Money exists because it is impossible for people to simply barter the many different things they produce since there are too many producers and products. Money acts as a universal stand-in that can be exchanged for any good or service, allowing specialization and trade. Without money, the complex global economic system that has developed wouldn't function as most people wouldn't work if they weren't paid, and there would be no way to trade skills and goods efficiently. Money is necessary for modern civilization and economic progress.

1. Why Do We Need Money?

2. Many people follow a philosophy that
says in an ideal world, we shouldn't
need money.

3. While it would be nice, not having to
worry about money, we'd also be
without most of the stuff we have
now.

4. There's a lot of popular writers and
philosophers that say without money
we could simply barter for what we
wanted, but the cold harsh truth of
economics tells a different story.

5. To begin with, all creatures must work
to get food.

6. The idea that some animals just kind
of lounge around all day, and find food
whenever they need it, isn't entirely
accurate.

7. Most animals both eat and are eaten.

8. Most animals live in a significantly
decreased population.

9. And most animals know nothing other
than survival instincts.

10. Fear, hunger, pleasure.

11. The reason money exists in the first
place is because so many people are
capable of making so many different
things, that it's impossible to simply
trade what you've got for what you
want.

12. Money is really a potential energy.

13. A potential energy for ANYTHING you
can do.

14. Whatever your contribution to the
global economy, that which you put in,
you get back money.

15. With which you can buy anything
you'd like (legally, of course!)

16. The harsh truth is that most people
have jobs they most certainly
WOULDN'T go to if they weren't
getting paid.

17. Sure, it's a nice thought to think that
doctors would still be doctors, police
would still be police, teachers would
still be teachers, but in reality, if they
stopped getting paid, most of them
would stop working.

18. Is this wrong? No. Is this bad? No. Is
this evil? No.

19. This is simply how humans interact on
Earth.

20. All doing what they can, getting paid,
and buying what they want.

21. Without money, the whole system
would collapse.

22. If you want more money, all you've got
to do is figure out how to contribute
more.

23. Add to your skills. Interact with a wider
diversity of people.

24. Expose yourself to different ideas.

25. The vast amount of fortunes took
lifetimes to build. But building your
fortune is why you were put here.

26. Because in building your fortune, you
necessarily must figure out what
people want, and figure out the best
way to provide it.

27. If EVERYBODY on earth was busily
figuring out how to best build their
fortune (instead of stealing it or
gaming the system in their favor) we'd
all be better off.

28. No matter who you are, or what your
experience is, you are in the perfect
place to start.

29. Because there's no where to go but
up.

30. mindpersuasion.com/income-stream-generator/