For me the Money Map is a plethora of information; almost overwhelming in its intricacies. From a macro to micro perspective it displays a flow and direction of money through a controlled environment. Our environment in fact.
The Money Map flows within boundaries which are omni-present whilst also being environmentally unique. It is a representation of the interconnection of environment; occurring simultaneously. We are governed by the fundamental boundaries of universe, time, rules, and environment. This is the biggest thought possible.
Within these boundaries is the exchange system “Money”. A human exchange mechanism, money has evolved from a one dimensional transaction through barter, to commodity based exchange, to entirely fiat monetary systems. Whether it has changed? It is my belief not, there is still human exchange involved. There seems very little difference between a man offering ten fish for a cow through a barter system, to a man selling his ten fish for a gold coin then buying a cow. It all comes down to human exchange. The name of the game might have changed; might have expanded; might have morphed by speed and volume, but the principle is always the same. Humans in exchange.
How does this apply to The Money Map? Let me share a story with you:
When I started my working life, I started in a small business. I had serious misconceptions upon what a small business fundamentally did. The A – B transaction between customer and supplier was very clear to me; where I had a distortion of understanding was the re-investment of a business to transcend to “wealth”. (my definition of wealth “the amount of time you can spend away from a business whilst still earning enough money to fund your lifestyle”). A made an assumption that a small business was like a corporation; where we had time to not drive a result. Not to say we did not work hard; the real point was if we invested heavily in an upgrade to our business we better have it to market on time and ready to roll or we would go broke.
This for me was a tough lesson to learn. What it fundamentally taught me was either money creates money or you die in small business. The volumes of money a corporation works with means that they can absorb large cost (energy, space, time and money) without it affecting there cashflow sources. This is not the case in small business. The true master small business owner makes small resource create large result. But how?
A series of timing, sequence and lag. Money in, money between, money out. The stronger the flow, the bigger the game. The ability to deploy money to a project, the project to run its course, then the demand of money coming back “in”. This is the secret formula of money.
Bill the Blogger
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