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.

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…
Published Apr 21 2011
Filed: Business, Money & Wealth
Tags: million dollar tip, money, value
Passion Paycheck
This is part of the Passion & Career series.
- Passion or Money?
- Pursuing Your Passion With No Money
- How To Discover Your Ideal Career: Your Message and Your Medium
- Overcome Fear Of Loss And Pursue Your Dreams
- Passion Paycheck
- A Guide To Pursue Your Passion With Success: 14 Essential Steps (bonus article in Personal Excellence Book, Volume 2)
- Top Entrepreneurs Interview Series
- Million Dollar Tip Series
(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?
Published May 11 2009
Filed: Career & Work, Money & Wealth, Passion & Dreams
Tags: career, money, paycheck, salary, value, wages
Pursuing Your Passion With No Money
This is part of the Passion & Career series.
- Passion or Money?
- Pursuing Your Passion With No Money
- How To Discover Your Ideal Career: Your Message and Your Medium
- Overcome Fear Of Loss And Pursue Your Dreams
- Passion Paycheck
- A Guide To Pursue Your Passion With Success: 14 Essential Steps (bonus article in Personal Excellence Book, Volume 2)
- Top Entrepreneurs Interview Series
- 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…)
Published Apr 4 2009
Filed: Career & Work, Money & Wealth, Passion & Dreams
Tags: ask celes, career, dreams, money
Passion or Money?
This is part of the Passion & Career series.
- Passion or Money?
- Pursuing Your Passion With No Money
- How To Discover Your Ideal Career: Your Message and Your Medium
- Overcome Fear Of Loss And Pursue Your Dreams
- Passion Paycheck
- A Guide To Pursue Your Passion With Success: 14 Essential Steps (bonus article in Personal Excellence Book, Volume 2)
- Top Entrepreneurs Interview Series
- 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…
Published Jan 12 2009
Filed: Business, Career & Work, Money & Wealth, Passion & Dreams
Tags: ask celes, career, money





