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;void(0)) FLIPS OF THE COIN Psychoanalysts see money as representing many things to various people. Freud saw money as representing a certain stage of a child’s development. Depending on the psychological makeup of the individual it may represent love, security, freedom, or power. One research study shows that we all have “money styles”. These “styles” are an indication of how we earn and spend our money. In this time of our consumer driven economy it can be very informative to provide us with some insight into how we receive and perceive our finances. The study shows that we all fall into about 5 categories of money “styles”: 1. 25% of us are content with whatever our money, power, and success position happens to be. Most of these people are happy to just have a job and be able to live comfortably. 2. 24% of us set realistic and achievable goals that are safe, rather than idealistic. Many of these people may have been raised in poverty and are content to be doing better than their parents or at least happy to be free of impoverishment. 3. 21% of us strive for as much money and success that they can but are not effected by their ability or inability to achieve these goals. These are people that strive for millions but do not allow it to effect their personal well-being. “Nothing ventured, nothing gained” is a personal motto of these strivers. If they are unsuccessful in their efforts they tend to settle for the next best thing. 4. 14% of us are sparked by some idealistic goal of riches and become emotionally distraught if that goal fails to materialize. These are people that sacrifice a good deal of their personal life and pleasures in pursuit of their goal. The Horatio Alger story is achievable, but there is something wrong with not being able to take pleasure in smaller successes in your life. 5. There are some of us who seem to be unhappy regardless of how much we seem to achieve. 16% of us fall into this category. Some years ago, when cell phones were just coming into vogue I had a client that was making a fortune as a sales representative for a major cell phone company. He was the son of immigrant parents. He graduated at the head of his college class. He was an impeccable dresser and drove a Mercedes. He and his wife came to see me for marriage therapy. His wife told me that, in spite of their opulent lifestyle and his success he was chronically miserable and was making everyone at home unhappy. People like this young man have a chronic sense of emptiness. It is almost as if they have an infinite void that will forever be unfulfilled. Some of them turn to drugs to try to get some sense of satisfaction and wind up self-destructing unless they get some therapy. From this and other research studies it seems that most of us are content with our stations in life and our general needs. Sociological studies seem to draw similar results. Broader, sociological studies show that the way that we perceive our financial status has a great deal to do with our social milieu ( where we live, the people we work with, and the people that we socialize with). Since I have received so much feedback on this topic I will delve further into some of “The Psychology of Money”. Oh yeah, don't forget your autographed copy of “The Ackee Chronicles”. Tony VanSluytman - the Author Now let’s explore the solution to last month’s Ackee Quandaries. More of you had the answer than I had anticipated. Thank you for the overwhelming response.  QUESTION: Who murdered Peter Calloway, and how? ANSWER:If the poison was not administered by food, drink, or inhalation it must have been administered by touch, through the victim’s skin pores. The only thing that Calloway touched shortly before his demise that he hadn’t touched earlier, and that no one else had touched was the inside of the napkin served with his hor d’oeuvres. (Notice that Ms. Wayne was still holding a napkin.) Therefore this had been doctored with poison. The critical event was Calloway being bumped and spilling his champagne. Since he was not carrying a handkerchief he must have opened his napkin to wipe up the spill. Investigators found that Jackson was not in on the crime. Further investigation brought out the fact that Mr. Calloway, a gourmet cook in his own right had been in the process of writing his own cookbook.. Ms. Wayne’s publisher was thinking about setting up a major marketing campaign for his book while giving Ms. Wayne’s most recent book (like her last two) little to no attention. Ms. Wayne was convicted of murdering Mr. Calloway after feeling threatened by his book’s success. Newsletter Directory The Aton Project - Home Page Tony VanSluytman info Tony VanSluytman - the Author | Return Home | The BOOK DOCTOR | The BANYON NETWORK | The Banyon Buzz Newsletters | The Aton Project Newsletters | Contact Us | |
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