Money Talks: How Do You Talk Back?
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Your mind works on many levels, and the subconscious mind interprets what you say consciously to be reality. That’s why the way you talk about money can cause shifts in your relationship to money. So if you change the way you talk about the money, your subconscious goes to work making your new conversations a reality. This works both ways, sometimes we subconsciously say things about money that reflect our bad relationship to money, other times we say things without realizing the impact that they might have on our income or ability to budget.
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Accepting The Source Of Your Income
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Starting from a young age, we are taught that we need to work hard, get a job and earn our money. This mentality is great to motivate youth to get off the couch and develop a little bit of ambition. The downside of teaching everyone that they need to work hard to earn their income is that it develops a scarcity mentality. It also causes us to think that the only way for us to create income in our lives is to work harder or to generate it by adding a second or third job into our already busy lives. This type of “work is the only way to get money” thinking can also lead people away from their true purpose in life, their true passions
One clear example of this type of narrow mindedness came about in my own life. I was always taught that in order to be successful I needed a lot of money, and therefore that meant that I needed to get a very high paying job and work grueling hours. And I did. I got several high paying jobs and worked upwards of 60 hours per week, despite still being enrolled in school in a co-op program. It was all great for awhile because I believed that I had reached my “success goal” and that I was finally successful because my income was coming from a high paying job. But then things started to unravel, as they are so likely to do in such situations. My health got worse and I started to loose my hair, my acne flared up and I was always tired. My relationships suffered immensely because I had to move away from my boyfriend, my friends and family. Continue reading »
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How to Start Down the Road to Financial Freedom
Photo by Luz V. For beginners it may seem hard to even envision themselves as being truly financially free, financially stable or even debt free. But it is possible, and there are definite steps to take to achieve this freedom. The process of starting down the road to financial freedom can be undertaken in three steps: making a commitment and setting your mindset, instilling yourself with a feeling of conviction, and finally undertaking bold action in the face of uncertainty.
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