I have a theory.
I will give you a personal example.
When I was fired from my job, my first reaction was to cut my spending immensely.
I went from the “everything is well, don’t stress how much money you spend” to “panic alert like I couldn’t afford food and shelter the following morning.”
That is okay.
I acknowledge that that’s the primal survival mechanism embedded in human nature.
But what did I do differently?
I chose not to surrender.
I picked to fight entropy.
The mindset of abundance over scarcity.
In order to act in my best self-interest, I cannot live in fear, and what is scarcity than fear of not having enough finite resources?
And what is money?
Money is an illusion.
The most abundant resource of all.
You can have as much money as you want.
I have no respect for it.
Break your false beliefs and learn the game of money.
Pressure on me to get up every morning and think of a way to make money since I am spending it faster than usual will help me come up with simpler, more efficient answers and decisions. I will act with a decent amount of urgency instead of surrendering to my laziness and self-doubt.
It is still me.
The same person.
No matter if I am backed up with money, an influential company, or status…
I didn’t lose my ability to learn, perform and execute.
Let me know what you think.
xoxo
Andela