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MONEY
Make More Money by Not Caring
If you dare to care, you risk poverty
We penalize people who care for others and reward those who mostly care about themselves.
Think of the most important tasks a society needs done. Your list might include producing food, caring for young children and the frail elderly, educating the next generation and caring for the sick. Note how often the word “caring” shows up in this list.
That’s not a coincidence.
With the possible exception of caring for the sick, none of those jobs pay well; in some cases they pay so little that to take on such a job will consign your family to poverty.
And even in the case of caring for the sick, it’s important to note that the people doing the most hands-on care — the entry-level nurses — make dramatically less than the doctors who in some cases merely direct the care.
What’s on your list?
You might include people who build and repair our homes and infrastructure and a handful of other necessities, but I bet you didn’t include any jobs from the banking and insurance industries or advertising.
There is an inverse relationship between the importance of a job and how much it pays. You’ll make a lot more money as a…