Why “Can I afford it?” Is One Of The Worst Questions To Ask If You Want To Make More Money

Does every buying decision you make start with the thought… How much is it? and Can I afford it?

Do you stop short of buying what you want, because there’s a voice in your head saying “that’s frivolous or irresponsible, you can’t afford that!”?

Do you hem and haw and take forever to decide whether to purchase something?

I used to do this all the time. I used to make my life and business decisions based on whether or not I could afford something. I always made it a money decision.

I may have wanted the beautiful clothes, the private car, the high-end photoshoot, or the top-notch professionals on my team… but I didn’t feel like it was practical. And certainly thought I couldn’t afford it. Heck, at the time, I didn’t even think I could afford a manicure!

This is how so many women operate, thinking they’re being realistic and will do the bigger, better, more aligned things (whatever they are for you) once they’re ALREADY making more money and can afford it… but that’s not how the Spirit/Source/The Universe works.

The Universe gives you exactly the money that you expect for yourself.

Deciding you can’t afford, means you don’t expect the money. You expect to stay exactly where you are.

I know this goes against everything that you were probably brought up to believe about how money functions, how to be responsible in this life, and how to get ahead. (Budget, budget, budget. Save, save, save. One day, I’ll get there.)

Let me be clear, this isn’t about spending frivolously and buying a private jet when you make $50k. ;-)

You have to start from where you are… and you also have to do the work.

For me, this meant flying first class when I “couldn’t afford to fly first class.” It stretched me so much! And for a long time, I was completely resistant to it… because I couldn’t afford it!

But then I took that leap of faith…

I bought that first First Class ticket, and OMG, what that demanded of me! I had to face so much and do so much inner and outer game work.

It was a BIG growth edge challenge, but in pushing that edge I learned a huge lesson about what moves money into your life.

And I’d love to teach you this and shorten your learning curve… so that you can make the income and money that you want and deserve.

When I did this I had to do the inner game work with all the blocks and beliefs that came up because of it. I had to release so many of the old beliefs about money (and self-worth) in order to step into the woman I wanted to be… but I couldn’t just “act as if,” I had to shift my mindset and my beliefs and hold space for what I truly desired… and take bold new outer game actions in my business as well.

The inner game and the outer game go hand-in-hand.

But what came first was a true leap of faith– and prove to myself and the Universe that I had made the decision to have what I desire… by showing up as that woman in the NOW.