34. Financial Security

Descriptor: To accumulate financial wealth in order to be secure.

Consciousness Raising Facts & Questions

As the graph below shows, if Financial Security is a high priority for you, you are not alone. Since the Global Financial Crisis [GFC], the majority of people who took an inventory of their values chose Financial Security as their highest priority value.  

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This implies a systemic flaw in our system of economics. The chart below highlights an interesting cycle in the way we manage our economies. A cycle driven by the impact of global recessions...

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After the great recession if the 1940s, steps were taken to ensure wealth was evenly distributed throughout society. However, from the 1980s on, most governments around the world lost interest in ensuring equity for all...

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However, since the GFC and exacerbated by the impact of COVID-19, people in many countries are once again putting pressure on their governments to ensure financial equity for all. The diagram below shows, for some countries, the relative priority placed on equity vs self-interest for...     

Equity defined...

• Do you know what your vision values are?
• If so...
• Do you have peer network with similar vision values?
• Have you connected with them to put in place an action plan to have the financial security you need to live your vision?
• What skills will you need?
• Financial/Security can be increased by the level of trust in your community/organisation, etc. What is the trust level in "your neck of the woods"?

Resources

• Overview of the role of Vision, Focus & Foundation Values in one's life: Anne Example's Values Tree
• How to concretize my values