Day 5

The Value of Money

Our attitudes to money are underpinned by the value we give it, both consciously and unconsciously. This is the topic we shall explore today.

How you feel about money will have an effect on how much of it you attract. The more grateful you are for the money you have, the more money you are likely to attract.

To get an idea of the true value you place on money, answer the following questions:

• How much do you think you value your money?
• Do you work hard for your money or does it come to you easily?
• Are you cautious in your spending or do you like to splash out once in a while?
• Do you know how much money is in your wallet right now?
• What are your feelings about the cash in your wallet?
• Is it enough?
• Do you feel wealthy?

When you receive money in exchange for something you value, like your job, your home, or your car, you are likely to value the money received. If your job, your home, or your car is no longer loved or appreciated, this may lower your expected value of it, and in turn the money you receive for it. The amount you value your money can be directly proportionate to the amount that you value what you have provided in exchange for the money.

It is easier to believe that you can have more money in your life if you feel that you deserve to receive more and if you feel that you have more to offer the world. The amount of money you have is a reflection of the amount of value you have for yourself.

Value Yourself More

When you value and love yourself, you are wealthy and you will attract wealth.

Now, you may be saying to yourself “I do value myself, so why am I not attracting more money into my life?” Before we go on to look at your precise beliefs about money, let’s take a moment to look at where you could be valuing yourself more.

Are you valuing yourself in terms of your health, the work you do, and in the relationships that you have? Are you choosing activities that you love to do? Are you allowing others to love you? How are you demonstrating respect for yourself on a daily basis?

• Write down five ways in which you are not valuing yourself. What could you do differently?
• Write down five ways in which you are currently valuing yourself. How could you do more to value yourself?

You are now ready to look at any specific limiting beliefs that you are harboring toward money itself. By shedding some light on these barriers to your wealth, you’ll be in a position to “kick them over” and get back on your pathway to riches.

Exercise: Why Are You Not Attracting More Money into Your Life?

Take a pen and write down all the benefits of having little or less money you can think of. (In a moment you’ll read some of the responses collected from people on the “How to Become a Money Magnet!” workshops, but try not to look before you have completed the exercise yourself.)

Now have a look at some of the answers I received at my workshops.

Some Benefits of Having Little Money

• Fewer costs
• Fewer/no taxes
• Fewer responsibilities
• Nicer person
• Mix with nicer people
• More spiritual: “I am always provided for”
• Pay less for items; become an expert bargain-hunter
• Receive more gifts
• Loved for who I am
• Fewer bad habits as can’t afford them!

If you’ve struggled with the above exercise, try the next one. In fact, try it anyway! I now want you to think about and write down the problems you associate with having lots of money. (Again, try not to look at the responses below that came from my workshops before you have completed the exercise yourself.)

Some Problems with Having Lots of Money

• People only love you for your money
• Fewer real friends, shallow friendships
• Distances you from your “roots”
• Lose touch with reality
• No sense of purpose
• Added responsibilities
• Need to employ accountants, etc.
• More tax
• Too much choice: which car?, which home? etc.
• In the public arena
• Less time
• Less privacy

These very powerful exercises will help you to find what has been in the way of you becoming a Money Magnet.

The Power of Belief

By now you should be gaining some real insights into how you feel about money and, as a result, why you have as little or as much money as you do in the bank.

Your beliefs are so powerful. They direct your unconscious thought patterns, which in turn create your reality.

Remaining a prisoner to your beliefs limits your power to become a Money Magnet. Taking responsibility for what is in your life, and the beliefs that created it, is the route to freedom and abundance.

Look at some of the beliefs that you wrote down earlier. What would your life be like without them? Is there a general theme to your limiting beliefs? Maybe a thought that you don’t love yourself enough to earn more, or that you’re just not worth a higher income? Is there one belief holding you back most from attracting money? What is it? Write it down, as you may need to refer back to it later.

In running the “How to Become a Money Magnet!” workshops with hundreds of students, we found that there was one common belief statement for most of us. This does not preclude other beliefs, but it does suggest that most of us carry a similar burden. This belief is: “I am not good enough.”

Does that resonate with you? Is there part of you nodding in agreement, even if another part of you is protesting? Is your head responding in one way and your heart another? What does it mean to you to think, “I am not good enough”? Does it mean that you are not worthy? Or that you don’t love yourself enough? Does it mean you’re not worth the going rate, or that your colleagues deserve to be paid more than you? Does it mean that you don’t value yourself or what you do any more? Does it mean that, inside of you, you know that you’re no longer giving your best effort? Does it mean that you are resigned to your fate—that you have given up? Does it mean that you will never be good enough so there’s no longer any point in trying? Maybe somebody told you a long time ago that you were not good enough and you took that comment on board as though it were the truth.

The lower your self-value, the lower your attraction for money.

Grab a piece of paper and start a written conversation between you and your emotions. It is time to get to know the real you and to flush out all the “clutter” of your limiting beliefs. Your emotions act as signposts along the way. Trust them and question them to find your answers. Only you have access to your truth. Nobody can do this for you. It is time to trust yourself.

Recognize that a low sense of self-worth is lowering your “money vibration”. In holding on to your limiting beliefs, you are resisting the opportunity to have a rich and successful life. Letting go of any belief that you are not good enough is the gateway to the life of your dreams.

The money is already there. The only thing preventing you from being rich is you.