Picture Perfect: Part 2

If we meet a financier for a loan in a brand new luxury car because we think the car might increase the chance of getting the loan, we probably don’t need the loan in the first place. Similarly, the next time a finance consultant meets average wage-earners with all the riches he/she has with the idea that the riches might motivate or inspire others…be careful, the consultant may be insulting them even more. Unless, that’s what consultants do – they con and insult.

There’s a fine line between what we need and what we want. Most of the time, we can’t diff the two. We need shoes, but we want Prada. We need a pen, but we want Mont Blanc. We need a watch, but an Alba just doesn’t cut it. The humble Datuk A Samad Said, a poet who owns no car and gets around by public transportation is probably a millionaire. Not because he has a million bucks in his possession. But because he doesn’t need it.

You see, you already ARE a millionaire, when you don’t need a million bucks.