If you are uncomfortable about discussing money, it could be why you aren’t making more of it.
Being uncomfortable about money discussions is just one way that you may be holding yourself back from making more.
In last week’s blog we talked about 5 Key Money Areas. So before we talk about what you are going to do or not do to make more money, it is important for you to know where your gap is between where you are now and where you want to be with making more money.
When you are uncomfortable discussing money, whether it is in your personal life or your business life, it represents a boundary… a weak boundary at that, and one that creates a gap between you and money.
Boundaries are limits or borders that you create in order to best serve yourself. Let’s look at boundaries as what you are willing or not willing to do. If you are uncomfortable discussing money it means that you are unwilling to have those important money conversations.
Imagine the business owner who avoids talking with the client who hasn’t paid her, yet she continues to provide great services to them. She has a weak money boundary in that she is unwilling to have the necessary money conversation about receiving payment.
I’ve worked with business owners who want to make more money yet allow their clients to consistently get away with non-payment of agreed-upon fees for longer than necessary. This causes them to not be able to pay their own monthly bills and it halts any monetary growth that they want. And worse, it allows others (people and money) to control them rather than them being in control of their money.
If you are doing this, stop. Value yourself while honoring others so that you make and keep more money. Decide right now what is acceptable and what is not – when you do that you create a positive boundary. Then you begin to put in money structures that will uphold those boundaries which will lead you to increasing your net worth.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on this or any experiences you have had. Please leave your comments below or if you’d rather keep them private email me personally at kim@kimravida.com.
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