Money is Overrated
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It’s an age old question: does happiness derive from getting what you want or wanting what you have? One thing is clear. The vast majority of us spend a lot of time thinking about money, both worrying about not having enough, and fantasizing about having more. This includes most billionaires, who unfathomably continue to spend their time and energy trying to make the next billion.

We're in a world where we're constantly looking outside ourselves to see if we're happy, if we're safe, if we have enough. However, the fact is that happiness is intrinsically generated.

By aligning ourselves with our deepest values, we can better focus on what priority to give money in choosing the work we do, given other priorities such as doing what we love, doing work we consider meaningful, and having sufficient time and energy for other parts of our lives. Find some great tips and ideas below for prioritizing money and financial success alongside other values.

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Enough is Enough

Five years ago in The New York Times Magazine, the philosopher Peter Singer wrote the most important article I've ever read. It was called "What Should a Billionaire Give and What Should You?"

What I remember best is the haunting hypothetical question Singer posed: If you were to pass a shallow pond in which a child was drowning, would you feel compelled to save the child, even if it meant getting your clothes wet or being late to wherever you were headed?

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Top Tips: Reflecting on What's Most Important

  1. Take a few moments to write down what you feel appreciative of in your life. It's a way of beginning to switch your "story" from one focused on scarcity to one of sufficiency, or even abundance.

  2. Think of the aspects of your job that you find most challenging, enjoyable, and meaningful. What specific steps could you take to spend more time engaged in these activities?

  3. Take 30-60 minutes to reflect on the qualities you can't stand when you see them in others or in yourself. The opposite of these qualities is a reflection of what you stand for. Choose the one that you believe you embody least well. What specific activity could you build into your life to close this gap?

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"It's good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in awhile and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy."

George Horace Lorimer


George Horace Lorimer
The Spirit Quadrants
are deeply personal, so they are not filled in like the quadrants in the other modules. Here are some examples of each quadrant:

Nourishing Values: Yoga, Prayer, Walking in Nature

Expressing Values: Helping a friend move, Remaining calm with a difficult child

Violating Values: Gossiping, Ignoring someone who needs help

Neglecting Values: Working continuously, Being with highly negative people

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Alignment exercise

How aligned is your life with your most deeply held values? This short exercise will help you focus on the key elements in your life and the choices you are making.

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THE SPIRIT QUADRANTS