Day 23: You Don't Make Money...You Earn It

Today's title relates to an important point that the book, The Strangest Secret to Success, wants to be sure we understand. The goal that I wrote for this challenge is at least in part, intended to bring more money into my life. Nothing wrong with that. My guess is that many of your goals also have a similar end result in mind. But, have you ever said, "I need to make more money?" Earl Nightingale would tell you that the only people who make money are the ones who work in a mint. The rest of us have to earn it. The book goes on to say,
"The only way to earn money is by providing people with services or products which are needed and useful. We exchange our time and our product or service for the other person's money. Therefore, the law is that our financial return will be in direct proportion to our service.
Now, success is not the result of making money; making money is the result of success--and success is in direct proportion to our service. Most people have this law backwards. They believe that you're successful if you earn a lot of money. The truth is that you can only earn money after you're successful.
It's like the story of the man who sat in front of the stove and said to it, 'Give me heat and then I'll add the wood'....We've got to put the fuel in before we can expect heat. Likewise, we've got to be of service first before we can expect money. Don't concern yourself with the money. Be of service, build, work, dream, create. Do this and you'll find there is no limit to the prosperity and abundance that will come to you."