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Million Dollar Tip #1: Money is Value

This is Tip #1 of the Million Dollar Tip Series. If you have financial goals in life, you’ll find this series a perfect resource to achieve them.

Money is Value

What are your money making goals? How much do you want to earn?

Whether you want to earn $1, $10,000, or $1 million dollars, the first thing is to recognize money as what it is – a medium for value exchange.

Money = Value

What does this mean? It means that if you want to earn $10,000, you should stop thinking about your goal in terms of “I want to earn $10,000″ or “How can I get people to pay me $10,000?”. Rather, you should think about it in terms of “How can I create $10,000 worth of value to others? How can I bring about $10,000 worth of value to this world?”

That’s because money, is value. To gain $X of money, you have to give $X of value to the world. That’s how the universe works; that’s how the natural order of things is maintained. Of course there may be one-off exceptions where people gain $X money despite not giving $X value, but these are more hoax cases and not self-sustainable. It’s a matter of time before the invisible hands…


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Passion Paycheck

This is part of the Passion & Career series.

  1. Passion or Money?
  2. Pursuing Your Passion With No Money
  3. How To Discover Your Ideal Career: Your Message and Your Medium
  4. Overcome Fear Of Loss And Pursue Your Dreams
  5. Passion Paycheck
  6. A Guide To Pursue Your Passion With Success: 14 Essential Steps (bonus article in Personal Excellence Book, Volume 2)
  7. Top Entrepreneurs Interview Series
  8. Million Dollar Tip Series


© wolfsoul

(Originally written and published on May 11, 2009.)

For those of you who have started working in one form or another (internships, attachments, free lance, part-time work, full-time work, etc), you are probably accustomed to getting your paychecks every month. However, have you received a passion paycheck before?

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Pursuing Your Passion With No Money

This is part of the Passion & Career series.

  1. Passion or Money?
  2. Pursuing Your Passion With No Money
  3. How To Discover Your Ideal Career: Your Message and Your Medium
  4. Overcome Fear Of Loss And Pursue Your Dreams
  5. Passion Paycheck
  6. A Guide To Pursue Your Passion With Success: 14 Essential Steps (bonus article in Personal Excellence Book, Volume 2)
  7. Top Entrepreneurs Interview Series
  8. Million Dollar Tip Series


“Hi Celes, I read your article about how you left your job to pursue your dreams. I did the same for a simpler reason – I had enough of being an employee (it’s been 10 years). However, with no income at all, I’m beginning to regret my decision at times. What is your opinion on this?” – gabybali

Hey gabybali, thanks for your question :) Let us take a closer look at your situation. (more…)


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Passion or Money?

This is part of the Passion & Career series.

  1. Passion or Money?
  2. Pursuing Your Passion With No Money
  3. How To Discover Your Ideal Career: Your Message and Your Medium
  4. Overcome Fear Of Loss And Pursue Your Dreams
  5. Passion Paycheck
  6. A Guide To Pursue Your Passion With Success: 14 Essential Steps (bonus article in Personal Excellence Book, Volume 2)
  7. Top Entrepreneurs Interview Series
  8. Million Dollar Tip Series

Hi Celes, I find myself in a passionless career but unable to pursue my true goals for fear of financial stability. What makes it even harder is that mine is a great job that many strive for. A classic case of the ‘golden handcuffs’ if you will. So can you give me any advice here? How can one both earn enough to be happy while pursuing less than lucrative ambitions? – Serge

Hi Serge, thanks for your question :) Your situation is the epitome of the classic dilemma that many face today in our society. Many of us face at this question at a certain point in our lives – including the people around me and myself. I was personally confronted with it 3 years ago when I graduated from Business School, where I was caught between a promising brand management career or my life passion to help people grow and achieve their highest…


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