The Top 10 Destructive Money Beliefs and
How to Overcome Them
Article by Dan Klatt
InnerWealthMastery.com
If you're not making as much money as you'd like, then
you're holding onto some negative beliefs about
yourself and how much money you're capable of handling.
In this article we'll go through 10 of the most common
(and most limiting) examples of how people hold
themselves back financially.
Subscribers to my ezine, "The Abundant Mind," get a
Money Beliefs Quiz. From their results I've compiled
these Top 10 Destructive Money Beliefs. How many can
you relate to?
10. "Money is not spiritual."
Here's the belief that you're somehow more spiritual or
more likely to have a better afterlife if you sacrifice
greatly this time around. Or that you'll suffer after
you die if you pursue the things you want, which you
need money to buy. This belief is most often an effect
of people's religious upbringing. Remember, you're here
to live life fully right now. (Also see belief No. 1.)
9. "I'll get to it tomorrow."
When you put things off, you step out of the natural
flow which includes Abundance coming into your life.
It's almost always based on your fear that you'll fail
anyway, and that will disappoint you. So you delay what
you feel is inevitable. Once you start living in the
moment, though, you let go of the grip the past held on
you. You realize you're a new person now. You've
learned and grown a lot since the last time things
didn't go as planned. (And that only happened
because you still had not learned something you
needed then to succeed, which you probably
know now.)
8. "I'll probably just fail anyway."
We've probably all heard the wisdom of Wayne Gretzky: "You always miss the shot you don't take." When people
don't take action because they're afraid they'll fail,
well, guess what, by not even trying they already have
failed. You have already succeeded just by moving
forward. You may not achieve your objectives right
away, yet you will still have learned some valuable
lessons. And that makes it more likely you'll succeed
next time.
7. "But we can't afford that."
This kind of thinking comes from scarcity and lack, not
Abundance. It also gets people to focus on what they
don't have (which empowers them "not-having"). They
feel like the things they do have are not enough.
Instead, when you appreciate everything you do have,
you come from Abundance and start bringing the things
you want closer to you. You also realize there is no
limit to what you can become, accomplish or have.
6. "Rich people are greedy and dishonest."
The first person to spread this untruth must have been
a poor person. The fact is that most people who become
wealthy are at least somewhat aware of the spiritual
principles that allowed them to prosper. A key part of
that is to stay in the flow, which means giving back.
Rich people are among the most generous, too, and they
started their habit of giving long before they started
having a lot of money. Coincidence? Not a chance.
5. "If I'm successful, my friends will be jealous and
stop liking me."
Remember that we live in an abundant universe. There IS
enough for everyone. People who envy what others have
are coming from scarcity and actually are a harmful
influence on your Abundant Mind. It's actually critical
to your experience of prosperity to only allow
positive, supportive and inspiring messages into your
brain. (And that especially includes your own
thoughts!)
4. "I'm no better than my parents, so I shouldn't make
more than they did."
The world was much different when your parents were
where you're at. Tools like the Internet have made it
possible for everyone to make a lot of money doing what
they love. Besides, your parents may have struggled
precisely to give you a better life than they had. They
loved you and would want it no other way.
3. "I might forget what's truly important and not like
the person I've become."
People who are greedy still come from scarcity and
lack. (And if they made lots of money, they will not
enjoy it and are more likely to lose it.) Instead,
you'll come from Abundance, and you know that
encompasses far more than material wealth. In fact,
it requires a balance between great health, meaningful
relationships, ample time for relaxation and playing,
and truly enjoying your financial abundance. You
will have an abundance of happiness when you
come from an Abundant Mind.
2. "Money is the root of all evil."
This is the most common error we learn from our parents
and religious institutions, and it keeps millions in
poverty and a slave to money. That, by the way, is the
only way we may judge money as "evil" - when it
controls us. And that only happens when we feel we need
it, because we're coming from scarcity and lack. When
you come from Abundance, money becomes a tool to enjoy
the finer things in life and to give you everything you
need to fulfill your life purpose. That's why we're
here, right?
1. "I'm not worthy."
Did you realize that fully 90 percent of the population
has an issue with low self-esteem? It's the No. 1 thing
that holds people back and prevents them from living
their dreams. When people feel they don't deserve
wealth or abundance in any area, they don't take the
opportunities they're given and instead do nothing and
complain about people who have become abundant. They
also make up lots of excuses to justify how life has
done them wrong. Instead, please realize that The
Abundant Mind is what separates the richest person from
the crowd, and you can choose right now to come from
Abundance and take your place among the wealthy. You
ARE worthy.
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