Chapter 14 Business Way 13 Never be a slave to money

The essence of business: money is lovely, people admire it, love it, there is nothing wrong with it, however, money is despicable, it can turn brothers against each other and friends against each other.Wen Shang believes that people live in the real society and inevitably have to deal with money all the time. It is most important to maintain a peaceful mind. To control money, treat it like ordinary people, and never become a slave to money. A well-known survey company in the United States once conducted a survey and statistics, and the results are very surprising: 70% of human troubles are related to money, but people are often blind when dealing with money.

Gallup George, president of the Gallup Poll Association, said that from his research, most people believe that if their income increased by 10%, they would not have any financial difficulties.Mrs. Elsie Stapleton, an American budget expert, has served as a financial consultant for Waramaker department stores in New York and Bayer for many years.She has served as a personal coach to those weighed down by money worries.She's helped people of all incomes—from a bell boy making less than $1,000 a year to a corporate executive earning $100,000 a year.She once said something like this: "For most people, earning a little more money will not solve their financial troubles." In fact, it is often seen that after increasing income, it does not help but only increases in vain Expenses - added headaches. "What bothers most people," she said, "is not that they don't have enough money, but that they don't know what to do with the money they have!"

There was a Wen Shang, one day because of work problems, he was distracted and very irritable.The air conditioner in his office was set at a suitable temperature, however, he still felt hot and felt like he was about to sweat.He walked to the window and looked out through the window, only to see a man pulling a cart lying on the hot summer street, sleeping soundly, and the only thing protecting him from the sun was the side of the cart A little bit of shade.The rich man was very puzzled. He asked his assistant, how could that person sleep so soundly under such circumstances?The assistant told the rich man, do you want him to be unable to sleep? It's very simple, give him 100,000 yuan.The rich man did as his assistant suggested.Now, the man pulling the scooter really couldn't sleep.He twisted his thighs, wondering if he was dreaming. When he was sure, he began to think about how to spend the 100,000 yuan?He wanted to buy a villa, but it was not enough.Want to buy a car for rental, but what should I do if there is no business?I wanted to open a store, but I lost money, which is a pity.In this way, he really didn't know how to spend the money.So he thought about it day and night, couldn't sleep well, couldn't eat well, and didn't even think about pulling the scooter, which made him regret that he shouldn't accept the money.

Money is lovely, people admire it, love it, there is nothing wrong with it, however, money is despicable, it can turn brothers against each other and friends against each other.Wen Shang believes that we all live in the real society, and we inevitably have to deal with money all the time. The most important thing is to maintain a peaceful mind. We must control money and treat it like ordinary people, and we must not become slaves to money.If a person is swayed by money and let money lead him by the nose, then his end must be very sad, either he will work hard all his life, or he will go to jail.

Money is not everything, but without money is absolutely impossible.Having said that, it is not easy to maintain a good attitude towards money and to truly treat money like dung. It requires a strong psychological endurance and a feeling of indifference and ambition.Only if you really see through money, understand its advantages and disadvantages, and understand its essence, then you will find out how tiring it is to be a slave to money. Francis Bacon famously said: Wealth is a burden to virtue. According to Bacon, great wealth has no real use.Except for charity, the rest is narcissism. Bacon also had a very vivid metaphor, saying that wealth is like the "baggage" of the army, which cannot be absent or lacked, nor can it be discarded; but it hinders the march, and sometimes it is lost or affects victory in order to take care of it.

Solomon has a saying that cannot be ignored: He who is eager to get rich cannot be innocent. Most Wen merchants believe that people can only seek the kind of wealth that is obtained legitimately, used reasonably, given happily, and with peace of mind.Only that kind of wealth can save us from danger. Let everything go with the flow, and do what you have to do, which is the highest state.This is like a young monk who came to study the Fa with an abbot, and the old abbot asked him, have you eaten porridge?He said he ate.The old abbot asked again, did you wash it?He said wash it.The old abbot raised his hand, then why don't you go meditate?The little monk left unhappy, thinking that the old abbot had no good tricks to pass on to him.After several years, the little monk realized that the abbot had told him everything, that is to do what he should do, step by step, and don't think too much.

In the era of natural economy, people don't need money.From food, clothing to shelter, they rely on their own labor. At most, they ask neighbors to help when building houses.At that time there was no exchange of goods, and money was useless. But in the commodity economy society, people cannot do without money even for a moment.Naturally, people must try to make money, and then use the money they earn to buy the materials and services they need in life.Because of the importance of money, vulgar and superficial people mistake money as the goal of life and become slaves to money.There is even such a phenomenon: make money in ways that damage your conscience; spend money in ways that damage your health.Money can originally help a person achieve happiness, but once a person becomes a slave to money, money completely destroys a person from spirit to body.

