Occupy and Move: These concepts are the key to wealth. Here, ‘occupy’ means owning goods, and ‘move’ refers to transferring ownership through exchange. Wealth is built by accumulating possessions. For accumulation to occur, a good must first be owned by someone else and then transferred. The transfer of ownership is what I call the movement of goods. To transfer, a payment is made to the current owner, usually in currency. Currency simplifies exchanges, as it is easier to move and issue than physical goods. Today, currency moves electronically, accelerating transactions. Had goods always been exchanged directly for other goods, exchanges and wealth accumulation would progress more slowly and inefficiently. The economic system now manages prices by adjusting the money supply, controlling the value of goods relative to currency, since money is easier to manage than goods. Business and investment outcomes depend on whether wealth is stored in money or in goods. If you emphasize goods, pat...
There is a saying that bears perform tricks and their owners have money. Ownership, and thus rights, are powerful when they become a platform. The odds of making vast sums of money from video creators are small. However, most of them need video editing, regardless of their profits. In fact, rather than making money for video creators, video editing software companies make money. There are far more ads in job openings asking for editors than for video creators. The more online shopping malls there are, the more money delivery companies make. Since business is a competition within finite conditions, the primary virtue of business is to be in the best position above all else. It must be hard to get into the wrong line and compensate for it with something else. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”