is a branch Elon will control, so you have to accept that money did helped him a lot.

[iBaba]

Besides, money can never guarantee happiness. You might be happy at the moment but when all your money is gone, there's no more joy and happiness in your life. That leads me to the realization that the more you chase for money, the more you missed valuable moments in your life that offers lifetime happiness. So never be deceived with money. It can make you rich but it can never make your life fulfilled and satisfied.

The advice I always try to give myself is to always look for happiness before chasing money. Try to understand what makes you happy anytime you're set to go out hustling. Inner peace is derived from your ability to make yourself happy rather than just having the money. While money can bring about comfort and access to material resources, only happiness can guarantee you the inner peace and contentment.

There are billionaires out there who have amazed so much wealth yet they couldn't find peace and lasting happiness in their lives thereby drinking alcohols and drugs to survive. But once you're able to find true happiness, you can always make yourself happy in the middle of all struggle to amass wealth and live a good life. Please at any given time, try to learn and understand what makes you happy before sourcing for happiness through material things.

[red4slash]

Besides, money can never guarantee happiness. You might be happy at the moment but when all your money is gone, there's no more joy and happiness in your life. That leads me to the realization that the more you chase for money, the more you missed valuable moments in your life that offers lifetime happiness. So never be deceived with money. It can make you rich but it can never make your life fulfilled and satisfied.

Regardless of whether it guarantees happiness or not but when now the benchmark all boils down to money then as much as possible we still have to have it and make every effort to get it.

But that doesn't mean that in this case we have to sacrifice everything because for now the mindset about money that ultimately always becomes the benchmark is considered as we always deify money but the fact is certainly not like that. We need money and it is a certainty that we cannot avoid but do not let money play us with its schemes and instead we must try to make money work according to its purpose where the rotation is not controlled but we control it. With things like this we can become aware that even though money is a very important thing for now but we will not be easily blinded by money because in the end we realize that the position we have is above the money we run as a source of happiness that we want to create our own version of ourselves.

[Marvell1]

Besides, money can never guarantee happiness. You might be happy at the moment but when all your money is gone, there's no more joy and happiness in your life. That leads me to the realization that the more you chase for money, the more you missed valuable moments in your life that offers lifetime happiness. So never be deceived with money. It can make you rich but it can never make your life fulfilled and satisfied.

But our life would be worse without money. How can you have a fulfilling and satisfying life without money when everything in our society is bought with money? Do you see poor people saying they are satisfied with their current life and don't need money? But I can assure you that not all rich people are satisfied and happy with their lives but most agree with that.

Sometimes, chasing money can make us miss out on precious moments in life, but without money, we cannot enjoy anything in life.
Money can't buy or guarantee happiness, but at least people with money will feel more satisfied and happier than people without money.

[Akbarkoe]

Maybe what it means is that there are a lot of people who work only for money, and the money they make is used to buy what they want and have fun, without realizing that they will lose their jobs because one day they will be fired or no longer use their services, so they end up getting nothing after the income chain is cut off.

Unlike the rich who work for money and the money is used as a tool to earn other money by improving skills and others to make themselves much better at making more money.
The sentence is sarcastic for people who focus on working to earn money and spend it on fun without having long-term thinking. IMO

I would say it's more about the fact that we are going to end up not enjoying it and that could be a problem as well. You focus too much on making money, and then you will not be able to spend it that much. Like recently, Elon Musk reached 400 billion dollars networth, that's what they are saying but what does the dude do? He works, he tweets, he plays diablo, that's it. That's not really something that requires 400+ billion dollars networth, I ask what this made him gain, like what does he do that I can't do, and people say "well he owns tesla", but what does that change him on his day to day life, like he works more than me and he doesn't enjoy life and just miserable? That's not life, I have a better life in that sense.

I have seen many rich people who are on their yacths, going around the world, having fun, partying, buying amazing collection items, visiting the best places of the world, THATS rich life, so you gotta learn the difference.

Actually we have the same understanding but you see my sarcasm with a different perspective, I have an object to people who prioritize pleasure in life even though they are still in the lower class of economic standards, and of course it is different from Elon Musk and other rich people, they are having fun because their money is more than enough to retire, even today, but people at the bottom who are still pioneering, they work for pleasure at that time, do not think long in living their lives preferring momentary pleasure, and that's what I want to convey.

