Not on your life. But stop pushing them and often they come around to your way of thinking. Whenever you are desperate for anything, you create an energy around you which pushes it away. Our desperation for it screws up the whole thing. Put another way, the more emotional you are about things, the less control you have.
Most people are very emotional about money - so they are out of control.
When you do have something, you need to be comfortable enough with it to keep some of it - and know there's more coming. You get more of what you want, by giving away some of what you have. When you want a smile, you give yours. When you want affection, you give affection. When you help people, they help you.