For many years - most my life actually, I have dreamt of being part of the change in the world. Whether it be through my relationship with Christ when I was a Christian - or through my dance as a Dancing Artist and work as an Body First Coach in these last years.
Yet, one thang has always alluded me: the Money Smarts that provided the Funds.
Can I hear some "Amens!!!!" sisters and brothers?
I've understood money smarts in part from a young age...yet it was the from save and save, don't go into debt, be frugal model. It was not from the Money Smarts I see the wealthy using. And this lack of the money smarts equals a lack of FUNDS - stopping me from being able to bring forth my gifts.
IN THE CHURCH
I listened diligently in Church to the men preaching about opening up the abundance of the Heavens, to allow the flood gates of financial wealth come forth from unexpected places. To just have "more faith" that it would come in as needed.
Yet, were they themselves wealthy and rich in their mindset* with money smarts? Most of them I bet are not.
WITH THE NEW AGE/SELF-HELP WORLD
When I left the church and moved into the Holistic Health & Wellness world, I paid LOTS of money to Spiritual & so called "Heart-Centered" Coaches, hoping to bust through my limiting beliefs about money - and "call in" my clients - and thus my abundance.
This only saw their pockets inflating at astronomical rates I was willing to pay, betting on their promises that they had the golden ticket to abundance. Furthermore, I wasn't willing to turn around and ask my own clients to invest that much with me. Which only anchored in deeper this idea they preached that I was blocking myself and "my true value". (Insert shaking of the head as I see this from this perspective.)
OWNING MY NEED FOR MONEY SMARTS EDUCATION
Long story short, as I have been devouring everything I can about "how money works" and "what money is" - I am seeing what the Rich & Wealthy know that the rest of us are ignorant of understanding.
And I am laughing in disbelief that rich men - and some women (another thang that is changing)- are really the ones that are getting some MAJOR things correct in these two areas:
1. They understand that money is a tool. But the knowledge (education) AND EXPERIENCE (using education to experiment) of playing with this tool is an even more POWERFUL tool.
2. They don't trade their hours for money. They make their money their employee - and 95% of the population along with it. While they (the 1-5%) earn 95% of the income in the world.
I don't know about you - but that fires me up.
Not that I think they should share the 95% with me - because again that would make me captive to their dreams.
But it fires me up to shift out of the 95% into the 5%.
Yes, I have lived in faith these past 10 years and have seen the Universe provide with a "Just in Time" model. This is great. It just happened again last night.
Yet this model is really old school. It is NOT ALLOWING ME TO CHANGE THE WORLD. Because most the funds - 95% of them - are with the wealthy. And they get to dictate what they do with them.
I am so done waiting, hoping and praying someone else will see my genius and want to invest in it.
I am ready to learn how to have the WELL of Financial FUNDS ready to do my bidding BEFORE I need them.
How about you? Are you ready to have more money smarts?
If so, give me an "Amen sista!" in the comments with a tip on financial help you have learned AND APPLIED...
+ share this with all your friends you can think of who need some of this Medicine
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*Rich/wealthy mindset: Just because someone has a big income doesn't make them rich/wealthy and have money smarts. And it is not just about spending less than you make. If we want to change the world, we have to learn what the rich/wealthy know - we have to have money smarts. In short - the money smarts is understanding that money is just a tool to play the game.
