Money is a side effect of doing what you feel is right. If you don't like what you do for a living, you are more likely to sabotage your success. If you enjoy your livelihood, then it won't matter how much money you make. You could be a starving artist or have the biggest house on the block.
If you focus on money as your meter of success, you're only driving yourself in circles. Focusing on that next raise or promotion is meaningless if the only thing it means to you is getting a shinier car or a fatter number in your bank account. Money is meaningless when you take it out of the context of social value. It's just a bartering tool. There are other things that have social value as well. Contribution of time and skill is one very valuable commodity. Production of useful items is another. These can be traded for each other or traded for money.
If you ask yourself what you really want, is the answer money? Unless you are very short sighted, it probably isn't. Money may be needed to reach certain goals or attain things, but in the end, the money will be traded away for something else. Focus on what you really want, not the dollar amount, and you will begin to see more opportunities to get it. There are a lot of schemes and ploys to make people think they can make money fast, but these always turn out to be a big let down, either because you don't make money or because you wasted a lot of time trying. Go for what you really want and contribute what you can to get it.
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