Money, the motivator

In a company where performance is measured by monetary profits, it would only make sense that its staffers are motivated by their paychecks.

It would be rather strange if staff weren't motivated that way. After all, passion can't be measured...or can it?

It takes all sorts of characters to make up the world we live in. That's what makes our world as interesting as it is. People invent new things, technology progresses, service levels improve, all for that ever elusive goal of earning more.

If the world did not have an economy or if humans weren't by nature always wanting more, then what would be the point of progress? We'd still be living in the stone age and the wheel would never have been invented.

All it takes is for 1 incredibly intelligent and ambitious person to be greedy and voila! we'd have progress...or at least a new invention. These days, there are less and less inventions, more innovations. To invent something requires genius at a different level. One has to be both a genius in terms of creativity as well as ingenuity and that is a rare thing.

How many Da Vinci's, Galleileos, Newtons or Einsteins are out there? Perhaps one per generation or less. In terms of inventions, it's getting more and more stagnant. After the invention on Radio, Television and the light bulb, the rest are pretty much innovations...improvements, upgrades and downsizing has taken over the inventive mind.

Oh well. Lets hope that the next one is about to come. Maybe the person would be able to invent cold fusion and rid the world of the huge disparity between the rich and the poor.

Cheers to HOPE!