One of the things I’ve been working on in the background over the past ~year is changing my relationship to money. This has allowed me to make more of it while feeling great about it.
Here are the 2 biggest shifts I made:
1. I had a deep-rooted sub-conscious belief that if I got money, it would corrupt me, amplify the worst parts of me. Then, I realized that having money will allow me to hire coaches and advisors who’s sole purpose is to help me reach my deepest values. I spent lots of time consciously visualizing this, and recognizing on a deep level that I could consciously direct my money to amplify the best parts of me.
2. I used to view money as a transaction, a fair trade between giving money, and getting something back of equal or greater value. But, that caused me to miss out on the human component of money—it caused me to focus on the money and the product, rather than the people behind them.
Another parallel perspective I’ve adopted is that money is a gift. A gift of trust in the person being bought from, a gift of freedom in the sense of what the money means. When someone gifts me money, I’ve gotten in the habit of consciously “receiving” that money, with gratitude and love. This has changed how I approach my products, and how I approach my “customers”.
These two shifts have allowed me to be more comfortable with money, even develop a powerful, mutually beneficial relationship with it :).
One of the things I’ve been working on in the background over the past ~year is changing my relationship to money. This has allowed me to make more of it while feeling great about it.
Here are the 2 biggest shifts I made:
1. I had a deep-rooted sub-conscious belief that if I got money, it would corrupt me, amplify the worst parts of me. Then, I realized that having money will allow me to hire coaches and advisors who’s sole purpose is to help me reach my deepest values. I spent lots of time consciously visualizing this, and recognizing on a deep level that I could consciously direct my money to amplify the best parts of me.
2. I used to view money as a transaction, a fair trade between giving money, and getting something back of equal or greater value. But, that caused me to miss out on the human component of money—it caused me to focus on the money and the product, rather than the people behind them.
Another parallel perspective I’ve adopted is that money is a gift. A gift of trust in the person being bought from, a gift of freedom in the sense of what the money means. When someone gifts me money, I’ve gotten in the habit of consciously “receiving” that money, with gratitude and love. This has changed how I approach my products, and how I approach my “customers”.
These two shifts have allowed me to be more comfortable with money, even develop a powerful, mutually beneficial relationship with it :).