Posts Tagged ‘value’

Understanding GOLD

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Gold may be valuable to store – but gold is not a store of value. Gold does have intrinsic properties that make it valuable – but gold does not have intrinsic value. (more…)

Alternatives to Retail

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Many products we buy are really social signals first – and material objects second. Our social-primate brains evolved to pursue one central goal: looking good in the eyes of others – especially those who might protect or mate with us. Buying impressive products in a money-based economy is just the most recent way to fulfill that goal. (more…)

Time and Money

Friday, June 4th, 2010

Time and money are often “measured” and “manipulated” but both are just “non-sense” ideas. Neither can be seen, heard, felt, smelt, tasted, or experienced in any other way with our physical senses – which is how we perceive and interact with the world outside of us. Ideas (and “memes”) may be “contagious” but mostly exist only within our minds and not outside of our imagination. (more…)

Want to “own” your “own”?

Friday, March 19th, 2010

All “ownership” is only temporary. It is also almost always never completely, nor even really, “owned”. Perhaps a better word (in addition to access, use, and control) might be (having) “custody”. (more…)

Shhhh! Don’t tell anyone!

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

The tallest structure in the world is (Burj Khalifa) in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). It was paid for in SILVER. Dubai is one of a growing number of countries that do not accept the Federal Reserve Notes (called “Dollars” by Americans) that have been the “reserve currency” of the world since 1944. (more…)

What Is Money?

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

The most basic definition of MONEY is whatever COMMODITY (be it a product, service, or information) that is perceived to have the most EXCHANGE VALUE for what we desire. Getting what we desire often requires trading, bartering, or otherwise exchanging something for something else (be it our time, attention, knowledge, labor, possessions, connections, future possibilities, or even lives). (more…)

Are YOU Wealthier Than You Think?

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

ASSETS are anything of VALUE. Appreciation means to increase in value. WEALTH begins with APPRECIATING our ASSETS and VALUE. Like “abundance”, WEALTH is having (more than) “enough” of what we need and want. (more…)

Internet Marketing Secrets Revealed

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

The internet is now a major medium of exchange – where marketers are adept at offering things with perceived value in exchange for as much money as you will give them. The most common offer starts out as “free” – and yet can result in a lot of money changing ownership.

Most internet markers follow a well-established sequence of upsell and downsell offers. Knowing this structure is a way for them to get more money out of you. It can also be a way for you to get more out of them while hanging onto more of your money. (more…)

A Question of Values?

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Appreciation means to increase in value.

Value is often relative – mainly to situation, circumstance, and perception.

How much something (or someone) is worth is very subjective. How much compared to what? (more…)