Most of those who give themselves up to be slaves to money do not develop so lamentably.Maybe his case was not discovered by luck, but he couldn't escape the guilt of his conscience, so he could only dodge and dodge, always living in darkness.People are the masters of money, and when making money, they contribute to others, satisfying the needs of others, and making making money a happy thing; when spending money, they not only satisfy themselves physically and mentally, but also let others make money. An outstanding entrepreneur in Wenzhou said, we must calmly face money, control your money, and make a plan for your money at all stages of your life. It is very necessary and important. Money to make money, after your wealth and assets have accumulated to a certain level, your assets will bring you a steady stream of wealth, and you will finally achieve financial freedom. At this time, you can proudly say: "I You are the 'commander-in-chief' of money." Since you are the master of money, let money work for you as a matter of course, and you can also use money to organize charity, public welfare, education and other things that are beneficial to the public and society .

Once people are exhausted all day long to pay the bills of life, they are like those little mice who keep spinning on the little iron wheels.The mice's little hairy legs kicked fast, and the small iron wheel turned quickly, but when they woke up the next morning, they found themselves still trapped in the mouse cage. The average person, like the middle class and the poor, they work for money, they are afraid of not having money, they don't want to face the fear of not having money, and they react to it, but not with their heads.Their feelings take the place of their thoughts, and as such, they don't discern truth, they don't think, they just react to feelings.They get scared, so they go to work, hoping that money will take away the fear, but money won't take away the fear.So, fear chased them, and they had to go to work again, hoping that the money would take away the fear, but they couldn't get rid of the fear.Fear leads them into the trap of working.Earn money - work - earn money, and hope to one day eliminate fear.But every day when they wake up, they find that fear has woken up with them again.Fear is keeping thousands of people awake at night with worries.

If you want to really get rid of fear, you must establish a correct view of money and get rid of the shackles of money. In modern social life, anyone who can become a billionaire has a correct outlook on money.They understand that in the marketing era, the most meaningful resource is money, and money is the medium through which all resources are converted.In life marketing, money has an important meaning.People have no dignity in the face of money, if they put aside the clear, it is anti-vulgar.But looking back, the essence of money is to be used by others. It is really not advisable to hold money high, kowtow and bow when seeing money, and degrade yourself into a servant.Money and things like that are enough to be used.But "some use is enough" is for ordinary people, and for those who want to achieve big careers and billionaires, it is not the simple sense of "use is enough".

Wenzhou businessmen all hold the idea that money is just a tool, but not the purpose of life, and they must never be slaves to money.Anyone who likes Go knows that there is a saying in Go: Don't be greedy when playing chess.The same goes for doing business. Konosuke Matsushita, who is known as the god of management in Japan, has achieved worldwide attention.His business philosophy is as good as it gets.The Matsushita Electric Corporation founded and led by him has total assets of more than one trillion yen, total sales of nearly 5 trillion yen, and a total of more than 250,000 employees. This is just like a machine running and a car running without lubricating oil (of course other conditions are required), but lubricating oil is not the goal people pursue. The goal is that the machine is running, the product is produced, and the car arrives at the destination.Matsushita said: "Working in order to reach the destination, in order to make the work to achieve the goal more efficient, there must be lubricants. Therefore, money is a tool, and the main purpose is to improve people's lives." Panasonic The attitude towards money is to collect money rather than keep it.He believes: One cannot be a slave to property.He said: "Property: This thing is unreliable! However, to do something, you must have money. In this sense, you must cherish money. But 'cherishing' and 'being a slave' are two different things, and it should be correct. If you don’t, property becomes a burden—it looks like you have money, but it actually makes you a burden. It’s a human tragedy.” Panasonic's thoughts are worthy of people's deep thinking. He tells people not to be slaves to money, but to always think of more ambitious goals.He believes: "Tomorrow's life will be better than today." Anyone who participates in the production of material and spiritual products should aim at this, work hard, and get corresponding rewards (that is, money) to improve people's material and cultural life. , "Making tomorrow's life better than today". Those who can really own money and control it are by no means those nouveau riche who get "flying fortunes", but the truly respected successful Wenzhou businessmen, their perseverance and keen vision, and they never do anything that breaks the "rules of the game" Self-interested behaviors that harm others by extorting and embezzling public and private property.They don't get lost in money and become slaves to money.