Changing your mindset towards money is crucial if you want to experience a sustainable shift in the way you relate to money. We relate to money at an emotional level. Hence, money means different things to different people. These differences show up in close relationships, which can lead to conflict if there is no clear communication. Our upbringing has something to do with how we relate to money.
We have no control over how we were raised or the environment we were raised in. However, we have control over our thoughts and our environment. We can choose what to think or who to hang out with. Changing your mindset towards money starts from here. You can choose to take back control.
We all face financial demands and pressures in different shapes and forms. How we respond to them depends on who we are at that moment. Different people will respond differently to the same stimulus. You choose your response. It is not forced on you.
I remember many instances my flight has been delayed. It is interesting to watch the response of different passengers. While some would become really upset and storm to the boarding gate, others will get a drink and some will bring out a book to read or a laptop to work on. Among this group are those that realize there is nothing they can do about it, hence the decision to catch up on work or their reading. They consciously make good use of the waiting time rather than expend energy on what they have no control over.
If you keep attempting a task and find that you are not making any headway, it means you are not there yet. You are going about it the wrong way. You can choose to find out how it works rather than keep giving excuses why you have not succeeded. Success leaves clues. If others figured out how to do it, chances are you can too. They are not smarter than you. They simply figured it out.
If you are willing to learn and keep learning till you get it, you will get the same results. By changing your mindset towards money, you start to see differently, feel differently, and act differently. Your upbringing is not a death sentence. You can change your conditioning and change your life. Nobody is too old to change.
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