Love and empathize with this piece and so well written it draws you in, I heard the term money junkie from a friend recently and thought this is what politicians are and immediately had a new respect for drug junkies, money junkies sounds more disgusting and suiting than profit junkies in as much as profit is affiliated with honest work and junkies associated with "I HAVE TO HAVE IT REGARDLESS OF WHO I HURT" but still a good phrase nonetheless. Respect & X 2 All
Yep. It is the corporations like Black Rock that I think of , plus Billy Boy, Bezos, Zuckerberg etc as profit junkies. I think figuring out ways to make money, is an admirable property , it's when the person is affected in character, that is identical to a junky. For Prosperity - as I understand it, when somebody buys a house , the other players help them to buy it - its about a cooperative where wealth is pretty evenly distributed as opposed to a monopoly where one person ends up shafting everyone else.
Those three characters you have named are compromised individuals. None of them are genuine entrepreneurs. They have been handed a golden goose by the Black Nobs and ordered to breed a flock. If they fail, some other mug is selected to do the job. The business models they have created are supported and financed by hidden hands, they did not start from scratch like us. Each of those businesses forms a part of a much greater plan in a totalitarian nightmare. Monopolies on such grand scales do not grow unaided.
Invariably, the billionaires we see are puppets, fronting up for the trillionaire Black Nobility and they are entirely controlled in secret. They have 'sold their souls' for fame and fortune and will be on a leash for the rest of their lives. If they ever try to reveal their slavery, they will be suicided. That is how the Black Nobs work. Those profits, mansions, superyachts and private islands are minor in comparison with the massive estates and highly lucrative international crime syndicate incomes.
There is more power in secrecy, bribery and blackmail than there is in any bankster's vault.
i suspect that "profit junkies" aren't all bad and that there is another defining characteristic which creates the schism between those who are operating a sound business and those who are happy to rape the world for profit.
Totally. That was the concept my little story was conveying. I was an habitual entrepreneur who understood the need for profit but it never caused me to feel superior to my employees. From my point of view we were always a team. Each member of the team was equally responsible for building our business and I found that people wanted to work with me for that reason. I would clean the toilets with as much dignity as I would negotiate a deal. There is no need for any hint of superiority because a good business depends upon each of us playing our part and contributing ideas for improvement.
I always bore in mind that the cleaners knew more about our business than the CEO, who was up to his or her eyes in paperwork. I never made a major decision about my businesses without consulting every team member's opinion at a brain-storming meeting. In this way, grievances never occurred. Everyone was entirely EXPECTED to help iron out any issues and not to feel that their ideas or concerns did not matter. Everyone matters, everyone cares to keep their income growing.
We gave Roy Apex Roofing in 1979 - by 1980 he was not speaking to either of us. We never found out why until I saw his website in 2010. He claimed that Apex Roofing began in 1979. He wiped us out of our own history!
I’ve been a family physician for 25 years and people used to consider me successful, until 5 years ago, when I began to realize that vaccines are causing autoimmune disease, neurological damage and cancer and left mainstream medicine. I want people to change not only their ideas of what constitutes success, but also their ideas about what constitutes healing. People need to look toward ancient healing traditions that aren’t profit-based, such as herbalism, Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Thank you Kathy! I am a retired Barefoot Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and I came across to herbal medicine in 1990. I really appreciate you mentioning my discipline. You will see that most people who follow me do so because they know this.
Strange, I've always felt successful...even in the worst of times - even when I was homeless for a stretch in L.A., or on the run and ducking, but I always felt I had my music and a voice - and it was just a matter of time before I got my act together...
Good move to follow Pasheen, Jean. She keeps a close eye on posts that really ought to be seen and discussed. She attracts an excellent audience with thought provoking comments. I try to never miss one of her posts.
Frances, I'm so sorry to hear about your estranged brother.
I'd like to know more about how freemasons influenced him, and how they affect people. You're right, though, about different kinds of people and businesses.
I have a lot of respect for fair and honest business people, but less for the profit junkies.
The thing with freemasons is this.... it is a secret. I just know that nobody buys into a British professional football team unless they are 'connected' with all the right criminals.
Wondering if the entrepreneurial spirit still survives today with young people? The best is that with money you can bless others... Great song called “Money Honey” recorded by many (I like John Hammond Jr version) adds music to your narrative. Were your past lives entrepreneurial also? Could wealth help one’s kidneys? Roy is actually poor compared to you.
