Hobbies and Interest

The other day, I attended class at the university. As usual, there were some get-to-know each other kind of ice-breaker. We were required to ask our partners some questions. How big their family is and some background information about themselves.

"What are your hobbies and interests?", my partner asked.

"Making money," I told her straight in the face.

I don't know why, but she just gave me a smile, the kind which you give when you hear a bad joke but it's just too rude not to feel tickled by it.

And so she told the class that my hobby is making money. The whole class just burst into laughter. I wonder what's wrong. What can be so funny about making money? The lack of money is defintely not a laughing matter to me.

I think the only person polite enough not to laugh was the module coordinator. He said, "So we have a budding entrepreneur here?". This guy here has been through 2 start-ups in his life. The first one failed miserably as he put it. But the second one has been around since the 80s, which is quite something.

What I find interesting is that after his first failure, he got involved into some marketing team for other company. That seems to fit in what the book "Automatic Wealth" talked about having financially valuable skills. With such skills, you'll never have to starve, or so it claimed.

I am inclined to believe that this is true. My personal experiences with other people tells me the simple fact which I saw happening around me, but could not pin-point what it exactly was.

I really wasn't joking when I said that my hobby is making money. Maybe that is not totally correct. I like to find ways to make money.