When money is not enough

Money can buy many things.

Often on the road to making more money, we buy more and/or more expensive things.

And we agree that the smarter is often to save or reinvest that money into something that can make even more money.

Capitalism is beautiful in that way; it can keep on compounding forever. And it can do so exponentially if you keep adding more fuel to the flames.

The even smarter play is when one starts to use money to buy back time or meaningful experiences with those people who matter most in life.

Eventually though even the richest of the rich gets to a point where their financial means at least partly makes them lonely.

As a millionaire, it is easy to throw a party and get people to attend. It’s harder to make them your friend. But money can go a long way to plaster over those cracks.

Money loses it efficacy when I can’t use it to change the society I live in.

Looking at this with my South African tinted glasses: I can use money to insulate myself against many of the challenges in our country. But, what I ultimately desire is to live in a country that is free of crime. That is only achievable (and realistic) when we eradicate poverty and inequalities.

My money is definitely not enough for that, and no well-known, super rich individual can buy that outcome. Changing the status quo requires a collective effort that involves money, but it is not the primary thing: