This is optimal finance daily episode 1223.

Why Good People Need to Get Comfortable with Wealth and Power

Part 2 by Margo Arran of That Seems Important.com.

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Margo Arran of That Seems Important.com.

Invisible script number three.

It's morally superior to not have money.

This counter narrative evolved as a response to the two narratives from earlier.

If you're doing something for the money or for the power,

you're probably a terrible person who is evil and an ass-

Alternately, according to this narrative, if you're not after wealth and power, your

motivations are somehow purer.

You often hear people say things like, oh you don't need to pay me, I really care about

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