Money

One of the unfortunate things I’ve realized in the last few years as I’ve started to learn how the world works is that money often motivates and changes people in ways you wouldn’t initially think.

Of course I’ve heard the saying that money makes the world go around, and you read into stories of insane greed out there often. But it never really hit me until I saw it in-person as I grew older.

Some of the things I’ve seen range from your standard grifters — people who are clearly lying and doing what they can to make a dollar off you. Those folks are easy to spot. But unfortunately, I see it in normal unsuspecting people all the time as well.

People have great jobs, families, etc. and seem like normal caring folks, but when there’s money on the line, they maybe start to navigate the gray or perhaps maybe start stabbing friends/colleagues in the back.

Part of my job is making sure I spot this and avoid working with these people. For better or worse, I’ve gotten very good at it over the years. Unfortunately there’s a lot of shit to look out for when money is on the line.