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Difference Between Want and Need

garthjen

Published on June 26, 2014

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Knowing the difference here at WA has become very important to me indeed. In fact I think it's so important that I have written an article about it and posted it to my website. The reason I'm blogging about it here, is that I would like to create a discussion, so that I can get members views on the subject.

As I understand it:- want (you want an ice cream, you want to go to the movies, you want a hot dog). You get the idea.

need (you need food and water to survive, you need to breathe, you need a roof over your head, you need money to buy those extra pleasures).

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My take on these two words as far as WA goes is:- I want to learn here, I want to do internet marketing, in order to earn extra money. But do I need to learn here at WA. Without the need to make extra money, would I want to be here spending hours sitting at my computer, when I could be enjoying myself with friends and the short answer is NO.

So what am I doing it for?

This is where I need some community involvement. Tell us a bit about why you are here. Is it because you want to be here or because you have (need) to be here.

Your answers will be very important to me and maybe some other members as well.

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