From the song 'Price Tag' by Jessie J:

Seems like everybody's got a price,
I wonder how they sleep at night,
When the sale comes first
And the truth comes second
Just stop for a minute and smile,
Why is everybody so serious,
Acting so damn mysterious,
Got shades on your eyes
And your heels so high that you can't even have a good time.
...
It's not about the money money money,
We don't need your money money money,
We just wanna make the world dance,
Forget about the price tag.
Ain't about the uh cha-ching cha-ching,
Ain't about the yeah b-bling b-bling,
Wanna make the world dance,
Forget about the price tag.

https://youtu.be/qMxX-QOV9tI

"A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money."
- John Ruskin

#MainMessageForToday
Some people do whatever it takes to make money, including being mean and dishonest.
But maybe that is not a good strategy. Kindness is worth a great deal of money.

"When people choose their careers, they are sometimes blinded by money and so choose to follow the paper trail. Although money is great and can buy us all the things that will temporarily make us happy, no amount of money can buy time. Time is our most valuable asset and it is something, that while on this earth, we should spend most wisely."
- EliteDaily.com, The 10 Reasons You Should Follow Your Passion And Not The Money
http://elitedaily.com/life/motivation/the-10-reasons-you-should-follow-your-passion-and-not-the-money/

"If not to God, you will surrender to the opinions or expectations of others, to money, to resentment, to fear, or to your own pride, lusts, or ego. You were designed to worship God and if you fail to worship Him, you will create other things (idols) to give your life to. You are free to choose, what you surrender to but you are not free from the consequence of that choice."
- Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

Competition could lead to ugly behavior....

Movie: Tonya & Nancy: The Inside Story
When ice-skater Kerrigan is savagely attacked, people begin to wonder if the intense rivalry between Harding and Kerrigan was motivation for someone.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111456/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl

"The love of money is what motivates people to lie, steal, cheat, gamble, embezzle, and even murder."
- GotQuestions.org, Why is the love of money the root of all kinds of evil?
http://www.gotquestions.org/love-money-root-evil.html

It is true: money motivates!

"Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life."
- Jimmy Dean

"When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?, ' I say, 'Your salary.'"
- Alfred Hitchcock

"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: money."
- Jerry Reed

"I'm not the type to pat myself on the back and all that, but somebody has to be lucky, right? When I got to Dallas, I was struggling - sleeping on the floor with six guys in a three-bedroom apartment. I used to drive around, look at the big houses, and imagine what it would be like to live there and use that as motivation."
- Mark Cuban

#MainMessageForToday
Some things that motivate, such as money and the desire to win, can bring out the ugly side of a person. Some people turn to evil means to get what they want.

#MainMessageForToday
People are #motivated by a lot of things such as survival, money, love, power, and even failure. What motivates you?

"It's not about the money..."
- From the song 'Price Tag' by Jessie J
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMxX-QOV9tI

"It is not about the money." How many people would say this?

Song: Price tag by Jessie J
http://youtu.be/qMxX-QOV9tI

#LessonOfTheDay

Find the right balance between contentment and ambition, the pursuit of worldly desires such as money, fame and power. Ambition is associated with greed, cut-throat competition, envy and evil. However, a laid back attitude (associated with contentment) usually gets a person nowhere.