Author Topic: Nice post from Seth Godin  (Read 2588 times)

nktokyo

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Nice post from Seth Godin
« on: July 01, 2013, 08:30:46 AM »
On thinking about money http://feedly.com/k/18ocO9i

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Re: Nice post from Seth Godin
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2013, 08:49:37 AM »
Nice indeed. I'd just finished reading one of his books, actually. He's a rather thought-provoking person.

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Re: Nice post from Seth Godin
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2013, 08:54:11 AM »
I like this one a lot:

"There's no difference (in terms of the money you have) between spending money and not earning money, no difference between not-spending money and getting a raise (actually, because of taxes, you're even better off not-spending). If you've got cable TV and a cell phone, you're spending $4,000 a year. $6,000 before taxes."

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Re: Nice post from Seth Godin
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2013, 09:31:15 AM »
What a great post!

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Re: Nice post from Seth Godin
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2013, 09:41:18 AM »
Enjoyed it, thanks for sharing.

Numbers 1 and 11 resonated with me.

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1.  The amount of money you have has nothing to do with whether or not you're a good person. Being good with money is a little like being good with cards. People who are good at playing cards aren't better or worse than anyone else, they're just better at playing crazy eights.

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11. The way you feel about giving money to good causes has a lot to do with the way you feel about money.
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