One of the things that held me back as a young entrepreneur was the shitty beliefs I had about money.
For example…
I used to believe that rich people were assholes
This one I heard all the time from my parents growing up.
They thought anyone with money was bad.
So I believed the same.
This is pretty typical thinking in blue-collar families.
But in my experience its simply not true.
Now that I have money, I can tell ya that almost everyone I know with money is certainly not an asshole.
And if they are, it ain’t the money that made them an asshole. They probably already were one before they had money.
Let’s look at another bad belief about money that I had…
Selling is sleazy
I’m not sure when I learned this one.
But when I got into copywriting, I had some real hangups about selling stuff and forcing people to part with their money.
I thought I was ripping them off…
And that I was winning and they were losing.
Think about that…
How well are you gonna be able to sell something if you feel like what you’re doing is sleazy?
And that you’re ripping someone off…
Not very well.
The reality is that if you’re selling something that will help people, then it’s a win-win situation.
You win…
And they win too…
That’s what selling is.
And the more you believe it’s a win-win, the more you’ll sell.
Alright let’s do one more of these.
This one might have been the one that held me back the most.
It’s hard to make a lot of money
I grew up in a tiny town in Ohio where making $50k a year meant you were doing well.
That was the mentality.
And in order to get that $50k, you had to work hard for it.
Which meant lots of hours…
And usually doing some type of manual labor.
That belief stuck with me for a while.
In my 20’s I thought money was hard to make.
And I believed that every dollar had to be earned through hard work.
I now know this is not true.
Making money doesn’t have to be hard.
In fact, it can be relatively easy to make (if you’re doing the right things).
And you can have days where you make $5k, $20k or even $100k or more.
If you would have asked me fifteen years ago if I would have days where I made over $100k in a day, I would have thought you were nuts.
But I’ve done it numerous times now.
And it’s usually not any harder than my other days.
So point being…
Get rid of this idea that money is hard to make.
The reality is that money can be quite easy to make if you’re in the right situation.
So there ya go…
That’s a few of the money beliefs that held me back when I was younger.
Hope ya got a nugget or two from this that resonated with you…
Enjoy your Saturday,
– Justin
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