ACTIVITY: SELFISH LITTLE PLEBS

Let’s play a game.

Pick a number. This number is an amount of money you want to spend in the next 12 months. It should be a number that at least satisfies all your wants and needs for the next year but isn’t greedy.

Imagine that any number you write, as if by magic, will be yours to do with as you wish without further conditions. You can write any amount you want as long as you aren’t greedy.

Choose the amount you want and write it down:

 

$ ___________________

 

NOTE: Do it now, don’t read on until you’ve got a number in mind.

 

How much did you choose? Was it twice your salary, three times or did you go wild and write down something like a telephone number?

The instructions were clear. You had to choose a number ...

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