Money vs. Profit

[businessminder]

Hi there... just wrote this article and would like to share it with you. Since we are all on our journey to success I think this would be a good place to share it

P.S. I just realized that I put the subject incorrectly... It's supposed to be Money vs. Purpose :P

What is your purpose in life?

The above question should be seriously thought-through by entrepreneurs. After blogging for months on how to succeed and accelerate in your online business journey, I think it's time to bring you the ultimate question that you should be asking yourself in every stage of your online business journey.

Successful, the term, often translated by people in terms of how much money they make. If you are one of them I welcome you to think about the next question:

What are you going to do with millions of dollars that you have earned, or you will earn?

Some may say, a good real estate, a good car, a good retirement saving, a good financial support for generations after...etc. It's good to have the above, what I call "your goals". It's always good to have goals, and many goals can be, indeed, achieved by hard work, and with money. When you wear a thousand-dollar suit, drive a million-dollar car, and live in a multi-million-dollar home, people look at you and say "Oh that man (or woman) is very successful!"

Not Totally True!

I would correct that comment and change it to "Oh that man (or woman) is very successful on achieving his (her) goals!"

Are you successful on fulfilling your purpose of life?

It is true, very true, that wearing a thousand-dollar suit, driving a million-dollar car, and living in a multi-million-dollar home can bring you a sense of accomplishment, a sense of dominance, and a sense of simply being superior to the average human race. But the problem is, they don't last!

Let me give you some examples. Close your eyes and think backwards:

When is the last time you bought a new pair of shoes?
When is the last time you bought a new jacket, pants?
When is the last time you bought a new cell phone?

How long did the sense of accomplishment of owning a new pair of shoes, a new jacket or pants, or a new cell phone, last?

What if, later in your journey:

You bought a million-dollar car
You bought a multi-million-dollar house
You invested millions of dollars in your bank that will never run out for the rest of your life

How long do you think the sense of accomplishment, a sense of dominance, and a sense of simply being superior to the average human race, will last?

What will you do after achieving the above?

The fact is, many of us confused ourselves having to think of ours goals as our ultimate purpose in life. We have been raised in the world where everything is about money and profit. Many entrepreneurs with millions of dollars fail to realize the purpose of their lives, resulting in Melancholia. a serious disease and will soon be above cancer in the world's top deadliest diseases. They think they have fulfilled their purpose in their life...

WRONG

They have achieved their goals that they have always thought as their purpose in life.

Then what is my purpose in life?

The human race is a community, and you are part of it. We have always been taught to "take it all" - earn as much money as you can, make as much profit as you can. Do these sound familiar to you?

A community is about sharing; it's not always about "take it all". What about "take some, and give some".

If you think about it...

Will you always have a smile on your face when you think about the last cell phone you have bought?

Will you always have a smile on your face when you think about the last car, house you have bought?

Or

Will you always have a smile on your face when you think about a young little kid smiling at you, perhaps with tears of happiness in her eyes, saying "thank you" for the cloths or food that you have donated to her?

A real successful man is always smiling, and being successful is not always about what you have, but also about your role and your contribution in the community - Aaron Lee

[youbetcha1018]

I go for purpose. You can earn money by working hard. But no one knows our purpose.

[Talkofthatown919]

my purpose i have from my blog is to help people become successful in whatever they choose to do or become in life

[jv17]

hmm that is an interesting and informative post..

[bhingie]

Before we achieved what we like to buy and stuff with our money, we first have a purpose.. And that purpose drive us to work hard and earn money.. So i guess purpose comes first before the money..

[businessminder]

Throughout my online business journey that I started not too long ago (approx 4 months), I've had quite a bit of success. Well, the countless overtime work hours and sleepless nights do pay off

The reason why I wrote this article is because I have been running an local IT consulting and support business (while working full time for the government) for over 3 years in Vancouver, Canada, making a decent income from it. Recently I have decided to give back to the community and make it a not-for-profit business and all my clients thought I was crazy. It's like giving away a guaranteed annually income of approx 50,000!

The results? I am much happier from seeing all my clients smiling at me and recommending me to other business(s). The word spread very fast and I was asked to be an IT representative for a national organization here in Canada working with international organizations on IT projects (still for free though).

For some reason I am more enthuiastic about my online business (mainly affiliate marketing, while building up my blog as well). Maybe it's because of the decision I've made (free IT support/consulting for the rest of my life) sort of forced me to have to succeed and earn more with my online business to cover the steady income that I've given away?

But I think the key is, people's happy faces give me a higher level of optimism, which makes me more efficient and enthuiastic day by day! Giving makes sense to me.

Eh... long reply. Anyways, just sharing my thoughts

[star123]

Thanks for sharing your business journey with us and it's really help those who are new and want to do something. I made my blog to get some popularity and name. I also hoping for some money too but being a popular person in country I am really happy.