How to Have a Brilliant Life, 2nd Edition

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WORRIES VS CONFIDENCE

So, how do you turn money worries into money confidence? The obvious answer would be ‘earn more money’. However, I’ve done this exercise with people who have made over £5 million in a year and they still worry about money. I’ve also done this exercise with people who earn less than £5000 a year and their money confidence is sky high.

I once did a Wheel of Life with a Premiership Footballer, and was astounded when he gave himself a very low mark for money. He was earning more money in a week than most people did in a year and still he worried. He worried that it might stop. He worried about funding his lifestyle. He worried that lots of people wanted a bit (or a lot) of his money. He worried that he wouldn’t be able ...