How Have Your Money Beliefs Shaped Your Life?

Whether we realize it or not, many of us are stuck in a “money pattern” – and it affects everything we think, see, and do around money.

Our beliefs about money have been handed down to us through generations, in a variety of different ways, shaping how we view the subject of money.

Think about the news you see on television or hear on the radio or read in the newspaper. How much of it is fear-based? How much of it stems from scarcity – the fear of never having enough or being good enough?

Now think about the news you’ve been given through others – about money. What have you learned about money – through your family, your friends, your colleagues, and from society?

Take a moment to ponder the money decisions you make on a day-to-day basis, both personally and professionally.

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