The biggest mistake I ever made with money had nothing to do with money.
Why Knowing About Money Didn't Stop Me Making Bad Decisions.
Why Knowing About Money Didn't Stop Me Making Bad Decisions.
If you feel helpless when dealing with your finances, that's just your brain trying to protect you.
To understand your money behaviour, you need to look beyond how money works.
Scarcity is not just about being careful with money. It's about limitation and maintaining constant vigilance and control.
As children, we learn to avoid pain. Money avoidance in later life is based on this process - we are simply avoiding earlier pain.
As children, we try to make sense of the world, and so we develop beliefs around money based on experiences we've had.
We live in a culture that reinforces scarcity every day. This is how it affects you.
You may not have been taught about money, but you learned a lot from other people's behaviour.
Money is built on trust. Trust is built on feelings of safety and acceptance - not logic.
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Dennis Harhalakis is an award-winning money coach who helps people to understand their patterns, behaviours and emotions around money.