>Now let's take a look at using that money to start a business. Of course you stand a chance of your business failing so the results that you get with it may be limited, but let's say that it doesn't fail and becomes as big as you can build it. How many people would you touch if that were the case? How many people has Microsoft touched? How much easier are our lives because of a corporation like Microsoft? How many people are employed and able to feed their families becWe have been raised to give. Our society has a taboo about being selfish and it is a stigma that sometimes hampers people from being successful. We need to remember that if our energy is focused in the right direction toward accomplishing our own goals, we get to help tons of people along the way. I donate to charity as often and as much as I can, so I am not against donating money to someone elses worthy cause, do please don't take this wrong as you read it. However, I do want to open your mind to different realities in the world.

Imagine for a moment that you had five thousand dollars. You have only two choices with that five thousand dollars and nothing else. You can donate that money to charity, or you can start your own business, any business of your choice. Which one would you pick? Some people will pick the charity and others will pick the business, but let's take a look at how many each effects and touches. Some would say that the charity is the noble and altruistic thing to do and that the business is a selfish choice. Others will argue differently, and for this article, I will argue that the business is the better choice to be able to contribute to society as a whole.

If you take that money and donate it to a charity, only about ten percent of that money will actually go toward that cause that the charity you give it to represents. That means only fifty bucks will actually feed a child in Africa, or help cure cancer, or find a cure for AIDS, or whatever the cause may be. Only fifty bucks! So where does the rest of the money go? Well, it goes toward business operations for the charity to be able to function, usually including a very hefty bonus for the president of the organization. Sure, you help to feed the employee's and their families, I would agree with that. However, your five thousand dollars could have gone toward a better cause.

Now let's take a look at using that money to start a business. Of course you stand a chance of your business failing so the results that you get with it may be limited, but let's say that it doesn't fail and becomes as big as you can build it. How many people would you touch if that were the case? How many people has Microsoft touched? How much easier are our lives because of a corporation like Microsoft? How many people are employed and able to feed their families bec

do want to open your mind to different realities in the world.

Imagine for a moment that you had five thousand dollars. You have only two choices with that five thousand dollars and nothing else. You can donate that money to charity, or you can start your own business, any business of your choice. Which one would you pick? Some people will pick the charity and others will pick the business, but let's take a look at how many each effects and touches. Some would say that the charity is the noble and altruistic thing to do and that the business is a selfish choice. Others will argue differently, and for this article, I will argue that the business is the better choice to be able to contribute to society as a whole.

If you take that money and donate it to a charity, only about ten percent of that money will actually go toward that cause that the charity you give it to represents. That means only fifty bucks will actually feed a child in Africa, or help cure cancer, or find a cure for AIDS, or whatever the cause may be. Only fifty bucks! So where does the rest of the money go? Well, it goes toward business operations for the charity to be able to function, usually including a very hefty bonus for the president of the organization. Sure, you help to feed the employee's and their families, I would agree with that. However, your five thousand dollars could have gone toward a better cause.

Now let's take a look at using that money to start a business. Of course you stand a chance of your business failing so the results that you get with it may be limited, but let's say that it doesn't fail and becomes as big as you can build it. How many people would you touch if that were the case? How many people has Microsoft touched? How much easier are our lives because of a corporation like Microsoft? How many people are employed and able to feed their families bec

y that the charity is the noble and altruistic thing to do and that the business is a selfish choice. Others will argue differently, and for this article, I will argue that the business is the better choice to be able to contribute to society as a whole.

If you take that money and donate it to a charity, only about ten percent of that money will actually go toward that cause that the charity you give it to represents. That means only fifty bucks will actually feed a child in Africa, or help cure cancer, or find a cure for AIDS, or whatever the cause may be. Only fifty bucks! So where does the rest of the money go? Well, it goes toward business operations for the charity to be able to function, usually including a very hefty bonus for the president of the organization. Sure, you help to feed the employee's and their families, I would agree with that. However, your five thousand dollars could have gone toward a better cause.

Now let's take a look at using that money to start a business. Of course you stand a chance of your business failing so the results that you get with it may be limited, but let's say that it doesn't fail and becomes as big as you can build it. How many people would you touch if that were the case? How many people has Microsoft touched? How much easier are our lives because of a corporation like Microsoft? How many people are employed and able to feed their families bec

a child in Africa, or help cure cancer, or find a cure for AIDS, or whatever the cause may be. Only fifty bucks! So where does the rest of the money go? Well, it goes toward business operations for the charity to be able to function, usually including a very hefty bonus for the president of the organization. Sure, you help to feed the employee's and their families, I would agree with that. However, your five thousand dollars could have gone toward a better cause.

Now let's take a look at using that money to start a business. Of course you stand a chance of your business failing so the results that you get with it may be limited, but let's say that it doesn't fail and becomes as big as you can build it. How many people would you touch if that were the case? How many people has Microsoft touched? How much easier are our lives because of a corporation like Microsoft? How many people are employed and able to feed their families bec

>Now let's take a look at using that money to start a business. Of course you stand a chance of your business failing so the results that you get with it may be limited, but let's say that it doesn't fail and becomes as big as you can build it. How many people would you touch if that were the case? How many people has Microsoft touched? How much easier are our lives because of a corporation like Microsoft? How many people are employed and able to feed their families because of a corporation like that? You have the people who work for Microsoft itself. Then you have the computer companies who use the software that Microsoft creates. On top of that you have the people who own work for the companies that transport the software in trucks, including the truck drivers themselves. Then you have the stores that sell the computers. Then you have the marketing companies who get paid to market the computers and the software. Then you have the people who use the computers and the software to build and distribute other products that help people live happier and easier lives. Get the picture?

So here is the point. If our energy is focused, and our goals are clear, chasing what we want and attracting what we want is much more rewarding for everyone in the world than just giving things away. As they say, you can give a man a fish and feed him for a day, or teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. By giving things to people, they don't learn the necessary skills to get those things for themselves. Instead, if we put ourselves into a worthy cause in pursuit of our dreams, we can effect many many more people on a much larger scale.