Making Money = Easy. Servicing Others = Hard.

Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 02:09pm by David Askaripour in Life

Making money is easy. Seriously, I’m convinced that anyone that really, really focuses on making money, will, in time, make a lot of money. No doubt. If you want to become extremely rich and you wake-up every morning trying to become just that, and you give it all you got, in time you will be! You’ll make it happen. I don’t think that this is hard and from my experiences, when I focus on purely making money, guess what, I just make money.

Now, doing something that you are absolutely passionate about, without necessarily trying to make a buck, is what people have decidedly made a hard thing, a hard concept.

I have come to the realization that I really don’t like doing anything for the sole reason of making money. In fact, this idea now disgusts me very much. It’s not a good feeling. It’s an uneasy feeling that I try to avoid at all costs.

I like to do things for the simple reason that they make me happy and are enjoyable. Sacrificing that joy to make a buck isn’t something that I enjoy at all. However, that isn’t to say that we can’t make plenty of money through our passions.

Yes, in theory you totally understand me — “Follow your passion and in time it’ll make money.” We’re very familiar with this. But does this apply in practicable terms — real life. “Dave, talk to us about real life!!”

Okay, let’s talk real life. Yes, I do think that this works in real life. And I’ll tell you why it always works. Because of “service.” That is to say “service to others.”

If you are in the business of servicing yourself, and yourself only — this will never work. If you’re in the business of servicing your bank account, then, please, continue to do that — just don’t try to use your passions to serve yourself only — because that will never work.

Okay, back to the point. If you, through your passions, truly help and serve people. And you have a genuine desire to help them — not just pretend. And you think of money as a secondary condition. Then, believe me, you’ll always be alright. You won’t lose. You can’t.

When you are truly passionate about something and that passion is fused with a desire to help people, then you’re working on fertile soil that will produce endless fruits of gratitude, positivity, and peace. And you’ll soon see, that people whom have been influenced, touched, and helped from your efforts, will want to contribute back to you. This is called reciprocity.

This is the transactional nature of the universe. When you transfer your passions and services to others — expecting nothing in return — something will be transfered back to you. And you’ll always be taken care of.

If you’re a writer, speaker, business owner, whatever… Then be that person. Do those things because they make you happy. Do those things to help other people. Do them because they add vale to the world. And when people wish to express their gratitude, accept it.

A smile. A dollar. A word of advice. A hug. A sweater. However they show their appreciation for you sharing your passion with them — accept it and continue on. Continue on because what you’re doing is what you’re passionate about and that’s that. Nothing else. Nothing more.

This is the essence of “Right Livelihood.” Coming to the crossroads of living your passion and serving people. Creating such a balanced situation that everyone prospers. If we all lived in this spirit and thought more about serving others than ourselves, we’d be much happier. There would be less stress and more joy in this world — no doubt about that.

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