Fleet MaullThe Entrepreneur’s Zen Master

Could your income be a mirror of the value you’re adding to the world?

15 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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Short monologue arguing that money is not a thing to be chased but a lagging indicator of value created; the speaker urges focusing on adding value (helping lives) rather than pursuing money directly, using everyday analogies (gym, firewood) to illustrate the point.

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Stop thinking that money's a thing. Money isn't a thing. We make it a thing. The second we conceptualize money as a thing, we get trapped into the illusion of chasing money. Money is a ghost. It is a byproduct or a consequence. When you walk into the gym, you don't say, give me the strength and I'll lift the weights. When you're sitting in front of the fire, you don't say, give me the heat. I'll fetch you some wood. You know you get the strength when you lift the weight. You know you get the heat when you chop the wood. You don't walk into business and say, all right, let me go get the money, and then I'll feel good. Let me go get the money and then I'll add the value. No, you get the when you've added the value. Otherwise you're chasing your tail. Money is just a lagging indicator of the lives that you're able to touch in a positive way.