Me, Inc. by Mr. Gene Simmons Page A

value at all, corrupts people simply by being valuable.
    As I said in my book Sex Money KISS , it’s the “lack of money that is actually the root of all evil” (I’ve since discovered that this quote has been attributed variously to Mark Twain or George Bernard Shaw). And, no, I don’t mean “all”—I often use hyperbole, so you’ll have to excuse that. There are exceptions to every rule, and the usual white-collar crime suspects you hear about are, of course, greedy and evil individuals. But this platitude, “money is the root of all evil,” carries a lot of weight with people, and it’s important to note that it does not take desperation into account. If I didn’t have a dime, I might hold up a 7-Eleven for a loaf of bread, because I would be desperate enough to do so. But if I were worth $100 million, I would never think of doing that. The lack of money is why people hold up banks.
    After you become successful, give it all away if you like—to your family, to your loved ones, to charity, whatever makes you happy. But before you have any money, you can’t do squat.
    The truth is that it’s the lack of money that is the root of so much evil in the world. Crooks hold you up for money. And they tell us that the single biggest problem with relationships and marriages is money; even infidelity comes in second.
    Money allowed me to make my mother’s life easier. Money allowed me to buy her a house. And to buy her anything she wanted. Without money, I couldn’t have done any of it.
    And for those of you who might say, “Oh, but money can’t make you happy,” well, that’s patently untrue. If you’re a miserable son of a bitch, it’s still better to be a rich , miserable son of a bitch.
    When Scrooge is rehabilitated at the end of A Christmas Carol , he can do a lot of good and make people happy, because he’s got money to do it with. A rehabilitated Scrooge without money wouldn’t be in a position to help anyone much.
    But lest we dwell too much on money, I want to make it clear that it is the love of labor and not the love of money that will give you rewards. There is a big difference between going to work and loving to work. It is important that you take this to heart.
    And when you embark on this great personal journey you’re going to go on, I would suggest you implement my Me, Inc. Business Model.
    Ultimately, even if you are well educated, it is still up to you to figure out how to get a job, and how to make lots of money.
    The answer is, Me, Inc.
    YOU are the corporation.
    YOU are the one who should form a limited liability company.
    YOU are the one who will have to figure out how the capitalist model works. That’s something that they don’t teach the masses.
    The future is here.
    The future is now.
    The old business model had to do with a workplace: a building or an office where everyone came to work. We’re speaking of nonmanufacturing entities. And we’re not addressing farming.
    The old way was expensive. As a company owner, you had to rent or buy a workplace. You had to rent or buy equipment—chairs, desks, computers, filing cabinets—storage facilities, parking, and all sorts of other items.
    There were also many lost hours during the workday. A worker had to travel to and from work. Multiply all that travel time and cost by five days a week and fifty weeks a year, and you’ve got a lot of wasted time and money for one employee.
    The new business model is simpler. And if you can apply it to your endeavor, it will save you a lot of money and a lot of wasted time (which also costs money). If you can, work at home. Save the time and money of commuting to and from work. And save the stress of commuting. Or if you’re starting a company, you work from home and let the Internet do the rest for you.
    The new, twenty-first-century streamlined company can rent a facility for a short time