Phil PowisChief Wisdom Keeper @ Sacred Business Flow

Purpose vs. Chasing Money #substack #shorts

22 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this short monologue, the speaker reflects on the contrast between pursuing purpose and chasing money. He notes that after establishing a family and having faith in his abilities, he began living more authentically, which coincided with generating $70 million in sales between 2007 and 2017. He emphasizes that aligning work with personal purpose makes the effort feel real, eliminates dread, and avoids feeling like a sellout. While acknowledging that purpose doesn’t guarantee wealth, he argues that genuine purpose makes the work meaningful. He critiques the mercenary mindset—pursuing money for its own sake—as something he lacks and suggests many people lack it when it truly matters.

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in a different place than I was in '98. I now had a family, but, um, I had faith because I knew I was good at it and that I would figure it out. And here's the irony. Once I started living more truly to who I was and what I wanted to do, even though I felt like all I want to do is, if I can support my family, that's all I ask. That's literally the mindset I had going in. And I made $70 million in sales. Between 2007 and 2017. So I'm not saying if you follow your purpose, you're going to become a millionaire, but I am saying that the work becomes real. You know, it, your per— you don't dread what you're doing. You don't feel like a sellout. You know, all these things that, that matter. You know, you can say, I'm gonna, I'm gonna go for the money, but can you? Because sometimes you have to be, have a real mercenary soul to do that. And I don't have that, unfortunately. And I don't think Many people do when it comes down to it.