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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Enlightened Millionaire

I was reading this book "The one minute millionaire" by M. V. Hansen & R. G. Allen.

Was inspired by their concept of the "enlightened millionaire".
The idea is about wealth creation for self and value creation for society.
Their concept is that wealth comes with responsibilities and believe in taking a principled approach:

1. Do no harm - in creating wealth, avoid activities that harm or impoverish others.
2. Do good - in creating wealth, focus on activities that improves the life of others (value creation).
3. Sharing & Giving - in creating wealth, to share & give back to society.
A concrete action that the authors encourage is to donate 10% of earnings each year.

I am inspired by their idea of living a life of BOTH abundance AND altruism =)

p.s. notice its similarity to the basic teachings of the Buddha:
Avoid Evil; Do Good; Purify the Mind

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