The lady took her niece's hand and ushered her to sit next to her. She was in her late fifties. Her hair was gray and there were some wrinkles under her eyelids, despite all that, she looked firm and commanding. She was rich, famous and powerful. Her husband died ten years ago leaving her no kids but a great fortune. She has been managing this for a long time. The companies that deal with the petrol were more than five major ones. Two in America, one was in Britain. For the other two companies, one was in the gulf area and another one was in Venezuela. There were also the branches for those companies scattered all over the world. she wanted to train her niece to take care of this huge responsibility.
Her niece was seventeen and she wanted her to understand how to manage such huge companies after her death. She was telling her about power. The girl was thinking that money was the power. Her aunt told her that money was only a mean to get you somewhere. Power is the target. If you own the power, money can come easily. The aunt was hoping for the head of the parliament. She was elected as a member six years ago, and she was trying to get to that post since then. That is why she wanted her niece to think about power. But her niece is absolutely different from her. She thinks money is power. You can buy voters to elect you and vote for you. Or you can pay to get whatever you desire, as long as you have the ability to pay for it.
The girl came and sat beside her aunt. It is useless to discuss the matter with her. Each party is convinced with his own ideas. The aunt started to tell her niece to think about power seriously. There is something which cannot enter the little head of that girl. She thought to herself, we have more than fourteen companies all over the world. Our monthly net profit is nearly more than one seventy million dollars a month. My aunt is driving me crazy. What does she need? What is there to be put into consideration?
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hi, in my opinion, if you have a lot of money, you can do everythings you want. i agree with sentence, which 'If you own the power, money can come easily'. she can use money to buy all things, but they are not stable for long time.the power help her confident to do whatever, even if she was broke. maybe, she is too young to understand things which her aunt want her to do.
Mafhoom, bol bahter ist. Khaili khob, behnam! Thanks Behnam for your nice intervention! If money is one of the necessary features of power, in that case, power comes first. By the way, some people like to combine both of them. I remember the founder's comment, Napoleon or Lewis wanted both of them. I could not remember who it was. Thanks, Bhenam!
Hi. I think, feeling powerful is a result of some factors. One of them is money. Money makes one feel powerful. Actually, money itself is some pieces of paper or some pieces of metals. The things one can buy, the actions one can take, the decision one can make, the people one can employ, etc. make rich people feel powerful. Therefore, I think money is one of the necessary features of power!
All the best,
Behnam
If you ask me what is the most important between money, power and respect I would say respect. You can have all the money you want, but that doesn't necessarily translate into power or respect. Money can buy power at times, but respect is hard to demand. You can be the most powerful person in the world, but respect is not easy to come. There are many example around the world, people with money and power but with no respect. If you have money and power you can't make all people to respect you because of that.
Nikchaiyamaka, I fully go with that. Certain values, money will be unable to buy them. Don't forget it's the nerves of life but when it comes to those ideal values, money will stand helpless in front of them.Thanks, mod. Nadira for your valuable addition to that blog, "money and power".
self discipline, integrity , honesty is power it self which money can never buy
Main nahi tum ku itifag hain, Aamish. I do not agree with all of that. Money Cannot buy happines, can it? Aamish, like the lady Diah, why don't you combine both of them? Thanks!
Kiya haal hain Lakshmi? Paisa zarur hain, lakin tagat acha hain. Agar ap dou no manta, koi baat nahi. Do you believe money will bring power? What about the case of the president of The United States?
Terima kasih Diah! Maksudnya, kamu mau dua, bukan? If you combine both of them, that is good. Thanks for your comment on power and money!
In my opinion, especially in the reality sometimes money can brings someone to get her/his power. But in the other hand, character will bring someone to get the power then money will come according to it. So for me, it's related to one another.
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