I couldn’t resist. Another really effective way to dissolve your fear of lack is to setup a play account.

Your play account is money set aside for you. It’s money you set aside to spend on yourself. It must be spent every month as it encourages you to focus on the abundance of money you have as opposed to the lack of.

I’ve been working with this system for over a year and have noticed a huge difference in my relationship with money.

You can learn more by checking out,

Managing Money – The JARS System
http://www.stephenmartile.com/?p=96

Cheers,

You took my answer!

As soon as I saw “frugal,” I was going to say something about lack, because often frugality is steeped in that very concept.

Not to say that there is anything wrong with being frugal, but if it is something that we do because we fear that there isn’t enough money, then it becomes a self-replicating circle.

I also grew up in a family that did not have a lot of money, and it has taken me a long time to get over those fears that there “isn’t enough” or that I had to safeguard what little I had. However, as James Arthur Ray says, “If you can create gold, you don’t need to horde it.”

In my case, however, I stray to the side of being too frugal – which is definitely because of fear of lack. Continuing to work toward separating my time from my revenue generation is a key to helping me this.

I’m so glad that you liked it, since you were the inspiration behind it!

I struggled at first with the best way to get across what I wanted to say, but once it started flowing, I was very happy with the resource that this post ended up being.

Thanks again for the great concept idea to write about, Stephen!!

Happy to put this kind of info out there, and I’m glad that you enjoyed it. The more I get involved in discussions of wealth (or lack thereof), the more I want to educate people about the options that they truly have for living a life that is not constrained by a negative wealth mindset.

I’m glad you enjoyed the post and the links that I included. This posted started out just as “commentary,” but as I wrote it, I realized that I needed to include some applicable links to the subjects in question.

As far as Internet Marketing, it is indeed difficult to decide who to trust, so I have always used two criteria: 1) Is the alleged “guru” actually successful himself or herself, and 2) Has he/she been around long enough to really understand the industry?

It’s a great business if you go into it with the right state of mind, and with the right education, and I’ve always enjoyed and believed the concepts discussed by both Armand Morin and Shawn Casey.

Much obliged for sharing your point of view on the subject! In the end, it does indeed boil down to a state of mind and the feelings that people associate with words like “poor” and “broke”.

Changing our relationship with money is always the necessary first step, since having the poor (or poverty) mentality will lead us to both mis-manage the money that we have, and also to not feel “worthy” of financial situations that represent abundant possibilities.

Again, thanks for sharing your thoughts, Kevin!

I was finding myself continuously nodding as I was reading through your post. Thanks for reminding me about some great ideas around money and the mention.

To your wealth and properity,

-Jason

I’m learning more about internet marketing every day (so your links to specific gurus worth listening to is very helpful… it’s tricky to know who to trust!).

Those are symptoms of being broke.

Broke and poor are no the same thing. Broke is temporary; poor is a state of mind.

I feel the article would work better if you simply removed the word “poverty” and replaced it with a word similar to broke (or use broke).

Just my thoughts–the content of the article is great though.