Money The Means
Money The Means: Divergent lives of Mr. A and Mr. B
The following instances are real life scenarios from two people.
Mr. A and Mr. B made money respectively; N500m (£2m or $3m approx.).
Mr. A was flabbergasted, initiated a spending spree, and started womanizing, he bought expensive cars for himself and pricey gifts for his new female companions. Mr. A became popular on the social scene, acquired new “friends” and was called 'Father Christmas' in certain quarters for his concupiscent spending habits, especially in night clubs.
After 2 years he had expended all his funds, crashed and scrapped his expensive cars, and had to sell off purchased assets to survive. Unfortunately, the only house he owned was foreclosed due to debts on a bank loan secured belatedly.
All his female companions vanished unsurprisingly and he wasn't even allowed into the apartments he got for them during their trysts.
Mr. A lost all the “friends” his money had acquired, became lonely and learnt a bitter lesson on the true meaning of friendship.
Mr. A was worse off than before the advent of his opulence, he moved back into his fathers house angrily depressed, full of regret and constantly hallucinating what his life was and could have been.
In contrast, Mr. B was wise and patient. He thought of the implications of the new funds in his life and improvident consequences of loosing the money entirely.
Following some painstaking research on investment opportunities, he eventually settled for a business investment. This investment required a strict maintenance of his current lifestyle and sacrificing for a 2 year period; literally forgetting about the money now and reaping immense profits later.
During the 2 year wait, Mr. B continued a disciplined routine of his life, kept his friends and didn't let the money change who he was.
Ultimately, the returns on his investments materialized and had multiplied manifold. With his revetted wealth, Mr. B was now in a position to go on a deserved spending spree but instead chose to keep re-investing and creating wealth.
Mr. B now enjoys the profits from his investments, without affecting his capital and source of wealth.
The moral of the story is, some people would be consistent spendthrifts, while some constantly create and manage wealth. If acquired money is just spent, it will surely “end”, but if invested wisely it wouldn't.
Dealing with money is a responsibility, so endeavour to be responsible when money dealing.
Remember money is a means to an end and not an end in itself.
“Be careful how you treat money: here today, gone tomorrow.”
-M.B.O
2012©
The following instances are real life scenarios from two people.
Mr. A and Mr. B made money respectively; N500m (£2m or $3m approx.).
Mr. A was flabbergasted, initiated a spending spree, and started womanizing, he bought expensive cars for himself and pricey gifts for his new female companions. Mr. A became popular on the social scene, acquired new “friends” and was called 'Father Christmas' in certain quarters for his concupiscent spending habits, especially in night clubs.
After 2 years he had expended all his funds, crashed and scrapped his expensive cars, and had to sell off purchased assets to survive. Unfortunately, the only house he owned was foreclosed due to debts on a bank loan secured belatedly.
All his female companions vanished unsurprisingly and he wasn't even allowed into the apartments he got for them during their trysts.
Mr. A lost all the “friends” his money had acquired, became lonely and learnt a bitter lesson on the true meaning of friendship.
Mr. A was worse off than before the advent of his opulence, he moved back into his fathers house angrily depressed, full of regret and constantly hallucinating what his life was and could have been.
In contrast, Mr. B was wise and patient. He thought of the implications of the new funds in his life and improvident consequences of loosing the money entirely.
Following some painstaking research on investment opportunities, he eventually settled for a business investment. This investment required a strict maintenance of his current lifestyle and sacrificing for a 2 year period; literally forgetting about the money now and reaping immense profits later.
During the 2 year wait, Mr. B continued a disciplined routine of his life, kept his friends and didn't let the money change who he was.
Ultimately, the returns on his investments materialized and had multiplied manifold. With his revetted wealth, Mr. B was now in a position to go on a deserved spending spree but instead chose to keep re-investing and creating wealth.
Mr. B now enjoys the profits from his investments, without affecting his capital and source of wealth.
The moral of the story is, some people would be consistent spendthrifts, while some constantly create and manage wealth. If acquired money is just spent, it will surely “end”, but if invested wisely it wouldn't.
Dealing with money is a responsibility, so endeavour to be responsible when money dealing.
Remember money is a means to an end and not an end in itself.
“Be careful how you treat money: here today, gone tomorrow.”
-M.B.O
2012©
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