What’s wrong with making money?

What is wrong with business for the sake of business? What is wrong with being in business just to make money as long as you are not breaking the law?

Nothing. I am a capitalist. Money is simply a storehouse of value. In the earliest times we bartered, which eventually evolved into a system of IOUs. If I give you my basket of apples, you will give me your bundle of wood three months from now. The IOU became a paper note and money was born. What we are really doing with money is storing value.

Not only is there nothing wrong with making money, but in a good capitalistic system both sides walk away with more value than they had before. Transactions should always be win-win, increasing the total amount of value in the environment. However, while there is nothing wrong with making money, you can’t just go into business “to make money.” The second question that comes up – how are you going to make money? – takes you back to service and selflessness. You have to find a way to serve.