Wealth Building Wednesday: Rewriting Your Money Story
Stories are the operating systems that run our brains, often making decisions for us before we’re even aware we’ve made them. It’s the stories we tell ourselves about who we are and how things work that drive the emotions we experience and the behaviors we choose based on those things. If you find that you’re constantly struggling with money, it’s time to examine – and rewrite – your money story. Early Experiences with Money Shape Beliefs around Money “We can’t afford that” and “we don’t have enough money” were common stories I heard when I was growing up about why my family couldn’t afford something I needed or wanted. The reason, I was told, that we didn’t have enough was that we didn’t make enough money. I learned from my mother that some people were “rich” and had more than enough and that some people, like us, were “poor” and didn’t have enough. Rich people were rich because they made lots of money and could afford to buy whatever they needed or wanted – which is ...