Money is for doing things, my love. Don't sit on it like a hen sits on an egg. It doesn't hatch. I should know. I've made enough of it.

Maureen Johnson
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Money is for doing things, my love. Don't sit on it like a hen sits on an egg. It doesn't hatch. I should know.

I've made enough of it. is a quote by the former American football player turned actor turned businessman turned criminal Herman Cain. This quote is very popular with people who are young and just starting out in their careers, but do not know what to do with their money.

They want to invest it, but they are afraid that their investments will never pay off or that they don't have enough money to invest. When the value of money is compared to the time spent earning it, the amount of time required to earn it becomes apparent. One would imagine that if one had enough time, they could make more money than if one had less time. When he said this quote, Cain was trying to tell young people that if they wait until they have enough money to start investing, then they will never start investing because they were too busy earning the money in the first place. There are numerous ways to create wealth and grow wealth in your life, but most people spend too much learning about the business world and not enough learning about personal finance or investing their money into real estate or stocks or trusts or anything else which would allow them to grow both their net worth and their net worth per hour worked. Cain was correct when he said that hatching eggs does not result in hatching chicks; however, he was incorrect when he implied that hatching eggs does not result in making money at all.

However you want to think about it, if you are passionate about something then you can find a way of making money from that passion regardless of whether or not you have any experience in your chosen profession.

Source: The Last Little Blue Envelope

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