Capital is when resources are retained and only the profit (income) may be spent (TheFreeDictionary.com).
These concepts
are commonly used in economics. I only came across them this week, during
a talk given by my colleague. She is not an economist, so she used these
concepts in regards to reproductive strategies. I think it is really
interesting. An income breeder/spawner, therefore, refers to provision of offspring by using
energy “on-the-go”. Basically,
during a limited period of time, organisms adopting this strategy use the
energy for breeding/spawning at the same time it is being obtained. On the
other hand, a capital breeder/spawner refers to those who provision offspring using their energy
reserves, which were earlier stored (Houston et al.
2006).
Bearing these
concepts in mind, are you an income or a capital person? Would you rather spend
all your energy now and be small, or save some to use at a proper time in life
and be larger? Yes, if you are a capital person, then you need to be bigger in
order to survive through tough times.
I would say it
is a good approach to be something in between. I like to live my life at its
fullest, but I do agree it is also good to invest in better outcomes, in higher
achievements.
Sometimes one, sometimes the other.
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