All my past lives were as soldiers who died very young. This is my first life as a woman and I have lived to 71 so far which is quite something in comparison with all previous lives since the days I was a Lama in a cave in Tibet and we don't know how long ago that was because I laughed when I was asked that question, so presumably before people gave the years numbers.
Entrepreneurial skills are learned rather than natural. I was always looking for jobs in which I could be useful to others. I got very easily bored when I was young, so I would make things and sell them or find services to offer like shopping for the elderly and gardening. Every time I have had any sort of lull in employment that is what I did.
I love to hear stories too! I tell mine with as much honesty as I can to inspire others to do the same. That helps us to see our own humanity, our talents and our faults. Sharing such stuff can be cathartic and even resolves hang-ups. Why should we be ashamed to tell each other what plonkers we are? I love my mistakes as much as I love my successes. They all created who I am now.... a Substack writer, a grannie, a joker and a lover of life. I would not have it any other way.
I think people associate money with status. If we don't particularly want status or, like me, actually dislike status, then the reason for creating a business becomes altruism. I always wanted to love everyone and to help them. If a friend was struggling, unemployed I would figure out a way to employ them or provide them with an 'earner'.
It comes down to this: What do you want out of your life? To be rich in goods or rich in friends?
The only wants I lean towards are my children and grand children, they bring all the riches I need, we had our grand son today and when mum let him out of the car, he done this very comical dance for a two year old and me and the better half couldn't stop smiling, that was pure gold to us, tiring but worth it.
Andy's band, Dew Barf created this song about Profit Junkies:
https://rumble.com/vtdvbr-no-room-4-weirdos.html
Thank you, I've learned more about mixing and we will have an album of Covid/waking up themed songs to come soon.
Get to it, Maestro! Let me know and I will do as much as I can to promote! xx
Very kind, thank you
Love and empathize with this piece and so well written it draws you in, I heard the term money junkie from a friend recently and thought this is what politicians are and immediately had a new respect for drug junkies, money junkies sounds more disgusting and suiting than profit junkies in as much as profit is affiliated with honest work and junkies associated with "I HAVE TO HAVE IT REGARDLESS OF WHO I HURT" but still a good phrase nonetheless. Respect & X 2 All
Yep. It is the corporations like Black Rock that I think of , plus Billy Boy, Bezos, Zuckerberg etc as profit junkies. I think figuring out ways to make money, is an admirable property , it's when the person is affected in character, that is identical to a junky. For Prosperity - as I understand it, when somebody buys a house , the other players help them to buy it - its about a cooperative where wealth is pretty evenly distributed as opposed to a monopoly where one person ends up shafting everyone else.
Those three characters you have named are compromised individuals. None of them are genuine entrepreneurs. They have been handed a golden goose by the Black Nobs and ordered to breed a flock. If they fail, some other mug is selected to do the job. The business models they have created are supported and financed by hidden hands, they did not start from scratch like us. Each of those businesses forms a part of a much greater plan in a totalitarian nightmare. Monopolies on such grand scales do not grow unaided.
Invariably, the billionaires we see are puppets, fronting up for the trillionaire Black Nobility and they are entirely controlled in secret. They have 'sold their souls' for fame and fortune and will be on a leash for the rest of their lives. If they ever try to reveal their slavery, they will be suicided. That is how the Black Nobs work. Those profits, mansions, superyachts and private islands are minor in comparison with the massive estates and highly lucrative international crime syndicate incomes.
There is more power in secrecy, bribery and blackmail than there is in any bankster's vault.
Thanks!
I'm new to this , but learning!
Thanks Frances 🙏
i suspect that "profit junkies" aren't all bad and that there is another defining characteristic which creates the schism between those who are operating a sound business and those who are happy to rape the world for profit.
Totally. That was the concept my little story was conveying. I was an habitual entrepreneur who understood the need for profit but it never caused me to feel superior to my employees. From my point of view we were always a team. Each member of the team was equally responsible for building our business and I found that people wanted to work with me for that reason. I would clean the toilets with as much dignity as I would negotiate a deal. There is no need for any hint of superiority because a good business depends upon each of us playing our part and contributing ideas for improvement.
