How do you view money?

What is money?  What is the meaning of money to you?

How do you view money?

These are the questions that come to me after a discussion with a worker in my company.

Today is his last day of service.

As a lowly production operator, he used to view every single dollar as valuable asset.

His basic salary is very low, and he needs to work a lot of overtime in order to support his family.

His view of money changed when he started going to the casino.

At first, he lost his whole year income, since he visited the casino every month, right after pay day.

However, when he started to win, his perspective on life and his view of money changed.

He used to earn at most $1800 per month.  That was inclusive of all the allowances and overtime payment.

When he started to win at casino, he started to bet very big as well.

He could win $80000 in a single session.  He could lose $20000 in a single session.

He no longer views $1500 as a big sum of money, even though he still worked as hard during the working hours.

While most of us would not like the way he accumulated his money, there is a possibility of us coming into big money.

For example, the death of a rich relative could mean we get a big sum of money.

Imagine you are working at a dead end job for years, and earning just a miserable income barely enough for survival.

All of a sudden, you inherit a few million dollars!

Would your view of money change?

Definitely it will.

You will not tolerate the idea of working 12 hours a day just for a thousand dollars.

You will go for a long vacation.

You can afford all the luxuries that you have never dared to think of.

All the ideas of frugality will go out of your thought.

You do not need to envy your boss, since you know that you are richer than them now.

The problem with some people is that, not only do their view of money changes, their personalities change too.

They become proud.  They start to look down on their friends who are still poor.

They think that they deserve all the good things in life.

Instead of having an attitude to serve others, they demand services from others.

Instead of giving thanks for the good things in life, they start to think that they deserve all these.

That is the time when everything starts to go downhill.

It is best to have the right view of money, regardless of your current financial circumstance.

It is even more important to teach your children about the right view of money.

Money is a tool. Having or not having money has no impact on the moral values of a person.