Are you investing in lifestyle or life-dream?

Oh, I find so many people around with great business ideas and searching for venture capitalists to make those ideas a reality. They feel implementing those ideas would change their lives forever.

When I talk about funding the ideas on their own, they do not quite nod convincingly. Say, "Money is the problem." I wonder, is it?

Why is money the problem? "There's a certain lifestyle we need to maintain", they say.

That's absurd. What's bigger, lifestyle or life-dream? What will investing in lifestyle get you? But you know for sure, what will investing in life-dream get you, don't you?

Besides, if some idea isn't worth investing in as compared to investing in lifestyle, then your idea isn't good enough. Forget it. Spare yourself some cribbing for something else.

2 responses to “Are you investing in lifestyle or life-dream?”

  1. Ninad Avatar

    Bang on! Sustaining lifestyle can never be an excuse to not investing in life-dream.
    However another school of thought(I dont necessarily subscribe to it) says that business is never done with your own money.

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  2. Kapil Avatar
    Kapil

    Well this is an interesting perspective. We had a bit of an animated discussion in a group of 7 on this interesting topic. I kind of agree with both discussing parties. While we give up life dream for comparatively cheaper thrills, a life dream in a social setup is a dream / life of more than one individual. In a non social environment (no parents / siblings / responsibilities) the term ‘life style’ looks like a selfish, superficial, materialistic concept. But with your responsibilities towards your parents / family and near and dear one’s the impact of your living your dream has more implications that a certain ‘altered’ life style. That was a resounding consensus in the group. The debate goes on…

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