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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina  Actually money is quite powerless. You can give your power to money, but that will only weaken you. If you think you need money to do great things, you're procrastinating by creating an unnecessary obstacle to expressing your greatness. You can build a good flow of money to enhance your self-expression, but money is powerless to help you create that expression. |
I've had that quote, plus your next one
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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina Seriously, part of the reason people suffer from financial scarcity is the silly thought that money will somehow give them power if they don't already feel powerful w/o it.
The main reason I have plenty of money flowing through my life these days is that I figured out how to empower myself when I was broke. That internal sense of empowerment is far more important than any amount of cash. If you throw lots of cash at a disempowered person, they'll just find a way to blow it on stupid stuff.
Money doesn't bestow power. Money can only serve as an additional channel for your current level of power. If you feel powerless w/o money, you'll feel just as powerless with it. Powerless people who inherit lots of money spend a good deal of time being paranoid about losing it. |
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same thread resonating in my head and heart since I read them a few days ago. I'm so glad to see you expand on them in that article!
Somehow, when I was in my late 20s, I knew to ask myself the question: If I had unlimited money and unlimited energy, what would I do? Then I set about finding ways to make that very thing happen. Being broke a lot of the time now, it's hard to remember that enthusiasm and optimism. But I suspect it's me that's gone off course, not the principle behind that thought. Your article (and that previous discussion) was very timely for me.