Money and freedom When I was younger I used to think that money is not the most important thing in the world. Indeed money can't buy wisdom, love, good family and friendship, so I’ve always focused on something else. Now I’m in my thirties and I’m a wage slave spending 8 hours a day at work (not including commuting) and I don’t have enough time for the great things mentioned above. The problem is not specific to a particular job, I've worked plenty of them and finally realized that I just don’t like other people telling me what to do and inability to control my time. I’ve read R. Kiyosaki and understand the basics of “money working for you”, but changes require time and work eats a lot of it. I’m not here to complain. I can get what I need and I will. But if I realized the problem and possible solutions at age of a student or earlier I would have taken a different course of action. The point is, knowledge about money is a fundamental thing that will make achieving high level goals easier. It's a key to freedom for me. It's good to know how it works and affects our life at early age.