"Money spoils people" is a popular statement in Russia, with which many can agree, recalling cases from their surroundings that confirm this idea. Let's figure out whether this is really true.
Elena Katsyuba, psychologist, psychosomatologist, told how money spoils people.
Notice how many magical properties society attributes to money: “money spoils (or corrupts)”, “money kills the soul”, “money brings misfortune”, etc.
But money is just a tool in a person's hands. Just like a knife, for example. In the hands of a surgeon, it saves lives, and in the hands of a murderer, it takes lives. That is, it all depends on who has the tool.
What does big money give us? More freedom and opportunities both for achieving goals and objectives, and for developing our personal qualities.
Let's imagine that money comes to a person who has never been known for his integrity, was envious and angry. But with a low financial situation, he had fewer opportunities to scale his qualities, so most likely, friends will note that when he got rich, he changed for the worse.
He couldn't stand the test of money, they'll say. Although, their friend probably already had this, but these traits were weakly manifested before, so no one noticed them.
But there is also the opposite story, when money, on the contrary, enhances a person’s good qualities.
If from childhood such values as kindness, support of other people, activity for the sake of creation, etc. were instilled in a child, then, most likely, having become an adult and wealthy, the person will remain sensitive and attentive to people, and money will give him the opportunity to help them not only in word, but also in deed.
It is gratifying that there are actually quite a few such people. We see many examples of entrepreneurs who grow financially and at the same time change the environment around them for the better, as their values require.
Thus, money is a catalyst for revealing the true essence of a person. It cannot be blamed for spoiling people. It is just that this powerful tool sometimes falls into the hands of a person whose qualities cannot always be called positive.
