Small business owners and many practitioners have trouble talking about money. Yet, if you want to be comfortable financially, then you have to learn how to talk about money with potential clients, vendors, and financial practitioners.

Highlights

Sex and money are the two hardest things to talk about. A lot of people would rather talk about sex than money.
Both sex and money are about sharing personal energy, which can be scary especially when there is a lot of shame around both issues.
Always remember, money issues are never about money. They are about the emotions you’re acting out through your money.
People in every financial bracket don’t like to talk about money, especially how much they have or don’t have.
It’s very freeing to be able to talk about money and to realize that you are not your money. It’s just something you use to interact with the world.
How much money you have or don’t have doesn’t change your value as a human being. You have value even if you have no money.
Having a lot of money is not necessarily easy because you have to make a lot of decisions and it’s not that easy to talk to people other than financial advisors for whom you are a source of their money.
If you’re part of a peer group that struggles with money, when you start making more they might treat you like an outsider.
People often feel validated when they receive money. But money is not the answer to anything.
If you think you need more money, you actually need more people because money always comes from people.
For people who are in business for themselves, there’s a lot of uncertainty about income and unless you train yourself otherwise, that causes a lot of anxiety.
When you love, except, acknowledge, and appreciate yourself, you’ll make more money.
It’s important to counteract negative self-talk. I talk about how to do this.
Trusting and acknowledging yourself are important.
Being comfortable asking for money is essential if you’re in business for yourself.
How do you feel about talking about money?
Understand the value of your uniqueness.
Do you ever say, “ I don’t care about the money, I just want to help people”? As someone in practice or as a business owner you have to care about the money. That’s part of being in business.
If you suffer financially commonly no one is going to rescue you. You have to rescue yourself.

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