There is More to Just Buying Stuff

Economics really is about an exchange that occurs between human beings and we are doing it all the time. Shouldn’t our exchanges have value in our daily lives? You can bring value. A little independence mixed in with some creativity and light-heartedness makes for a great combination: the entrepreneurial spirit. It all comes together in the end if you just push forward and allow yourself to be somewhat disciplined and a little quirky with creative juices. Jot down ideas on paper. Carry a small notebook around with you for idea entries. If you see great quotes, start a file on you mac/pc especially for those lines. Ask tons of questions on topics that interest you, no matter how silly the question seems. Read great literature because the mystery of our nature is in those pages and who knows where that might lead you. 

One of the great mysteries of life is to allow yourself to be continuously fine tuned.  Fine tuning yourself is not about giving up anything, it is about getting to the real stuff that is in you. Who knows, maybe your greatest exchange will happen when you sell a great design for a building no one ever imagined was possible or you buy the rarest copy of Dante’s Divine Comedy in some unlikely hole in the wall in Detroit. Who knows! It is all part of our great personal adventure. 

Services can also be an exchange. For instance, taking your bike in to be repaired is a service one is providing you. It used to be that people would exchange services. Eg. You give me a chicken if I fix your cart. Today, we pay for services rendered. Money is much easier to use and provides efficiency, which, in the end, gives you more time to do other things.

Interestingly enough, our best exchanges, I think, occur when we are contemplating the effects the exchange may have on ourselves and those around us. Our attitudes, our desire to fine tune ourselves, an acceptance of others; all three carry us up to a better part of ourselves. With that in your everyday exchanges, you are more apt to have more serenity and feel more satisfied with the purchases you make. And when you sell an item, you will do it with an ethical approach. Help to transform the way we think about buying and selling things or services.