The Money Mindset That's Been Holding You Back (And How to Break Free) | Lewis Howes

0:00Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.

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0:49Twelve and a half years of interviews on the School of Greatness. Some of the wealthiest people in the world that I've had on, billionaires, people have exited companies worth hundreds of millions of dollars and people that just continue to be money-making machines on this show. I asked so many of them this question when I'm sitting across them right here and I say, what is one of the keys to earning more in your business or in your personal income every single year over the last five, seven, 10, 20 years? And I'll sit down and I'll ask him and I'll say, what is one of the biggest reasons? And so many of them say, I give more every year.

1:29I give more of my money to causes that I care about, to my church, to people in need. I give more away. And it's one of the greatest gifts. Now, I'm not saying you have to give all your money away in order to make money, but so many of these wealthy individuals that I've had on say, one of the keys to making more is actually giving more. And that can be giving more value, giving more of your time, giving more resources, being more present, being more connected, being more curious, just giving more of you. It doesn't mean you have to give money, but giving more of you to add value to other people.

2:07That's one of the biggest things. You don't have to be bad to make money. Not all bad people who have money are bad people. They didn't do bad things. There's a lot of people who've made money who've done good. And so you have to flip that switch because if you believe and have a belief that people who've made a lot of money have done bad things, you're not going to align yourself with making more money. You'll be out of alignment because you don't want to be a bad person. So you want to be, you want to take the moral high ground and say, I want to be a good person. I don't want to hurt people.

2:38So you're blocking your ability to manifest more money, more relationships, more love, more freedom because you're blocking your financial flow. and not everyone is going to be happy for you. And that's okay. Again, sometimes when you start to accelerate and succeed and earn more, your peer group may not necessarily be on the same track as you. Leave a comment or like this video right now if you've experienced this, where maybe you've blown past your high school friend group, your college friend group, or your first career friend group and you're starting to accelerate. You're starting to add more value, overcome your fears, develop more skills.

3:22And you're seeing, oh, I'm getting raises. I'm making more money. I'm learning about money. I'm investing some of my money and I'm seeing that grow. And I'm starting to have different conversations because I'm learning and reading and I'm around people that are thinking differently than high school friends or college friends. It doesn't mean all your high school or college friends are bad or wrong or anything, but if they're not growing at the same speed as you, you just may be in a different perspective of life, that's all. It doesn't mean you can't still be friends with these people. It's just when you succeed, sometimes people around you are really happy for you.

3:55Sometimes people around you get jealous, get upset, get fearful, get offended, get afraid. And it doesn't mean they're wrong or bad for this. And it doesn't mean you're wrong or bad for wanting to accelerate your life and make more. But you just have to be aware of this. You're not a bad person by going off and chasing your dreams, chasing your goals, trying to earn more, trying to provide more for you and your family and create the life you want. I had, I do a series called Awkward Therapy with my friend Jay Shetty, who is a former monk who made no money for a number of years when he was living as a monk.

4:35And he used to have more of a limiting belief around money, thinking that in order to be spiritual, you have to be poor. You can't make money because you just have to live a spiritual life and just give and serve all day And you shouldn't have anything and I was like, you know I think that might be a limiting belief for you because if you're able to make more money You're able to make more good in the world, too You're gonna have more resources to be able to create more serve more you can hire more people you can impact Communities you can give more back to charities that you care about But if you have no money, no resources, and you're just living this poor life, how is that also teaching and embodying to others abundance?

5:18Just because you have spiritual abundance, but you're blocking abundance in other ways, means you're creating more stress as well. So I'm not saying you have to make money and have to create financial freedom for yourself. but if you're trying to make a bigger impact, a bigger change in humanity as well, money's a good thing. And if it's used for good, that's going to create more opportunities for you as well. So I want you guys to start shifting this narrative that people who've made a lot of money are bad, and they've done something wrong to get there, and I'm better because I live a, you know, poor lifestyle or something.

5:56You don't need to live that way.

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