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Why Working Harder Isn’t the Key to Wealth? Now if working harder was the real key to wealth, every nurse, teacher, and single mom around the world would be an absolute multi-millionaire by now. So you and I both know that working harder is really not the solution. Instead, it all comes down to shifting your energy around money.
Money is Energy—Not Just Numbers
So why is working harder alone not the solution? Because money is energy, and we have a relationship with money just like we have a relationship with people in our life. There is this thing called money that we are in a relationship with, and our energy around that relationship really determines the quality of it.
How Your Relationship with Money Affects Abundance
So imagine you are dating someone or maybe you're married to someone, or whatever it is, to come up with a hypothetical situation that suits your circumstances. Now, if you treated that relationship really badly, really negatively, and if you were always talking bad about it, if you were always giving out about it, saying they're never around, they never do enough—even when they're there you're not appreciating them—what do you think the quality of that relationship would be? Well, it wouldn't be very thriving, would it? It wouldn't be very abundant. You wouldn't be very happy in that relationship.
And yet, that's exactly what so many people do around money. Even when money comes into their life, even when they're like, "Hey, I'm here to support you, I'm here to serve you, where do you need me to go?" still not grateful for it. They're still saying, "Yeah, I know I have that money, but it's not enough." There's always a "but." They're always in this vibration, this energy of "I don't have enough," and they're not even grateful for what they have.
What Happens When You Don’t Appreciate Money
So what do you think money would do? Well, just like if it was a person, it wouldn't really hang around very long, would it? It would say, "I'm clearly not wanted here, I'm not taken care of, I'm not put to good use, and I'm totally underappreciated. I'm gone."
Scarcity Thinking and Subconscious Programming
Now the other aspect of this is that we get what we focus on. So if you're always focused on "not enough"—and I know I've talked about scarcity a lot—but it is like a pandemic in our world. So many people stuck in scarcity. So really challenge yourself: where in your life—specifically in your finances, in your career, anywhere that you're making money—is this coming up for you?
If you're constantly focused on "I don't have enough, there's not enough," then what do you think you're going to be attracting? More opportunities where there's not enough. Because our subconscious mind, that part of our mind that is in control of creating our reality, is always proving us right. So if we are saying "I don't have enough money," it, like a good little servant, is saying, "Okay, thank you for that. I will show you plenty of evidence where you don't have enough."
Why Shifting Your Money Beliefs Matters More Than Math
This is why, to start shifting that, we really have to start shifting our energy, our thoughts, our beliefs around money. And that starts with this understanding that money is not just numbers; it is more to do with how you feel about it.
And I know that might sound a little bit airy fairy, especially when we talk about money. And I am someone who came from corporate finance. I'm an accountant. I studied finance. And I am all in the numbers. But I also know the truth: that how I feel about money is going to impact my relationship with money and my reality around money more than me knowing all the numbers.
The Balance Between Mindset and Money Strategy
Now here's a caveat to this: both are really important. It is why we delve into everything on the rich life mindset. It is why we delve into the strategy, because both are key to be successful.
You can't just think amazing thoughts about money and welcome this money in and have no plan for it, because I've seen it happen too many times where people are making a lot of money and it's going out just as fast and they never get to keep on to it.
You need to know what to do, how to manage it. But it's all part of improving that relationship with money. Because as it flows in, as you shift your relationship with money, as you begin to attract and manifest more, you need to be able to manage it, tell it where to go, tell it how to go to work for you, know how to control it so that money is not controlling you.
The Dangerous Trap of Desperation
Now let's delve into this a little bit deeper, because there's one major mistake that I see people making time and time again. And that is when they start coming into this world of money manifestation and shifting their mindset around money, they go, "Cool, I really want money, my focus has to go on money." And all of a sudden they are so obsessed with money, but it is not from a place of relaxation and calm and abundance.
It is coming from a place of "Well, I haven't had it in the past, she's telling me to focus on money so I'm going to become obsessed with it." And so they become really desperate, and they're coming towards energy, they're coming towards this relationship with a real desperation, a seeking energy, a hoping energy, a wishing, "I pray, I hope, I wish, I'm desperate for this money now."
That is a really repulsive energy. It is to a human being. If you tried to date someone and you came to them with that energy, it would be such a massive turnoff. And the same is true for money. It's really, really, really repelling.
Confidence Attracts—Desperation Repels
Because what is that showing money? If you are actively saying, "I'm desperate for you, I hope that you come into my life," you are actually showing that you don't believe it will, because you're so uncertain, you're so unsure if it will happen. So you're coming at it from a real desperate state.
However, the person who's really confident, the person who has such a faith and a knowing and a trust, the person who really believes, "You know what, I know exactly how manifestation works, I know how I create things in my life, I know the science of manifestation. I don't have to be worried, I don't have to be hoping or wishing or praying to every single angel in the sky, I just know that money is on its way to me."
And so I can look at money from a place of abundance even if it's not there yet. I can think about money and I can feel about money really abundant, really secure, really confident, knowing that I'm grateful for what I have and I know so much more is coming.
Live From Future Abundance—Today
Now for a human being and for money, that is a much more attractive energy. And so also what you're doing from a manifestation point is you're living into your future financial reality now by embodying the energy of abundance today.
And like attracts like. So what you're putting out, you're getting back. You're putting out this energy of certainty around money, of absolute security, of abundance, of knowing. And so that is what you're getting back.
So that is such a major distinction. So please be aware as you start your journey or as you continue your journey all around making more money, bringing more opportunities to make money into your life, attracting more abundance—that you're doing it from that place of abundance already. And we are ditching the desperate energy.
3 Key Action Steps to Transform Your Money Energy
1. Practice appreciation and gratitude for the money that you already have.
Do not make the mistake of looking outside to ask for more while ignoring the abundance you already have. It doesn't matter how big or little your bank account is or how much money you have right now—you have something to be grateful for.
Practice appreciation. A mentor once said, "If I'm not taking care of this, how can I call more in?" So think about where you have money thrown in a drawer, stuck in a can, or just hanging out maybe in your bank account and you're not taking care of it. Start showing appreciation and gratitude for it today.
2. Speak as if it's already happened.
Instead of saying, "Yeah, well that's easy for you to say but I'm broke or I'm still struggling or I'm still just getting by or I haven't made enough yet," start with a different statement. Say: "I'm really grateful for the money I have and I'm in the process of earning, creating, attracting, manifesting even more."
Using the phrase "I am in the process of" can be powerful. It helps soften the statement in your mind and avoid mental rejection.
3. Take control of your money.
It's not enough just to have amazing thoughts around money. You need a clear strategy for how to manage it, how to take control of it, and how to grow it. Create the internal shift, set yourself up to manifest massive abundance, and then have the plan and strategy in place for when that money is flowing in.
Know exactly how to make the most of every single dollar, euro, or pound—and make that money work for you too.
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