Price
is not value. Salary is not worth. You are not your job. All markets do is shift
things. Supply is the total amount of something that is available. Demand is
the total amount of something that is wanted. A higher price attracts more
people to make the thing, but also makes it less attractive. All price is, is a
signal of what is being produced. Value is something else. Value is the reason
we want to be here. The time we want to spend. The contribution we want to make.
To do what we personally value, we need to dip into the supply and demand of
resources. We need to learn to talk price. But not be defined by it. Building
Capital allows you to do that. First, building a buffer means you have the
resources for your value creation to not be distracted by the noise of changing
prices (job loss, emergencies, lockdowns). Secondly, building an engine allows
you to pay the costs of living without those costs making all your decisions
for you. If you live hand-to-mouth in a pass-the-parcel economy, the volume of
price can be deafening.
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