The Top 5 Ways People Mess Up Their Money, Part V

[Jenifer Madson]

Today we're talking about the last in the series of top ways we mess up our money, which is when we:

5. Apply technical answers to emotional questions.

Money is a hot, emotional topic for many people, and no mutual fund is going to cure that. In fact, no amount of technical financial information is going to help you succeed if you can't first see yourself as worthy of that success.

To make the most of your money, you have to create an internal identity that says "Financial Success is my destiny!", not just a possibility or a hope, because hope is not a strategy.

But how do you create that identity of success if your financial past has been about pain and confusion?

You committo choosing new thoughts, consciously and consistently.

Take A Minute:
What are you choosing to believe about your chances for financial success?

Make A Minute:
Create a Financial Identity Statement of the success you want to believe you're destined for. Write it in present-day terms, as if it's already happening. Make time to say it out loud, several times a day if you have to, until it feels like the truth to you.

Once you have a positive internal dialogue, you will access the technical information provided by financial experts in a way you've never experienced before, because you will now choose external solutions that are aligned with the internal vision you've created.