Show Me The Money!

"You are really good at what you do, MaryJane ... and you've certainly had a lot of successes" ... that's how the conversation started. It was with someone that is going to be working with me on a project that involves business development, customer base expansion, new revenue streams .... and most likely, lucrative commissions.

"So what motivates you?" he asked.  "It's obviously not the money."

"You're right," I said.  "It's really never about the money to me."

I had to smile because pretty much everyone who knows me knows that even though I make a livelihood out of helping businesses make money ... nonprofits raise money ... and individuals find ways to maximize their potential often resulting in increased earnings ... I am truly not ever ... in it ... for the money.

"Then it must be ego," he said.  Yep.  That's what he said. 
Obviously he doesn't know me ...

I laughed.  Out loud.  I couldn't help myself. 

"Wrong again," I said. "It's definitely NOT ego!"

Baffled, he turned to me with questioning eyes, "If it's not money ... and it's not ego ... then what else is there?"

"Touching lives ... and making a difference,"  I responded. 
"That's what motivates me."

"Oh."  He seemed disappointed somehow.

I did go on to tell him about my challenge-driven nature ... how I like to do things that have never been done before ... or at least do them in an innovative,
out-of-the-box way ... and how I get really fired up when someone tells me that something can't be done ... when in fact the problem is
they don't know how to do it.

His next response had to do with ... money.

It's going to be an interesting project. And I am pretty sure that some significant money is going to be made. 

Success to me is going to be measured on a different scale, however. 
It's going to far outweigh ... the money!

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(February 2012)