The Opposite of Profit

Attachment

The true opposite of profit is not loss. It is attachment. Clutching too tightly transforms profit into its opposite. The loosest grip produces the greatest gain. When you hold profit with an open hand, it flows through you and multiplies. When you clench your fist around it, you stop the flow. The opposite of profit is not the absence of money. It is the presence of fear. Fear of losing transforms every gain into a potential loss, and the experience of wealth becomes the experience of anxiety.