My HBO email from yesterday sparked a lot of responses about bad money beliefs…
So I want to share an important money lesson that has really helped me over the past few years…
And that’s the idea that you DON’T have to believe the same things about money that your parents do.
For example…
Here’s a few things my parents believe about money…
– Rich people are only rich because they got lucky
– Rich people are assholes
– Money isn’t everything (usually this is said as a way to make them feel better about not having as much as someone else)
– Money doesn’t grow on trees
– People who own apartments are slumlords
– A steady paycheck is better than taking risk
– Don’t waste money on things that aren’t necessary
– You have to work hard to make money
– Investing is like gambling
– If you make too much money, you’re greedy
I could go on and on with this…
But you get the idea.
As you can see, my parents have a pretty bad relationship with money.
They don’t understand it…
They’re scared of it.
And they resent people who have it (except their son, who they’re proud of LOL)However, most of these bad beliefs were ingrained into me when I was a kid.
So I’ve done a lot of work over the last four years to unwind them…
Some of them Ive gotten rid of by simply seeing that they’re not true (i.e. most of the rich people I know are incredibly generous, and they’re not assholes).
I’ve also learned that a lot of these have shades of grey to them (i.e. investing can be gambling if you’re trading altcoins on leverage, but investing can also be pretty safe if you’re buying things like index funds)
So most of the beliefs my parents have about money, I don’t believe anymore.
Others are still with me.
I know I’ll never erase all of them…
But the big idea here is to simply understand that you DON’T have to believe the same things about money that your parents believe.
Sure when you were 14, you kind of had to, otherwise you’d get grounded.
But now?
You’re free to believe what you want.
And guess what?
Your parents are probably wrong about a LOT of things with money.
I can guarantee you that.
Cause they’ve probably never even thought about their money beliefs.
They’re simply repeating the same shit their parents said to them.
That’s how this works.
But like I said, you have the chance to break that.
And create your own set of beliefs about money.
That’s a simple idea…
But it’s one that’ll help you make a whole lot more dough in your lifetime.
Make sense?
I hope so.
Cause that’s all I got for ya today.
Enjoy your Thursday.
– Justin
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