The point is that people who exchange their time and energy for money that will be spent on luxuries / fun but are still in a financially unstable state (ordinary employees) who prioritize pleasure over economic improvement and skills in life are the people I mean.

[Dewi Aries]

Although money has been considered an inseparable need in human life to fulfill all needs in this world and has captivated all groups, true happiness cannot always be measured by how much money you have. When you have a lot of money from your hard work, there are other responsibilities that need to be fulfilled to complete your happiness in life. You can position yourself as rain during the dry season and a shady tree in the middle of the desert, then other people will always remember your kindness and I think that is the happiest thing in this life.

Indeed, happiness is not only measured by the amount of money we have but we need money to survive because now is no longer the era of bartering with each other. Many people work hard to get money with the aim of fulfilling their needs, fortunately for those who are born into rich families it is not too difficult to think about their economy but for people in the lower middle class they have to work hard to get money and fulfill their needs, this proves that money is one important thing in life today.

I myself want to be able to make a lot of money per month, I have worked and another thing I want is to have workers, that is my dream in building my own comfortable life.

[beerlover]

The freedom he has is to make sure he can decide on the future of the world, that's what his money bought. Not everyone is same as you said, some play computer games, some drink expensive champagne on a yacht, and this is why I believe that we are going to end up with a lot of difference between people. But, the reason why Elon just tweets and plays pc games when he has the time, is because when he is working, he is working towards changing a whole nation, not even a nation he is from, not even a nation he grew up, not even a nation where he started his first business, a nation that he went when he was already a grown man, only because it's the most powerful nation in the world.

So, with his 400+ billion dollars, he is earning himself influence over the biggest nation in the world, his goal is to make sure that he can do something to that nation, and put his name in history. When you are that rich, they let you have a government branch, and D.O.G.E. is a branch Elon will control, so you have to accept that money did helped him a lot.

Yeah you are right, I believe that having the benefit of going against everything a government stands for requires a lot of money and his 400+ billion works for that. He is not a nice person and I never liked him and I believe that him being in any position of power will be terrible for the world, but at the same time we need to remember that he is just some rich dude who wants more. All that diablo being ranked at leaderboard stuff? That's literally what he is seeing with money as well, he is using Forbes richest list as a leaderboard and he wants to be richer than everyone else, that's all he cares about.

I think with this much power, and influence, over a whole nation, he might have reached where he wants to, this could be his end game, don't think he can do anything more than what he is going to do this four years.

[eightdots]

Although money has been considered an inseparable need in human life to fulfill all needs in this world and has captivated all groups, true happiness cannot always be measured by how much money you have. When you have a lot of money from your hard work, there are other responsibilities that need to be fulfilled to complete your happiness in life. You can position yourself as rain during the dry season and a shady tree in the middle of the desert, then other people will always remember your kindness and I think that is the happiest thing in this life.

Indeed, happiness is not only measured by the amount of money we have but we need money to survive because now is no longer the era of bartering with each other. Many people work hard to get money with the aim of fulfilling their needs, fortunately for those who are born into rich families it is not too difficult to think about their economy but for people in the lower middle class they have to work hard to get money and fulfill their needs, this proves that money is one important thing in life today.

I myself want to be able to make a lot of money per month, I have worked and another thing I want is to have workers, that is my dream in building my own comfortable life.

A person's responsibilities do not end easily. They can always have a new responsibility. Money makes many things easier, but we need to have some responsibilities to have things that money cannot do. Happiness is not something that money can buy. Using money well can sometimes bring happiness, but it is not right to measure happiness with money.

We need money to be able to do the things we want in life comfortably. The fact that money did not have such a place in human life in the past can be seen as evidence that people can be happy with simple things. Today, we all want to earn money and work towards our goals, the important thing is to remember that happiness cannot be measured with money.

[itorai]

But our life would be worse without money. How can you have a fulfilling and satisfying life without money when everything in our society is bought with money? Do you see poor people saying they are satisfied with their current life and don't need money? But I can assure you that not all rich people are satisfied and happy with their lives but most agree with that.

