As important as our emotions and thoughts about money are, so is taking financial action. Unfortunately financial freedom doesn’t come from having a good paycheck but from making money work for us.
You Need a Tribe to Thrive Financially
There’s nothing like having people who ask you – “how can I help you reach your business goals today” and then go all out and help you reach those goals. That sense of support and feeling of connectedness has helped me on my entrepreneurial journey…
Defining Success For Ourselves
We lose control of our destiny when we let others define success for us
Jim Rohn once said, “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.”
When I started out as an entrepreneur, after graduating from business school, I had very set ideas on how to build a startup and what a writer turned entrepreneur should do. After all I had spent God knows how much money getting an MBA to buy into academia’s ideas of success and entrepreneurship.
5 Ways to Hold Yourself Financially Accountable without Beating Yourself Up
The first thing I did when I decided to get out of debt was commit to becoming more financially accountable to myself, not just others.
How to Get Over the Fear of Checking Your Bank Account
There are times when I have to take a breath, look at myself in the mirror and marvel at how far I’ve come.
This isn’t ego, it’s just that there was a time in my life when the mere thought of checking my bank account would bring me close to tears and crippled with anxiety.
I couldn’t discuss money openly and freely the way I do now. And going to the bank meant spending a few minutes dealing with panic attacks.
I had a very real fear of checking my bank account and seeing my bank balance.
And this fear left me feeling ashamed.
Why Earning More Money Will Not Solve Your Financial Problems
Suddenly having lots of money, when we haven’t dealt with our issues around money could worsen our bad financial habits because we’re now dealing with our issues on a larger scale...