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July 14th, 2007 by Sean Value

I’ve been thinking about money and value lately with the purpose of trying to uncover limiting beliefs that could be holding me back from winning the lottery.

Before I get into it, let me say one thing. The book, The Richest Man in Babylon, by George S. Clason, is an unbelievably awesome book on money. I highly recommend it - it’s one of my favorites that I’ve read multiple times.

So anyways… on thinking about money and business, I notice that a lot of businesses are based on lies. And that bothers me. Just watch some commercials. Not skinny enough? We can fix that. Not getting enough sleep? We can fix that. Dick isn’t big enough? We can fix that. Clothes not cool enough? We can fix that. Not happy enough? We got some pills you can take!

I mean… so many businesses are based on convincing the customer that they won’t be happy until they buy a product. They target an insecurity and exploit it for profit. That’s pretty fucking rude :-P.

But then I suppose I should be fair. There are businesses that actually provide a useful service, that deserve their success. For example, FedEx, Google, NetFlix, Amazon, etc. They provide a service without preying on their customers.

So where is the value? I don’t think there is any value in exploiting insecurities. But I do think there is value in providing an honest service.

I want to say that the value of something is ultimately created in the mind. But I can’t see it clearly just yet. Or maybe I can…

After all, if no one was insecure about how fat they are, then diet commercials that tried to target a non-existent insecurity would be ineffective. Should I be blaming the business, or should I be blaming the customer for having the insecurity in the first place? Where is the value created?

It’s the customer who creates the value. It is the mind.

> A mighty general was holding and admiring one of his antique cups. Suddenly, the cup slipped from his hands and fell. Although in shock, he quickly caught the cup before it hit the ground. Somewhat breathless from this incident, he thought to himself, “I have led tens of thousands of soldiers into battle without fear. Why did a cup cause me to become so frightened?” He then realized that it was his mind of attachment and loss that caused him such fright. With this comprehension, he casually threw the cup to the ground and let it break.

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### 9 Responses to “Value”

1. ShadowPhoenix Says:
   July 14th, 2007 at 10:32 pm

   I don’t know how effective it’ll be to win the lottery, but you’re absolutely right about the mind creating value. I’ve personally tossed out toys that I couldn’t be seperated from as a kid. Why? They no longer had value to me. I have the memories, they are enough. The toys themselvs no longer held any value, despite the fact that they were no different than when I got them.

2. jesse Says:
   July 15th, 2007 at 1:58 am

   I think it is very important for people to try to look beyond advertisements these days. So much of our lives are exposed to ads that we have no control over (or do we? cough… subjective reality… cough) that it is necessary to look at the purpose for them.

   I remember “Bowling for Columbine” where Michael Moore interviewed Marylin Manson. Manson talked about the importance of fear on television: “buy this pimple cream or the girl won’t fuck you” or something like that.

   Good stuff, Sean.

3. war1025 Says:
   July 15th, 2007 at 2:42 am

   reminds me of fightclub… good movie.

4. Mad Hatter Says:
   July 16th, 2007 at 12:24 am

   There is a discussion going on about PsiPog on Ld4all, you may wish to check it out. Please be respectful.

   http://ld4all.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=392022#392022

5. LD4allGenkai Says:
   July 16th, 2007 at 12:48 am

   Thanks, Hatter. I take it that you are the same Mad Hatter I saw who posted on psipogbb.net?

6. Mad Hatter Says:
   July 16th, 2007 at 1:42 am

   I am the very same.

7. _JoeT_ Says:
   July 16th, 2007 at 6:33 pm

   Darn, I was just told about this little debate taking place on that site not that long ago. It looks as if it’s over and done with, but if it continues, I’ll gladly partake in the debate

   Good post, Sean. I remain an avid reader

8. Mad Hatter Says:
   July 19th, 2007 at 1:59 am

   Hey Joe,

   Looks like it’s heating up again, you might be interested.

   -Hatter

9. _JoeT_ Says:
   July 20th, 2007 at 7:15 am

   Hey,

   Just posted my response

   ~ JoeT

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