Money

Money, you say? Yes, well we could all use more of it, couldn’t we?

You want more you say? A raise?

No, no. I don’t think so.

It’s a horrible thing to speak of money. Horribly base.

No, no. You are looking at this all wrong, my boy.

It’s not money that you need. No.

You must find value in your work. Yes?

You must find value in your work. Dedicate yourself to it. Come to love your work, and it will give your life meaning. Yes? Find meaning in your work, and it will sustain you.

He twitched his mustache.

Yes. It’s not money that you need.

In fact, there is no greater harm that I could do you than to give you money. No, you must learn to separate yourself from the want of money. To be given money? No. It engenders laziness. Laziness, apathy. No, it is much better for you to have less of it, you see.

You can learn to live without many of the things that you think essential, I think you’ll find. Yes, you could live without many of the frivolous things that you have. Discipline, responsibility, efficiency. These are all things you must learn.

Yes. This is something that I learned quite early. After all, I would not be the success that I am today had I not learned these things.

Now, now. Off with you. Get back to it, my boy.

There is much for you still to learn. And there is much work to do.