The Most Expensive Lie About Money
The Money Chapter
Most people spend their lives chasing money.
Then they spend the second half of their lives chasing what they sacrificed to get it.
More time.
More health.
More peace.
More relationships.
More meaning.
Money is useful.
Money matters.
Money can reduce suffering.
But somewhere along the way we began treating money as evidence of worth.
The person with more money became the successful person.
The person with less money became the unsuccessful person.
Life is not that simple.
I know people who are wealthier than ever and more anxious than ever.
I know people who earn less than they once did but have become wiser, calmer, and more integrated.
Money can buy options.
It cannot buy clarity.
It cannot buy character.
It cannot buy wisdom.
One of the central questions in the money chapter of Wisdom Without the Bullshit is not:
"How much money do you have?"
The more important question is:
"What is money costing you?"
Because every pursuit has a price.
And sometimes the things we sacrifice for money are the very things we were hoping money would help us preserve.