Ah, money. It’s probably safe to say everyone reading this, or who listens to the podcast, wouldn’t mind a bit more money than they have. Some say money — or the love of money — is the root of all evil today. While we don’t believe that, we examine the good, bad, and the ugly when it comes to cash in this episode.
We begin by talking about our first memories of money and then jump right to answering this question: “If money were no object and you could buy one extravagant thing, what would you buy?”
Some people seek financial gurus for money advice, some people listen to podcasts, but books have always been a big place where people turned for financial advice. We discuss if there are any financial books that changed the way we looked at money — and if so, what the books are.
Some people instantly think if someone has money that they are worthy of respect. Find out how we feel about that — and if a large pile of money impresses us.
You’re online right now, or at least listening to something you grabbed from the Internet. There’s a big trend online among some to monetize everything one does: blogs, podcasts, ebooks, and other things. Find out if we’re fans of that mentality — before finding out how important money is in our lives.
Then it’s back to a “what if” talking point; this time, if we had Bill Gates levels of money, how we think we’d act.
Stress about [the lack of] money has led to more than a heart attack or two in the course of history…it’s been known to break up marriages. Find out if we’ve ever been stressed about money. Then we spin it: can having a lot of money lead to stress?
Some people put making money before most things in life. How much money is “enough?” — find out what we think.
We close the episode out with two questions:
- What’s more important to you: time or money?
- Can money buy happiness?
So hold on to your wallets and let us know how you feel about money in the comments below.
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If I had ton$$$ of money? I could say I’d hire a financial advisor, invest, and donate to worthy charities. But (left to my own devices) I’d more likely go on a crazed $pending $pree… I know my weakne$$e$…
A friend, when asked what he’d do if he ever won a multi-100-million dollar lottery said, “I’d have most people I know taken out, or I’d at least build a castle with a moat and fill it with burning oil to keep people away.” He was only half-joking.
It amazes me when you hear about people who suddenly come in to a lot of money, and how they just spend it all like that. I’d definitely have nice things, but I think my drive to never have another day job at that point would make me be one of those frugal rich people who, near the end of the year when seeing that my annual spending budget was not met, would buy a couple more extravagant things near the end of the year. For me, I could see travel and some other things adding up, but I’ve never been one who’s like, “I want a golden toilet!!!”
My life would change if suddenly there was a pile of money at my disposal, but I really think it would change for the better in that I’d never do another thing I didn’t want to do. Life would be quiet and even nicer than it is now 🙂
I’m almost positive I wouldn’t be “golden toilet” crazy, just without a doubt crazier than you, Christopher. 😉
“Some people get money and lose their minds.” lol That would be me.
I can’t say for certain that wouldn’t be me, too.