Money
making is not about you. Hand-to-mouth living is all about you. “What do you
want to be when you grow up?” is all about you. Meritocracy, performance attribution,
annual reviews, bonuses, status symbols and conspicuous consumption can become
all about you. About being good enough. Being worthy. Leading a successful
life. Being a really big deal. Capitalism done well is a team sport. A sport in
which there is competition, but players and managers switch teams and everyone
meets in the bar afterwards. No company exists without suppliers, customers,
regulators, alternatives and complex knock on effects. If you want to
understand money, stop thinking about yourself. The song is not about you.
Start thinking about the needs of communities. Start looking at every business
you come across. “How is money made?” is a question so much more powerful than “How
can I make money?” that it can release you to change the What to a Who. Who
(not what) do you want to be? Let Capital set our Labour free. Build Capital.
