In 2012 I told my sister it was too late for me to start a business.
I remember the exact words: "My life has already started."
I had five kids. A mortgage. A finance job I hated but couldn't leave because we needed the paycheck, the insurance, the stability.
That's what scarcity actually sounds like, by the way.
It doesn't say "I'm scared."
It says "I'm being responsible."
I'd been laid off in 2009 and went right back into the same work for three more years. Not because I wanted to. Because I didn't know I was allowed to want something else.
Then my sister asked me one question: "Then why are you afraid?"
And I couldn't answer it.
Because the fear wasn't real. It was a program installed way before I ever earned a dollar.
I'd spent years staring at the limitations and never once looked at the possibilities.
Soon after that call, I started my first company.
The money didn't change because I found a better tactic.
It changed because I stopped believing the voice that told me the safe option was the only option.
#scarcitymindset #youtubeshorts #wealthmindset #mindset #consciousnessshift
I remember the exact words: "My life has already started."
I had five kids. A mortgage. A finance job I hated but couldn't leave because we needed the paycheck, the insurance, the stability.
That's what scarcity actually sounds like, by the way.
It doesn't say "I'm scared."
It says "I'm being responsible."
I'd been laid off in 2009 and went right back into the same work for three more years. Not because I wanted to. Because I didn't know I was allowed to want something else.
Then my sister asked me one question: "Then why are you afraid?"
And I couldn't answer it.
Because the fear wasn't real. It was a program installed way before I ever earned a dollar.
I'd spent years staring at the limitations and never once looked at the possibilities.
Soon after that call, I started my first company.
The money didn't change because I found a better tactic.
It changed because I stopped believing the voice that told me the safe option was the only option.
#scarcitymindset #youtubeshorts #wealthmindset #mindset #consciousnessshift