How To Get Money To Stick To Your Fingers
How To Get Money To Stick To Your Fingers
August 9, 2020 · by The Escape Artist
When I was young and in my first proper job, one of the senior people described a new client that he was excited to be working with. He explained the reason by saying: “they’re the sort of person for who money just sticks to their fingers”.
Being an inexperienced idiot, I didn’t know what he meant. Perhaps that person had jam on his hands and sticky fingers? Perhaps he worked in a glue factory?
Er, no. What my colleague meant by that was that the person (a successful entrepreneur / businessman) had a Money Blueprint that meant they couldn’t help but get rich(er). They had a set of beliefs, habits and skills that meant that, all things being equal, they would likely go on to accumulate more wealth. There are no guarantees in life but a helpful Money Blueprint is…well, helpful to getting money.
Maybe they were born and raised by parents who were good with money, knew all about the stockmarket / property development and passed that knowledge on to them? That’s a form of social capital and some people inherit more of this than others. Or maybe they were from a background of poverty and were hungry and self-taught?
I don’t know how that rich person thought because I never lived inside their head but I would bet that success in business and with money was somehow tied up with their identity: the way they saw themselves.
The way I think about identity is with the phrase: I am the sort of person who…
So in my case, the ways I see myself (in relation to money) would include:
I am the sort of person who bends down to pick up 10p on the pavement
I am the sort of person who gets stuff done
I am the sort of person who doesn’t waste food
I am the sort of person who adapts, improvises and overcomes
I am the sort of person who turns the lights off when not needed
You may say I’m delusional and you may be right but these are helpful beliefs. The point is not so much whether they are objectively true; the point is that I believe them, they form part of my identity and they help me function in the world. We all have to believe in something, so why not believe in something that helps you?
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