I was playing around on Twitter the other day and searched #Values to look for a community of people who were discussing what personal and societal values mean in our lives and our interactions. I found a few, but the larger percentage of tweets focused on something else: money. I clicked on several to see what they were about, and found a commonality in the messages that goes something like this (expanded out of Twitter-speak):
Big companies use values to guide their decisions to maximize profit. Acting in accordance with your values will make you more money, too.
Most of these have a link to click on, and about a third of them offer to teach you this process of using values to achieve monetary wealth – for a fee. Following the instructions on these websites will result in more money – for the site owner!
But acting consistent with your core values is not about making money. It brings a different type of wealth made up of contentment, strength, strong friendships and harmony. It makes you a more effective person to those around you. Perhaps that will result in more money as well, but perhaps it will not.
If you need to pay someone, such as a clinical counselor, to help you identify your core values and what you should be doing to align your life with them, it is probably worth it. You won’t miss the money in the long run. But I’d suggest not paying someone who says it will bring you money, because if they don’t understand the nature of prize, they probably aren’t living that life themselves.
Personally, I have no need for snake oil. Thanks.
Values Are Not For Making Money
Big companies use values to guide their decisions to maximize profit. Acting in accordance with your values will make you more money, too.
Most of these have a link to click on, and about a third of them offer to teach you this process of using values to achieve monetary wealth – for a fee. Following the instructions on these websites will result in more money – for the site owner!
But acting consistent with your core values is not about making money. It brings a different type of wealth made up of contentment, strength, strong friendships and harmony. It makes you a more effective person to those around you. Perhaps that will result in more money as well, but perhaps it will not.
If you need to pay someone, such as a clinical counselor, to help you identify your core values and what you should be doing to align your life with them, it is probably worth it. You won’t miss the money in the long run. But I’d suggest not paying someone who says it will bring you money, because if they don’t understand the nature of prize, they probably aren’t living that life themselves.
Personally, I have no need for snake oil. Thanks.