Battle Of The Riches: Good vs. Evil. Which Side Is Money On?
Why Become Wealthy? Believe it or not, Ive actually been asked this question by a student of mine! She totally did not get why anyone would want to be wealthy. After asking her to define what it was to be wealthy for the class I quickly became aware that she had a mental block to becoming wealthy. To her, Rich people acquired their secure financial state by abusing and crushing those around them to gain more and more money.
With that sort of paradigm floating around in her head, is it any wonder that this woman had problems saving money? She was in continual battle with herself! She knew she needed money, but anytime she had too high a savings account she would splurge on some item and blow out her stash of cash so that she was back to living paycheck to paycheck. Ouch! How painful is that?
To my sadness, this student is not alone in her assessment of rich people. Throughout my travels, classes and seminars I find that roughly 45% of the people who are having problems with money have to deal with this issue first before anything else can happen! No, it is not your credit card debt that is the...