One could argue that the harshest sound in the world is the sound of a few pieces of copper, and nickel clicking around in a person’s pocket or handbag. This is not only the sound of a person living on a few cents , this is the sound of a person thinking he/she needs more money, feeling broke or stressed, and behaving a certain way because they don’t have the amount of money they would like to . This is the sound of the average person. The sound of Mike, Scarlet, John, and Jacob; who all thank to useless majors are now struggling financially. “Money makes the world go around” (CBS news). Many people are now entering or have been in a state of “affluenza”, which is defined by Carolyn Gregoire of the Huffington post as …show more content…
According to Gresham.ac.uk “the perception of money is easily distorted by its value.” Why do people want to be rich? It’s because of their thoughts. It is hard wire into our brains that without something you can’t get the “thing”. The thing of course being a person’s ultimate goal in life. Money changes, money dictates how a person thinks because at the end of the day every human has a brain, but now the way the world is set up, everyone thinks that they have to be someone particular class or status to qualify as successful. Thinking about money is a part of think its feeling, and behavior. All three thinking, feeling, and behavior circle around each other. Little kids are being influenced more than we realize children go to a diversified building every day, called “school”; here they are exposed to their first encounter of the economy’s cast system, from then on children begin competing whether they realize it or not, to be on the same level as their classmate. People especially kids are impacted by the status of money because “money holds a very powerful sway over an individual’s emotions, personality, and decision” (The Effect of Money on Your …show more content…
That’s the thing though money is no longer just a piece of paper, it is now a thought, an emotion, and an action. (5). Money causes good and bad effects in all three categories. Money has a lot of strength, even though it doesn’t work out or exercise, this is because of us. We as people highlight a certain lifestyle and others have grown accustom to trying to live that lifestyle through thoughts of needing to be where that person is, feeling of joy and frustration, and some form of action. When it comes to financial situations it is best to remember as Suze O6rman points out, that “money has no power of its own.“ Money changes. Money dictates how a person behaves, because at the end of the day every human has a goal in life, every human has thoughts, and every human has a way of dealing with theses things. Mike, Scarlet, John, and Jacob are not just names. They are every single one of us. The average American pondering finances. Rich or poor, wealthy beyond explanation or barely making it through; it can easily be agreed that money has a huge part in our world today, and it can dictate how a person thinks, feels, and/or behaves. How a person