We read fabulous stories of women being so successful in business, and making millions of dollars. You might even ask if this is true, and is it possible.
Yes, the stories are true and it is possible, but one of the first things you need to do is to work on your money mindset.
What is MONEY MINDSET?
It is your thoughts, feelings and beliefs about money.
What do you think of, when I say the word MONEY?
Some people find they already have a physical response just knowing that money is the topic. Or maybe if you hear a discussion about debt, then all your feelings of guilt and shame appear. Or is it talking about becoming a millionaire. What thoughts and feelings does this bring up?
Do you have a very poor opinion of millionaires? It is not surprising. We hear so many stories of corruption, of infidelity, of lying and cheating that we really have to wonder if this is what we want. Of course, what you do not hear, are the stories of all the wonderful millionaires that are doing amazing things in the world – but that is not interesting enough for the newspapers and magazines.
What you feel about millionaires is your money mindset.
You might have thoughts such as money corrupts, or the rich are greedy. It is not spiritual to make money. It is greedy to think about money. These thoughts are all part of your money mindset.
Thinking about your business and your goals, do you feel stress and anxiety? Do you feel that you are “not good enough”, or you do not have what it takes? Where you told that you will never amount to anything, or maybe it was insinuated that you are “just a girl” so your education is not that important because you will just grow up and become a mother.
These are also part of your money mindset.
Maybe you feel that you are not good with money, or with numbers. You were never good at math’s at school, and you stay away from topics like bookkeeping and accounting.
These are also part of your money mindset and are just limiting beliefs.
All these thoughts are holding you back, and not allowing you to be the success in your business that you dream of.
In order to move ahead in your business and in your life, it is time to change these beliefs that have been holding you back, and create new money beliefs so that you can shine.
It is possible and very doable in a short space of time.
First step is to find what the money beliefs are.
If you are not sure if you have any money beliefs that are holding you back look at some important numbers:
- Current income
- Current ‘bad’ debt – that is things like credit cards, shop loans, car loans
- Amount of money in your saving account – ideally this will be about three months’ worth of living expenses.
How do you feel when you look at these numbers? Are they what you want them to be? These represent your money mindset, and sometimes it can be hard to accept. There are so many reasons why things look like they do, but it all boils down to this is where it is at right now.
Second step is to write down all the thoughts and feelings that came up as you looked at those numbers. Everything, even if it does not feel relevant. All the anger, guilt shame, stress, frustration, hurt, sadness. All of it. Plus, any memories of things people have said to you.
These are all fodder for your tapping practice. Taking the most painful of the thoughts and tap through everything that comes up. And the next day do the next thought. Each day you will find that your thoughts get easier, and there is less stress around money
You can change your income, by changing your money mindset.