BUS 110: W11 Study: Measuring the Cost

 

This week in my BUS 110 course we found ourselves learning and thinking about how we Measure the cost of money. This does not mean the monetary value of money, the way we make or what we do with it. This means to look at the reasons for making it and how you feel about it in general. Many people put the accumulation of wealth before all else. This makes them feel successful. Others put no stock in the accumulation of it. There are some out there that have learned that true wealth can come from having just enough to care for those that they care for.

For most of my life I had a dim understanding of what money was. I saw it with such simple thoughts as “oh I need it to buy the things I want. If I want to be considered successful, and I need to make much more of it”. I never thought that I would be able to do so much more with it. Never thought that it could propel me into a true sense of being successful. I never thought that there would be rules of guidelines for becoming successful.

Having never thought of money or success in this way I did not drive myself to do more than survive my way through life. I would never have thought about there being rules to being successful. After many years of that kind of life. I have begun to learn that money can make it easier for you to take care of the people that you love or to help your little corner of the world just a little better.

This week for the curse we were to read an article called “Attitude of Money” written by Stephen W. Gibson that introduced me to the following list of rules for success.

Rule 1. Seek the Lord and have hope in him.

Rule 2. Keep the commandments, that includes the temporal ones, tithing and fast offerings.

Rule 3. Think about money and plan how you can become self-reliant.

Rule 4. Take advantage of chances for learning so you will not be ignorant of these matters. Education, as President Hinckley has taught us, is the Key to Opportunity.

Rule 5. Learn the laws upon which the blessings of wealth are predicated.

Rule 6. Do not send away the naked, the hungry, the thirsty or the sick or those who are held captive.

 

I look forward to applying many of these to my life and schooling as I move forward with my plans of the future.