Myths about Money – More Money Means More Happiness
There are so many myths about money it of course won’t be possible to cover them all in a short video blog series, but I wanted to address the three main myths which I think, once addressed, could have a positive impact on your life.
This week we look at our final Myth of the series – more money means more happiness.
Can't watch the video today? Why not read the transcript:
We all know in our hearts that this myth isn’t true but it doesn’t actually stop us trying to earn more money, trying to get ‘more stuff’ and, somehow, believing that this will make us happy!
Here’s a question for you though; it’s all very well talking about this ‘stuff’ but what do you actually do about it?
We need some action that will help us to think more sensibly about our lives and about our money.
So here’s the concept, of which I’m sure many of you will have heard of before - The concept of Gratitude.
The diagram is pretty straight forward (I am indebted to Carl Richards for it!) Put your name in the middle and you are surrounded by a circle of gratitude. It’s almost as if gratitude inoculates us from the crazy sort of greediness that can take hold of us at times. I then suggest that you take the gratitude challenge.
It takes about 21 days to change a habit – take a look the circle of gratitude or the Gratitude Habit website for a little more in depth background to this. For 21 days you write down in a gratitude journal 3 very simple things that you are grateful for. I’m sure you’re grateful for your health, you’re grateful for your children, you’re grateful for so many, many things, so many blessings that we have all received. Make sure you put these into your journal!
My belief is that in doing so, you will actually change your attitude towards your money and the way you connect your money to your life. What you are effectively doing is creating a different attitude towards your financial planning in your life.
My hope is that this will enable you to have or create something that is much more meaningful and much more about you, rather than some sort of crazy idea about having to have lots of Porsche’s in the drive and that kind of stuff…. Frankly, it’s a bit silly and not that all that meaningful!
I hope you find this blog helpful. Please do let me know if you decide to take the Gratitude Challenge. I’ll be delighted to hear from you.
Regards,
Nicholas.
REFERENCES:
www.thnx4.org
This week we look at our final Myth of the series – more money means more happiness.
Can't watch the video today? Why not read the transcript:
We all know in our hearts that this myth isn’t true but it doesn’t actually stop us trying to earn more money, trying to get ‘more stuff’ and, somehow, believing that this will make us happy!
Here’s a question for you though; it’s all very well talking about this ‘stuff’ but what do you actually do about it?
We need some action that will help us to think more sensibly about our lives and about our money.
So here’s the concept, of which I’m sure many of you will have heard of before - The concept of Gratitude.
The diagram is pretty straight forward (I am indebted to Carl Richards for it!) Put your name in the middle and you are surrounded by a circle of gratitude. It’s almost as if gratitude inoculates us from the crazy sort of greediness that can take hold of us at times. I then suggest that you take the gratitude challenge.
It takes about 21 days to change a habit – take a look the circle of gratitude or the Gratitude Habit website for a little more in depth background to this. For 21 days you write down in a gratitude journal 3 very simple things that you are grateful for. I’m sure you’re grateful for your health, you’re grateful for your children, you’re grateful for so many, many things, so many blessings that we have all received. Make sure you put these into your journal!
My belief is that in doing so, you will actually change your attitude towards your money and the way you connect your money to your life. What you are effectively doing is creating a different attitude towards your financial planning in your life.
My hope is that this will enable you to have or create something that is much more meaningful and much more about you, rather than some sort of crazy idea about having to have lots of Porsche’s in the drive and that kind of stuff…. Frankly, it’s a bit silly and not that all that meaningful!
I hope you find this blog helpful. Please do let me know if you decide to take the Gratitude Challenge. I’ll be delighted to hear from you.
Regards,
Nicholas.
REFERENCES:
www.thnx4.org