Learn to appreciate what matters.
“Don’t think money does everything or you’ll end up doing everything for money.” — Voltaire
Money is just a tool. But people pursue it as if it were an end in itself.
And money won’t hug you at night, take care of you when you’re sick, or miss you when you’re far away.
Money doesn’t care about you. And it’s not as important as people think.
Here are three things that life has shown me that are more important than money (and not the typical time and health stuff)
1. Self-esteem.
How will you sell yourself to others if you don’t believe in yourself?
And how do you expect your life to be if you don’t sell yourself well?
+Self-esteem = +Charisma = +Power of conviction = +A better life.
The money game is all about self-esteem.
The more self-esteem, the easier it will be to sell yourself. And remember
Selling = money.
But not only money,
Selling yourself well will get you the partner of your dreams, the job of your dreams, the life of your dreams.
What is a job interview or a date, if not a sales opportunity?
And it all stems from the same thing: self-esteem.
No one wants the one who looks needy; everyone buys the one who is self-confident (Which is the next point).
2. Self-confidence
Confidence is knowing what you are worth and not selling yourself below your market price.
(The higher the self-esteem, the higher the confidence).
Having low self-confidence leads you to have a life below your means.
I’m telling you, they will treat you like a bargain product. That is to say, they will pay infinitely less for your time, company, and knowledge than what it is worth.
Let me give you an example.
In college, I had two friends. One was lovely, and the other was lovely, pretty, and smart.
One night, the first one came on to me, the one who was just lovely. And I hooked up with her.
The next day, the second one called me, the nice, pretty, and intelligent one.
And she asked me how I could have hooked up with her friend. Why didn’t I take her hints?
I told her, “I didn’t think I had a chance with you.”
She hung up on me, and I never heard from her again.
Moral: I’m an idiot 🙂
Moral*: without confidence, you don’t value yourself enough and think you deserve less than you’re worth. And that leads you to live a mediocre life, no matter how much money you have. Besides, you project neediness, and the neediness you project only generates social rejection (that’s why that girl hung up on me; she was smart enough to run 🙂
Today’s unsolicited advice: Don’t choose the default option because you don’t think you deserve the premium option. Go for the premium, always.
3. Focus
Affirmations work.
And it’s not because of the law of attraction and all that stuff.
Affirmations work for one simple reason: they keep you focused.
Every morning, I repeat my goals to myself for twenty minutes non-stop,
My formula is: “I am certain that in 2024, I will achieve [Enter your goal here].”
And I do the same thing in the middle of the day, after lunch, And before going to bed.
Am I crazy?
Maybe. However, repeating my goals three times daily keeps me focused.
As the days go by, a strange effect occurs: the opportunities that bring me closer to my goals increase.
Is it magic?
It’s not magic at all. What happens is that the more attentive you are to the resources that can help you achieve your goals, the more resources you manage to identify as the days go by.
Staying focused restructures my brain and forces it to create strategies for achieving my dreams, which are much more important than money.
Therefore, it’s much better to be focused than to have money. Money won’t help you bill more if you lose it, but being awake, focused, and having direction will.
A virtual hug
AG
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