Why I find finance and money boring….

How to get up massive votes on @leofinance with a title like that, right? Lol

Allow me to expand…

Money (and finance, by extension) is a token of value.

A token of value is a subjective representation that is dependent on the person with the money.

What I might attribute an item, a dollars worth of value others wouldn’t.
(Others may also attribute 2 dollars of value to that same item).
Ie. Value IS subjective.

So, that being the case - money is merely the psychological extension of a persons mental landscape.

THAT is what interests me, not the money.

Fear - and acquisition...

I see the need to acquire more wealth, not in terms of ‘greedy capitalism’ – but in ‘fear’ terms.

A fear of the future , and a a fear of scarcity. It is that underlying fear that must motivate a person to try and increase the chances of scarcity NOT happening - by increasing their own 'money stacks' in the present.

I’ve never inhabited that 'fear' space, which will probably go some ways as to explain my own ‘lack of greed’. I’m not scared of the future, or of any scarcity.

This isn’t some theoretical, hypothetical model - this is my reality.

...(see my recent ‘entrepreneurial diaries’ as an indicator - they are all true accounts).

I've traveled the world for over two decades – and never -not once- took out any travel insurance .
Not once. If you see that as stupid, that's fine.
I'd see that judgment on me as an expression of a psychological indicator - one of fear.

Putting it another way...

Why pay for (give someone my money) a potential negative event , happening sometime in the future? (that may or may not happen)... if fear was not the motivating factor behind it?

Paying for insurance would be a very dumb move, wouldn't it?...if you have no fear of the future. ....And on the flip side ... Just as it would be smart move if you do have a fear of upcoming events that have yet to happen -
or not...

I’m not scared of anything the future has to throw at me, so why would I give someone my money to help mitigate any negatives?

Selling the 'fear of the future' is the business model of all 'insurance'.

....Choosing to buy into it is totally on you...

You can dress it up ( intellectually 'rationalizing') - as much as you like - it’s the emotion of fear driving the action ... consciously or otherwise.

Now... are you starting to see why I find money and finance as subjects unto themselves - as boring?

The psychology behind finance and money – is FAR from boring.

Following accounts is a goldmine of information - in terms of looking into into peoples mental landscapes.
Now THAT..... is fascinating.

Why look at 'money or finance' if the motivation is 'fear of the future'? *I already understand that psychology (to a large degree). For me , it's far more interesting to look behind the curtain and into the minds of people.

Why look at the mask that's being worn, when you can look behind it, and see the persons psychology, instead?

...on a side note - and totally paradoxically - by understanding the psychology of people - that's how you can really start to make some money!

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