Do economics apply in your life?

January 24, 2008 by Stephen Palmer · Leave a Comment 

Does the science of economics have real application in your life, or does it seem like a topic reserved for college professors and “experts?”

The word economics comes from the Greek words oikos (pronounced ee kos) meaning home or house, and nomos, meaning name, organization, or management. To the Greeks, an “oikonomos” is a manager of a home. Economics isn’t about charts, graphs, interest rates, and index funds. It’s about what you do on a daily basis to create a profitable, thriving, and sustainable home life. It’s about learning to create value for your family. An oikonomos is a producer in his or her own home before and above all else.

The science of economics, then, is much closer to home that you may have thought. Be a wise and productive steward of your home and that will be reflected in society. Be the economist in your life.

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The Power of Purging

January 24, 2008 by Stephen Palmer · Leave a Comment 

The formula for creating wealth is simple: Inventory all of your resources and, if you’re not utilizing them, then begin to use them to productively, or give them to someone who will use them. I define the productive use of resources as using them to fill human needs and desires. In other words, figure out what people want and give it to them.

The Universe does not give us what we think we want; it gives us what we are. We are living magnets that attract in our physical world what we are mentally and spiritually. A person who hoards and accumulates resources will not be given more, for that person shows the Universe that their capacity for utilizing resources has been maximized. On the other hand, a person who gives freely will receive freely. Accumulators are stagnant ponds with no outlet; utilizers are vibrant, fertile, and free- flowing rivers. Resources flow to the one, while flowing through the other.

We as Americans have been so abundantly blessed from our birth that we almost don’t even need to try to accumulate resources. The poorest among us are still much more wealthy than most of the world. Think about it for a minute: We have nicer homes for our cars than most people have for their families. We arrive at a state where many of us who are not living according to an abundant paradigm are still enjoying the fruits of abundance.

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