Thursday, January 26, 2006

Want to earn infinite income?

A surprising insight came to me today about a person's income.

If you make $60,000 a year, then you are paid $30 per hour of work. If you make $80K a year, then you are paid $40 per hour of work.

Here's my little insight (warning: this is not 100% scientific, so please take it with a grain of salt):

What if you found a job that really tapped your talent, and that you really enjoyed doing? Then no matter how much you make per hour ($20 or $30 or $50), it is basically INFINITE INCOME.

How? Well, if you enjoy your job so much, then it is NO LONGER WORK! That is, the denominator is ZERO hours of work. Which means ANY number divided by zero equals INFINITY!

That is:

$30/0 hour of work = $50/0 hour of work = infinity!

For those who are less mathematically inclined, think about Celine Dion and Pablo Picasso. You can't really compare how much they respectively earn. They probably feel so good to be able to make ANY amount of money doing what they love!

Surprisingly and paradoxically, because they chose their profession based on their talent and NOT the average salary for singers or painters, they end up with a lot of money to boot!