This post is for your edification and entertainment but it conveys an important message too. I have found over the years that songs, especially songs from musicals, often present us with unintended truths. This one - I hope you have the QuickTime plug-in to play it and you don’t just get to read the words – supports the premise that it is money and not investment that is the measure of wealth for most people.
Oprah, Warren, Donald and friends are a special breed. No matter what the motivational speakers would have you believe, you cannot replicate their wealth, unless of course you are one of the exceptionally rare individuals who have a particular talent for attracting money - one in a billion, I’d guess. You are more likely to be one of us; an abused spouse or child trying to overcome trauma; a parent with a Down Syndrome child that requires constant care and ongoing expense; a widow or widower whose spouse had little or no life insurance; an average Joe with just a high school education who had to support himself at the age of 18 and has struggled just to keep food on the table; a family of four with no particular problem but a schedule so busy and a budget so tight that there’s barely enough time and money for essentials; and on and on and on…
You can, however, learn how to use the money that flows into and through your life to build a solid foundation and framework that allows you to live comfortably and without financial stress. Learn how to save, spend and invest in the 21st century at www.TheMoneyForLifeBook.com
Enjoy the Monty Python Money Song. (And, accept my apologies if some of the other songs on this site – hosted by “Norm” from the TV show Cheers – are not quite as inspiring – read “offensive”)
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March 3, 2008 at 8:36 pm |
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