I recently heard a saying that “in our time, it is a shame to be rich if you do not spend your wealth on the needs of those who need it.” And here is the question: “Why, in fact, should those who have earned their fortune with their intelligence and hard work, first of all, think about the needs of others?” It’s completely different, as Nikita Mikhalkov said: “The point is not that there are more poor people in the country “The fact is that the rich just can’t get drunk.” Some, of course, would be more modest. But I’m not talking about such wealth here. I don’t deny charity at all and even approve of it, but it’s voluntary. Andrew Carnegie spent over three hundred million over the years of his charitable activities, leaving his only daughter an inheritance of ten million, which the latter and her descendants quite enough. We are all dependent on money. Everyday. No one will deny that it is impossible to live a truly fulfilling and successful life without money. It is impossible to develop your talents, provide yourself with adequate rest, quality food, self-education, etc. The goal of all life is development. The goal of nature is the improvement and development of life. Becoming what you want to become means achieving success in life. Therefore, you can best help others by developing yourself as much as possible. I don’t think anyone can like it, make ends meet, and live until the next paycheck. And if someone says: “No, I don’t want to be rich,” then the person is lying. But he is disingenuous because he does not believe in his own strength and cannot take responsibility for his life. For many, everyone around him is to blame - the government, the crisis, officials, he is still too young or already too old, and the education is not the same, and there are no necessary connections, that’s why he lives like this, he doesn’t succeed, and he doesn’t want to, because knows it's all in vain. People suffer from feelings of inferiority, low self-esteem, and are always predisposed to negative expectations. These are victims and, of course, they are ashamed to be rich. They are sure that you can’t earn a lot of money through honest work, all the rich are those who steal and, in general, money is evil. These attitudes “sit” in the subconscious of many people. And prosperity, first of all, is born in consciousness. They need to be changed to completely opposite ones, uprooted. And understand that being rich is not a shame, being rich is a great responsibility, but also freedom. Wealth is not a magic wand. This is a constantly working brain, this is sometimes a 24-hour working day, these are rare hours spent with loved ones, this is constant, sometimes grueling business communication, these are mistakes, failures and victories. I'm talking here about decent wealth, which is achieved on a fair basis, on healthy competition, on the principle of doing no harm. I know many people who became very wealthy precisely because of their hard, honest work, they simply went towards their goal, being average people prosperity, but there was no envy or jealousy of someone’s success, they just clearly knew: “I will succeed! I am worthy of it! There is no shame in being rich!"