Money Can’t Buy You Love

The other night I saw a young man buy a flower on the street and give it to a random girl. The girl looked at the flower, said, “Thank you!”

He tried talking to her, and she gave him a little attention, and then passed the flower to her girlfriend. The girlfriend shrieked and put the flower in her hair. Then the girlfriend grabbed the first girl and dragged her away from the player and took her into the club. He was left standing there, five dollars poorer and not even a phone number to show for it.

I pointed this out to my students and we had a good laugh. Then I took them to a tree, grabbed a branch, pulled it down and plucked three browning, ragged, hole-covered leaves.

“This is a beautiful flower. Go give it to a girl.” I told them. And off they went.

The first student walked up to a girl and held out the leaf. She laughed, took the ugly leaf and said, “Oh my gawd! Thank you! You’re so sweet!”

My student, like I taught him, turned his face and pointed at his cheek, she leaned in and kissed it.

The other student went up to a group of girls and offered one his ugly ass leaf. All the girls went, “Awwwwww!!!! Hahahahaha!” And of course, they loved it.

Once I was in a bar watching a live band. Across the room were five women. In order to meet them I would have to approach in front of the entire room. The bartender advised me to buy them a round of shots.

“Well that’s expensive.” I said.

So I walked across the bar, approached their table and said, “Ladies, a round of shots, compliments of the house.”

I then “mimed” pouring shots for every girl. The girls laughed. We then improve acted cheersing and drinking the shots. They loved it and I was in.

Sometimes a little creativity will get you further than a lot of money.

Your mind, your ability to make something out of nothing, says more about who you are than your possessions, your muscles, and your status.

If something is in your way, or you have a problem, instead of buying your solution, use your environment to solve it. This is what separates you from the common Muggle. This is the path to wealth.