How to make a difference by getting your money working hard for you “For me to have, someone else must go without” If I wanted more, it meant I was greedy; it meant fighting for it, squabbles and conflict like a crazy vulture feeding frenzy. I actually used to think like that, and surprise, surprise, as long as I believed that, my wealth didn’t grow. Like many people I grew up misunderstanding how wealth and money works and so believed that it was somehow limited and if I got more someone else would lose out. Most of us develop a set of beliefs, values, meta programs and rules that don’t support us. We have conflicting values around money and wealth which cause us real pain. Often a person may say they want to be wealthy, they really want financial freedom and financial security. But they may also have a belief that having money is bad, that it hurts other people to have money and so just as they begin to have money they do something to sabotage themselves and lose it all again. I’m so glad I finally learned the truth. Wealth is unlimited. There is “enough” for everyone and it is up to each of us to expand the value and wealth in the world. At one of my Wealth Weekender events a woman came to me in tears. She said, “Ann, I just don’t see 48
how I can feel good about having a lot of money when others have so little.” I empathized with her because I had also been crippled by the same very disempowering belief, but, because I had been there, I could help. I asked her a few simple questions: • • • •
“What good do you do for poor people by being one of them?” “Whom do you help by being broke?” “Aren’t you then just another mouth to feed, another person someone else must look after?” “Wouldn’t it be more effective for you to create wealth for yourself and then be able to really help others from a place of strength instead of weakness?”
If you have the wherewithal to have a lot of money, have it. Why? Because the truth is that we are extremely fortunate to be living in this society, a society whereby each person has the freedom to be what never they desire, a freedom that was hard fought by many amazing people. By Ann Wilson, The Wealth Chef sharing the recipes for wealth. Follow her on Twitter @thewealthchef
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