The Finance Behind Finance

Ilexa Yardley
Jul 25, 2017 · 2 min read

Financial relativity controls everything.

Financial relativity. (Photo by Raw Pixel)

We’re all engaged in the war between more and less. This explains everything. Financial and technological. Meaning, we need money to live, and, we need to live, to have money, and this relationship is basic, and circular.

We get caught up in the absolute value of things, meaning, the relative value controls us. And, the opposite is, also, true. We get caught up in the relative value of things, meaning, the absolute value controls us. We’re on a financial merry-go-round, no matter how you throw the dice (and, if you are living, you have to throw the dice) (explaining why people have a tough time, half-the-time, living).

Things get better, and then they get worse. Then they get better, only, again, to get worse. This is a circular theory, and a circular reality. And we are all forced to live it. And, deal with it. Like it or not. Know it or not. 50–50 controls everything. Yep. Everything.

So, it’s the finance of finance that’s important, meaning the circular relationship between more and less, that’s embedded in finance, forcing all of us to (try to) stay ahead. When we all know, automatically, there’s no ‘ahead’ on a circle. If you have a large net worth, you do not have a large net worth, because stocks and bonds, and financial assets, are not, necessarily, safe (or certain). If you have assets, you have to view them as a liability. More assets, more of a liability. Things can (and do) go wrong.

So, this is pretty easy. Live on one-quarter of your income. Stash the rest. And, find the discipline, to do this. No matter the absolute, or relative value, of your financial situation. You are not competing to get ahead. You cannot ‘get ahead.’ Do this, live on 1/4, and you will never have to worry about the finance of finance, again.

If you think this is impossible. Think. Again.

Conservation of the circle is the core dynamic in nature.

https://www.amazon.com/Time-Money-Strategic-Sextet-1/dp/1499763360/

The Circular Theory

Conservation of the circle is the core dynamic in Nature.

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The Circular Theory

Conservation of the circle is the core dynamic in Nature.

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