The original poster says, "I want to make money". OK, if they were handed $1B what would they do with it? What do they really want? Physical security? Financial

The original poster says, "I want to make money". OK, if they were handed $1B what would they do with it? What do they really want? Physical security? Financial security? Political influence? Love? Hedonism? Existential meaning? The shipwreck analogy is a tool to help you understand that you want money for what you can do with it, not for itself. Extra points if you make some discoveries about yourself when asking why you want these things.