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For optimal comprehension and engagement with the following text, we extend a profound invitation: Release your intellectual tensions, suspend your preconceived narratives, and approach these words with an expansive, unbounded mind.
The three core markets consist of Health, Wealth, and Relationships.
These are the underlying principles in which every business is directly or indirectly linked to. All human trade and progress has been dictated to some extent by these markets, they are not to be ignored.
Health - The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being”, which typically refers to formal information on the optimal function of ones body and systems. This obviously includes taking care of yourself with good nutrition, regular exercise, consistent rest, and frequent medical care for illness prevention and overall wellbeing. While the WHO likes to include social wellbeing and relationships into the concept of health, in the Eternal Markets health and relationships will be categorized separately. In the Eternal Markets health refers to the physical and mental states of being that a human is experiencing.
WHY IS IT ETERNAL? - The foundation of survival is health. As long as humans live; there will be a requirement for health. Humans are vulnerable to disease, stress, and a multitude of new and old issues that will never cease to exist.
Wealth - The formal definition of wealth is “the abundance of valuable financial assets or physical possessions that can be converted into a form that supports economic stability and growth”. However, wealth should be viewed through a wider lens. Wealth does not only consist of financial assets and currency, but of niche desires and interests. We can go as far as to say that wealth itself is subjective and unique to every human and their experiences. Geographic location and socioeconomic background may also be a contributing factor to how the individual views wealth. So then how can we view wealth? It encompasses anything that individuals or societies value. That alone can be seen as quite vague; a reflection of just how deep and inherently subjective this concept can be. While traditional wealth consists of currency, property, contracts, LLCs, and investments, do not discount the much broader spectrum of desires such as creativity, knowledge, art, aspiration, and time.
WHY IS IT ETERNAL? - The infinite market of wealth is fueled by the unending nature of human desire. The passionate pursuit of ____ remains a constant aspiration for all humans. Humans will always seek to accumulate what they value most. The aspiration for wealth in all its forms will never cease to exist.
Relationships - You might be surprised to find that the two core markets you just read about are all tied together (and maybe even caused directly) by Relationships. Since the day humans first
emerged from their caves, the will to survive (Health) and the aspirations of growth (Wealth) have been propagated by the existence of relationships. Humans creating connections with other humans has been the catalyst to everything we know today. Relationships are also quite broad. Friends, partners, girlfriends, boyfriends, old friends, old new friends, the list goes on! The types of connections we form with each other, whether real or invisible, are in direct link with what decisions we make in our lives. They aren’t just interactions, they are unspoken understandings of a fellow human. Relationships can be hard to quantify. The best part about being human is that we all share the human experience. Whether you like it or not you have been affected by all of these ideas/markets/concepts. Reflect and meditate on your own life to help you better understand all of these concepts.
WHY IS IT ETERNAL? - Everything we know exists because of relationships. At the most fundamental level; relationships serve as the very light of existence itself.
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