Money beliefs and attitudes

Ever wonder why one person is a big spender, another is a big saver, and yet another wants to stick head in the sand about their finances? What will believe about money impacts how we handle it. - Maria Lin

How you deal with money is determined by what you think about money.  What were you told about money growing up. What are your money beliefs? Could you write them down? You may not have thought about it but it's likely those beliefs are in your subconscious mind, be it positive or negative.

When I was growing up, I heard statements like "Money doesn't grow on trees", "Money is hard to get", "money is scarce", I never new those statements were unconsciously deep-rooted and realised it controlled the major part of my thoughts life about money. What I heard most were the negative beliefs more than the positive ones.

What goes on in your subconscious mind wields much power than your conscious mind. Most of these beliefs comes from what we learnt from our parents, what others say and what they would like us to believe. What you see and hear affects your life consistently,

E.g.  Negative money beliefs :
1. It is easier to spend than save money
2. There is a limit to how much I can earn
3. It is hard to hold unto money
4. Money is filthy or dirty
5. Money is scarce

E.g. Positive money beliefs:
1. It is easier to save than spend money
2. There is no limit to how much I can earn
3. It is not hard to hold unto money
4. Money is beautiful
5. Money is in abundance
                                    
Consciously or subconsciously, we choose the role money plays in our lives. So "We" not our money or lack of it are solely responsible for our attitudes, beliefs,action and happiness.

Who you are determines how you see things. Reprogramme your mind and have a positive belief towards money. If you see money as been scarce, it will be scarce. If you see it as abundant, then you have abundance.

Once you accept that some of the money beliefs you have are negative beliefs, you can begin to realign your thoughts towards positive money beliefs and let go of the false beliefs.

 It is a process of changing your money behaviour. Once you can realign your thought process towards positive money beliefs by believing money is good, money is in abundance, I can handle money, I can manage money. Then you are on your pathway to financial freedom.