MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom by Tony Robbins

MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom by Tony Robbins

SECTION 1
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE: THE
JOURNEY BEGINS WITH THIS FIRST STEP

CHAPTER 1.1
IT’S YOUR MONEY! IT’S YOUR LIFE! TAKE
CONTROL
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
—SIR FRANCIS BACON
Money.
Few words have the power to provoke such extreme human emotions.
A lot of us refuse to even talk about money! Like religion, sex, or
politics, the topic is taboo at the dinner table and often off-limits in the
workplace. We might discuss wealth in polite company, but money is
explicit. It’s raw. It’s garish. It’s intensely personal and highly charged. It
can make people feel guilty when they have it—or ashamed when they
don’t.
But what does it really mean?
For some of us, money is vital and crucial but not paramount. It’s simply
a tool, a source of power used in service of others and a life well lived.
Others are consumed with such a hunger for money that it destroys them
and everyone around them. Some are even willing to give up things that are
far more valuable to get it: their health, their time, their family, their selfworth,

and, in some cases, even their integrity.
At its core, money is about power.
We’ve all seen how money can have the power to create or the power to
destroy. It can fund a dream or start a war. You can provide money as a gift
or wield it as a weapon. It can be used as an expression of your spirit, your
creativity, your ideas—or your frustration, your anger, your hate. It can be
used to influence governments and individuals. Some marry for it—and
then find out its real price.

MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom by Tony Robbins