I always bore in mind that the cleaners knew more about our business than the CEO, who was up to his or her eyes in paperwork. I never made a major decision about my businesses without consulting every team member's opinion at a brain-storming meeting. In this way, grievances never occurred. Everyone was entirely EXPECTED to help iron out any issues and not to feel that their ideas or concerns did not matter. Everyone matters, everyone cares to keep their income growing.
there is no great fortune that is not reigned to unbridled criminality...
so when you left aberdeen with trailer in tow, roy was AWOL? that's sad. his loss.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UG-FLaAf6s
We gave Roy Apex Roofing in 1979 - by 1980 he was not speaking to either of us. We never found out why until I saw his website in 2010. He claimed that Apex Roofing began in 1979. He wiped us out of our own history!
I absolutely agree. "Elite," my asp.
I’ve been a family physician for 25 years and people used to consider me successful, until 5 years ago, when I began to realize that vaccines are causing autoimmune disease, neurological damage and cancer and left mainstream medicine. I want people to change not only their ideas of what constitutes success, but also their ideas about what constitutes healing. People need to look toward ancient healing traditions that aren’t profit-based, such as herbalism, Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Thank you Kathy! I am a retired Barefoot Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and I came across to herbal medicine in 1990. I really appreciate you mentioning my discipline. You will see that most people who follow me do so because they know this.
I’m sorry, I had forgotten that about you! You have certainly had an interest life!
It was busy! That is a fact! 🤣😂
Love it....great stories...! Thx for sharing...
Strange, I've always felt successful...even in the worst of times - even when I was homeless for a stretch in L.A., or on the run and ducking, but I always felt I had my music and a voice - and it was just a matter of time before I got my act together...
Thx for sharing...
Thank you for the opportunity to a free subscription. I am most appreciative. Your comment is what attracted me. thank you jean.
Good move to follow Pasheen, Jean. She keeps a close eye on posts that really ought to be seen and discussed. She attracts an excellent audience with thought provoking comments. I try to never miss one of her posts.
back at you Frances...mwah!
The shareholders own the world. Great piece.
Frances, I'm so sorry to hear about your estranged brother.
I'd like to know more about how freemasons influenced him, and how they affect people. You're right, though, about different kinds of people and businesses.
I have a lot of respect for fair and honest business people, but less for the profit junkies.
The thing with freemasons is this.... it is a secret. I just know that nobody buys into a British professional football team unless they are 'connected' with all the right criminals.
Wondering if the entrepreneurial spirit still survives today with young people? The best is that with money you can bless others... Great song called “Money Honey” recorded by many (I like John Hammond Jr version) adds music to your narrative. Were your past lives entrepreneurial also? Could wealth help one’s kidneys? Roy is actually poor compared to you.
All my past lives were as soldiers who died very young. This is my first life as a woman and I have lived to 71 so far which is quite something in comparison with all previous lives since the days I was a Lama in a cave in Tibet and we don't know how long ago that was because I laughed when I was asked that question, so presumably before people gave the years numbers.
Entrepreneurial skills are learned rather than natural. I was always looking for jobs in which I could be useful to others. I got very easily bored when I was young, so I would make things and sell them or find services to offer like shopping for the elderly and gardening. Every time I have had any sort of lull in employment that is what I did.
I wish we lived next door to each other so I could hear all your stories. You are wonderful.
I love to hear stories too! I tell mine with as much honesty as I can to inspire others to do the same. That helps us to see our own humanity, our talents and our faults. Sharing such stuff can be cathartic and even resolves hang-ups. Why should we be ashamed to tell each other what plonkers we are? I love my mistakes as much as I love my successes. They all created who I am now.... a Substack writer, a grannie, a joker and a lover of life. I would not have it any other way.
A brilliant story Frances.
Luckily, neither money, nor success has ever held any appeal for me.
As long as we have enough to be happy - ish, then why create stress by chasing money.
Loved this Frances, reminds me of playing in the dumps in Peckham in the 60s, music and dancing video's were great.
Why does excess money change minds and character, why is power associated with money, does money change love just thinking out loud,
I think people associate money with status. If we don't particularly want status or, like me, actually dislike status, then the reason for creating a business becomes altruism. I always wanted to love everyone and to help them. If a friend was struggling, unemployed I would figure out a way to employ them or provide them with an 'earner'.
It comes down to this: What do you want out of your life? To be rich in goods or rich in friends?
The only wants I lean towards are my children and grand children, they bring all the riches I need, we had our grand son today and when mum let him out of the car, he done this very comical dance for a two year old and me and the better half couldn't stop smiling, that was pure gold to us, tiring but worth it.