My name is Justin. This blog is a place for us to discuss building wealth while following your conscience.
“What does that mean?”
We all want to be rich. The particular reason you and I want it is as unique as each of us…. it could be so that we can quit our jobs, or travel the world, or donate our time and money to an important cause. Or maybe so that we can spend more time with family and friends, or to be insulated from the relentless stress of ensuring we have enough income to cover all of our expenses. The list goes on. For you, it might even be all of the reasons I listed and more. But there’s no denying that money is simply the best tool we have come up with to turn all of those different screws. Goal #1 is building wealth.
At the same time, we all have a set of principles we try to live by. The inner voice that reminds us of these principles is our conscience. Tread lightly. Be grateful for what you have. Do no harm. Treat others how you want to be treated. Give everything you have to everything you do. Almost every principle you can name funnels into the same overarching theme… Increasing the good impacts we have on the people and places in our lives, and simultaneously decreasing the bad impacts.
Our collective heads would explode if we started calling each other out for all of the things we do that have a small negative affect on other people and the world. Most of these are in ways we don’t even realize. Or on the flip side, the small things we could be doing that would have a positive affect on other people and the world around us. So Goal #2 is finding ways to improve the net impact we have as we go about our lives.
This journey we are going on will show us that there are countless ways to help us reach both of these seemingly independent goals. Some will seem like no-brainers, some will seem impossibly difficult to implement, but the majority will we fall somewhere around “uncomfortable in the beginning, yet manageable, and definitely for the better overall”. So let’s put aside our egos and assumptions. Let’s dig deep into the consequences of decisions we make. We are going to discuss ways to drastically enhance our financial situtations, while also taking care of each other and being good custodians of this world. Let’s get started.