Financial success is founded in our mind, not our budget.
Author: Kari Hoopes


Financial success is not founded in a budget but in our
mind. To be successful, we must shift our paradigm about
money to properly manage it. This includes having a
positive impression about money and therefore attracting
it. It also includes feeling comfortable having money. If
we don't feel comfortable with money it becomes water in
our hands, easily lost. To have a greater chance of
financial success in life, we need to embrace the positive
opinions we have about money but also recognize the
negative opinions we have fostered and change them.

Let's think about this in another way. Perhaps you hate
your boss. You feel that all he does is sit in his big
office designing his upcoming vacation while you are doing
all the work. This bitterness will be reflected in your
interaction with him as well as with other people. The
likelihood of your being recognized for your
accomplishments declines with each passing day. You then
begin to strive more for recognition by working harder and
more independently. Slowly you withdraw and are no longer
considered a "team player". A pernicious cycle has
developed which becomes harder to break. An easy and common
path to follow to which the root is resentment; fostered by
any one of a million reasons, the resentment of the thing
that you ultimately desire (to be the boss) has caused you
to lose any chance of obtaining it.

Think about your situation in life and ask yourself if you
are sabotaging yourself. Don't think your job is a dead end
with no prospects, don't perpetually persist at your job
hoping and searching for something better. The very act of
doing this has tainted your prospects there and anywhere
else. It is your perception that has hindered you. Make the
most of every day, and set yourself a standard of the
highest work ethic. Your current job may not be what you
desire but by changing your mentality, that situation will
change, both in your mind and physically.

If we now go back to the analogy of before, what would you
do if you became the boss? Answer. It depends. If you have
not changed your paradigm, you will be fighting the deep
held opinion that as the boss you are not earning your pay.
This is the opinion you had about your own boss and you
will have it about yourself. This can be quickly remedied
by realizing how much the boss really does, or it can break
down your self worth. Fortunately, most people who get a
promotion will quickly realize that the higher your pay,
the greater the expectations. An employee is always paid in
concert with their value to the company. If it were not so,
the company would not be in business. We must learn to
always be positive, seek out our goals, and be grateful
when we achieve them.

In summary, a good financial paradigm starts with your
understanding that you must have a positive attitude about
money, yourself, and your potential. You need to accept
that there is nothing wrong with having money, and that all
the money you have was earned. You must also believe in
yourself and have a firm conviction that you can accomplish
anything. Then you must go out and work for it.


About the Author:

Dr. Hoopes is the scientist behind
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customized bath and body gift sets.