Written by a human, for humans, always.
Everyone has to find a way to obtain all of the things they need in life.
In the modern world, this is primarily accomplished by obtaining money to spend on what you need.
It is not the only way it has worked throughout history, and it is not the only way to obtain what you need today...
But it is the system that we primarily work with, however.
Here is what you need to understand...
There are three ways to obtain what you need in life.
Each way presents its own challenges that you should also be aware of.
The first is by receiving.
This could be through doing a job and being paid for it.
It could be from receiving a donation.
Regardless of the exact way you receive...
This is one of the primary ways people obtain what they need in life.
Here's the challenge with it...
When you rely on receiving from others...
You become dependent and reliant on others.
If someone is willing to give you something completely for free without any strings attached...
It may seem great.
However...
The reality is that most people are not willing to give anything away for free...
And whoever is giving determines what strings are attached.
What most receivers fail to realize...
Is that there are very few true saviors in the world...
And those they tend to rely on to give require strings they are unaware of.
Which brings us to the next way to obtain what you need in life...
By taking it.
You see this with taxes that the government imposes.
It can also be seen with bosses who demand their employees work more and more hours.
To get more, the taker must take more...
Time, money, resources...
Whatever they need.
Here's the challenge for the takers.
There is only so much they can take.
Because they are not generating anything themselves...
They need to take it from elsewhere.
If you take it from the receivers...
You are limited by how much they currently have...
And how much you can get away with taking from them before they rebel.
Unless...
You can convince them that "you" are not the reason they have less and less.
If you can get responsibility shifted to someone else...
You may be able to continue to take.
The problem, of course...
Is that there are only so many places to take...
And eventually the truth always comes out.
Being a taker ends either with you becoming caught...
Or you needing to flee elsewhere and hope people do not put the pieces together along the way.
But people always do...
And when they do, you will lose your ability to take significantly.
This brings us to the final way to obtain what you need in life...
Through contribution.
Now, many people "believe" that they are contributing when they really are just receiving.
What is the major difference between the receiver and the contributor?
The contributor, of their own choices and abilities, creates net-new things around them...
They directly cause things to improve and change for the better.
The receiver will do work...
But they do not actively change or improve the situation, instead relying on taking orders and doing as requested.
Contributors can come in all types of forms.
For some, this is through entrepreneurship or being successful at developing an established business as a C-suite executive.
In more recent years, people talk about this as an intrapreneur within an organization.
You could also include things like inventors in this list.
Here is the challenge for contributors...
They are limited by their own abilities.
This means that to deeply succeed as a contributor...
You need others around you.
But...
Many of those others are receivers who will not be making their own contributions...
And some of those others are takers, often working covertly to take what they want, while pretending to be your ally...
Through methods like deflection, virtue-signalling, and sycophancy.
Usually, the contributor becomes the one most likely to be targeted by the takers...
Because the contributors have the most to take.
If the takers are limited from taking from the receivers...
Then their only other option is to attempt to take from the contributor...
And often the contributor will become the target for the taker to attempt to shift attention toward.
If the contributor can become wise to what is happening...
They can find ways to eliminate the takers from the processes around them...
Provide more to the receivers as new contributions lead to greater value earned over time...
And survive long enough to find other real contributors who will be able to truly design the future.
Now...
Can people demonstrate a combination of these three different ways of obtaining what they need?
Absolutely.
There are people who contribute in some ways and are takers in other ways.
There are people who contribute in one area of life while receiving in a different area of life.
You could even have someone who is all three within different contexts.
Truly, most people are some combination of these with different levels of success with each.
Here's what we need to understand at deep psychophysiological levels, though...
Only the contributors have the ability to live deeply meaningful and impactful lives.
Receivers tend to be abused by takers and are limited in what can be done in their lives by what others are willing to give...
While their souls have a desire to be more than what they are currently living as.
It is in contribution that we find deeper meaning and flourishing in life.
Takers tend to always be wary of being discovered and outed, which limits what they can take...
While simultaneously, by taking, they destroy relationships around them.
As humans, we need deep connections with others, which only happens through deep contribution to each other.
Takers lose this and end up desperate and alone, even when they appear to be having success with taking...
Discovering that they have a very hollow life.
What contributors end up discovering...
Is that it is the act of contributing which is far more valuable than most people realize.
When you contribute successfully...
You end up discovering that there are many things in life that others chase which really have no meaningful value...
And you become more fulfilled and feel like you are flourishing...
Even if you have what appears to be less than others.
The contributions are what you actually need as a human...
And it is through contributing that you gain access to whatever else is needed in life.
There are three ways to obtain what you need in life...
Each comes with its own unique and individual challenges...
But only one of those ways leads to a fulfilling life.
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