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What\u2019s a car<\/strong> for? Transportation. With reliability. Status. A transaction with the bank. A transaction with the dealer. Your relationship with the neighbors. A statement about your style and belief in design. Your sense of quality. A statement about how you walk on this planet.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s a job<\/strong> for? A way to pay the bills. How you spend your day. What you talk about at parties. A sense of purpose. A chance to dream. The people you connect with. Something to be proud of. A statement of self-worth and dignity. The opportunity to make a difference, or a chance to regularly lower your status.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s a wedding<\/strong> for? A ceremony to memorialize a long-term commitment. A statement of status. An extension of historic male dominance. A chance to make a statement against the patrimony. Playing within the rules and standards of a community. Deliberately challenging those rules. A statement of mutual self-esteem. A party, perhaps the biggest you will ever host. Scarcity, deciding who comes and who doesn\u2019t, and abundance, using resources to extend the boundaries.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s a house<\/strong> for? A safe place to live. An investment. A transaction with a broker. A statement to family and friends. An investment. A monthly payment. An expression of personal taste and style. <\/p>\n

As our resources grow, so does the power of the stories we tell ourselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n