THE FEAR OF MONEY

"It's all about the benjamins, baby!" If it is about the "benjamins," why don't we have more of it? And why does it seem we can't hold on to more of it? Could it be we just don't want a lot of money? "Mo money mo problems." right? More headaches. More paperwork. More complicated. More people trying to hit us up for cash. "Gosh! I don't want all that responsibility!" we say.

Imagine a tidal wave of cash headed straight towards you. What do you do? Do you run for your life? Do you stand and face it? If it catches up to you, it will overtake you. This tidal wave of cash, is more like a tide pool of money. Shallow and unmenacing. But we are so afraid of money that we won't even dip our toes in the tide pool. So we wait. And the tide pool dries up and vanishes, along with the money.

Are we that afraid of money? You may say "NO!" But your body, to quote the famous R. Kelly, is telling me YES! By us avoiding money, we tell God and the entire universe "DON'T LET ME BE RICH!" "DON'T GIVE ME A LOT OF MONEY." "I'M AFRAID OF IT."

Let's think about this for a second. Are we really afraid of money? Or are we really afraid of pissing it all away? What is fear, anyway? WE FEAR WHAT WE DON'T KNOW. So how do we move past our fear? LEARN ABOUT IT. UNDERSTAND IT. BE FRIENDS WITH IT. Once we learn more about money and what to do with it, our fear of money will vanish. What do we know about money so far? We know how to make money and spend money. THAT'S ALL WE KNOW.

You make money. You spend money. Congratulations! You're off to a great start. You already know the first two of THE 5 HABITS OF MONEY. Next, let's learn how to make more money and how to buy the right things with that money. When you learn and master THE 5 HABITS OF MONEY, you will become a MONEY MASTER. Money's gonna be scared of you! BOO!

THE 5 HABITS OF MONEY

1. HUSTLE: MAKE MONEY

2. FINANCIAL DIET: SPEND MONEY

3. PAY YOURSELF

4. PIMP YOUR DOLLARS

5. C.Y.A.

What are your fears about money? Having too much? Not having enough? Repeating the same mistakes?