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# 2017-12-21 - Rich Without Money by Tomi Astikainen |
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Resourceful Heart |
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The author lived four years without money. Later he wrote a book that |
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includes many inspirational tales and tips. A more descriptive title |
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would have been Travel Without Money. He quotes other authors, |
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especially Peace Pilgrim. The footnotes are rich with gems and |
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resources. My favorite footnote discovery is the human library |
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project. |
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http://humanlibrary.org/ |
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The conclusion gives two lists: |
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* reasons to avoid the moneyless lifestyle |
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* reasons to try the moneyless lifestyle. |
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Avoid because this society does not support a moneyless lifestyle: |
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"Sometimes people challenged my moneyless lifestyle, hinting at the |
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very possibility that perhaps I did nothing but leeched on others' |
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hard-earned money: |
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"How do you think it would work if everyone behaved like you?" |
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I had no choice but to answer with a litany of questions: "And what |
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is my behavior then? What is it that I do, really? I focus on doing |
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things that I am good at, things that I love to do, things that |
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somehow contribute to others' well-being. How do you think the world |
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would look like if everyone behaved like this? What if everyone had |
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the chance to live like this, without having to focus on mere |
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survival? What kind of world would that create?" |
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... The questions got people thinking: Wait, what am I doing to |
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help others? Do I focus on my passions? Am I clear on what |
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strengths I have? How might I shift from mere money-making for |
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daily survival to actually developing myself, others and the |
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society at large?" |
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Try because it will revitalize your clarity and passion: |
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"Getting out of the rat race frees up your time to focus on whatever |
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you decide to do each day. When you find your true calling and focus |
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on living your passion, the division between work and hobbies |
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dissolves. You cannot force clarity into existence. One day your |
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calling will just come to you. ... Whatever your passion is does not |
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matter. As long as you lead your life with high integrity, congruence |
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and passion your efforts will be noticed one day and people will back |
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you up. Work that previously required a lot of exertion will |
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eventually happen effortlessly." |
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tags: ebook,money,non-fiction,philosophy |
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