Most people have dysfunctional ideas about money stemming from childhood and society.

If your parents said, “I’m not sending you to soccer camp. You don’t practice enough during the off-season, so it’s a waste of money,” the message that you might have heard is, “I’m not worthy.”

If your parents complained about the expense of child raising, you might think, “I’m a waste of money” or “I’m an obstacle.”

These ideas stick with us in adulthood. We’re afraid to ask for a raise or promotion, because we still think we’re not worthy. We’re afraid to start our own business or speak up for our needs within a relationship, because we still think we’re an obstacle.

We soothe ourselves by projecting negative emotions onto money itself.

We think money corrupts, money is evil, money is greed. We think people who have money are “sharks” or that they acquired it through corrupt, diabolical or nefarious means. We think that transactions are win-lose, and that life is a zero-sum game; your own riches are built on the backs of the poor. We think that wealth requires taking advantage of others.

None of these ideas are true, and clinging to these beliefs is limiting and unhealthy.

Ken Honda, author of Happy Money, joins me on the podcast to discuss these concepts.

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