Sometimes, chasing money can make us miss out on precious moments in life, but without money, we cannot enjoy anything in life.
Money can't buy or guarantee happiness, but at least people with money will feel more satisfied and happier than people without money.

that is the true reality that occurs in our lives, it is a fact that we all need money to meet the needs that we want, it cannot be denied that in today's modern world money is the main priority that is always needed, sometimes to get money we will lose moments of togetherness with family, even so we still live to get money for a better life.

[Onyeeze]

To make money is all about strategies not all about application of force in whatever thing you are doing it is the brain That calculation that makes us to make money so I believe that we have to understand that making money come from our plans we have not all about forcing ourselves to something that will not come out positive, many people has been a hardworking soul but but they fail to prosper because of inability to apply they had working to a relevant thing that will make them to be a successful in life that is why I do says that had working is different from strategies to become successful

[alastantiger]

Besides, money can never guarantee happiness. You might be happy at the moment but when all your money is gone, there's no more joy and happiness in your life. That leads me to the realization that the more you chase for money, the more you missed valuable moments in your life that offers lifetime happiness. So never be deceived with money. It can make you rich but it can never make your life fulfilled and satisfied.

Money might never guarantee happiness but it brings happiness because with money you can buy the happiness that you want. Money can buy love, it can buy friendship, money makes things easy for you. It would had taken you a longer time to get what money will make it easy for you to get. With money you can buy connections and get into friend groups that it would had been hard for you to get into without having money. Money gives you a different feeling from most people in the world because they don't have money. You have to moderate how you search for money but don't stop searching until you have some money because it's better to have money than to be having friends and memories that you think is what is true happiness. Money is happiness, you only have to get some for you to realize this. When you have money you can help make the world a better place by helping those that don't have.

[Oluwa-btc]

I do agree that when we think about value most of the time we instantly referring it to money, but I believe in a recent years there is a societal and cultural shift especially in the west that business focusing more on sustainability and equity.

Yeah it's just like being over zealous over something and we all know the outcome most times, yes everyone aspire to get money but channelling or directing your focus on money is not suitable or advisable as it enables one find it hard to think above the box. It's more or less a simple logic and passing an information that money is power and at such you can aim to make the money but don't focus on it like your life depends on it.

[Mahanton]

Maybe what it means is that there are a lot of people who work only for money, and the money they make is used to buy what they want and have fun, without realizing that they will lose their jobs because one day they will be fired or no longer use their services, so they end up getting nothing after the income chain is cut off.

Unlike the rich who work for money and the money is used as a tool to earn other money by improving skills and others to make themselves much better at making more money.
The sentence is sarcastic for people who focus on working to earn money and spend it on fun without having long-term thinking. IMO

I would say it's more about the fact that we are going to end up not enjoying it and that could be a problem as well. You focus too much on making money, and then you will not be able to spend it that much. Like recently, Elon Musk reached 400 billion dollars networth, that's what they are saying but what does the dude do? He works, he tweets, he plays diablo, that's it. That's not really something that requires 400+ billion dollars networth, I ask what this made him gain, like what does he do that I can't do, and people say "well he owns tesla", but what does that change him on his day to day life, like he works more than me and he doesn't enjoy life and just miserable? That's not life, I have a better life in that sense.

I have seen many rich people who are on their yacths, going around the world, having fun, partying, buying amazing collection items, visiting the best places of the world, THATS rich life, so you gotta learn the difference.

Each person does have that their own perspectives on life on which there are those individuals who are really that mindful when it comes into the things that they've been dealing specially in talks on acquiring or getting or making money on which we know that this could be achieved through having a work or having some business or investment on which of course this is something that cant really be able to assure out on how long you will be able to last up because not all we will really be ending up on the right way. Its normal that we will be that focusing on making money because we do know that we wont really be able to survive at the time that we wont be able to earn on which this is something which is really that very standard, Dont make yourself that just focusing on making all the time though since it will be having its cons too if you wont really be that careful. There are those people who dont really care up that much sa long they can make money then this is what their main priority. Its always been better that you should really be wary about on the actions that you are taking because everything which is too much is really that bad and if you arent that good when it comes on managing things then you might be ending up on being excessive on which this could really be that resulting into imbalances in between money and time or other priorities in life.