On Making Money

The topic of making money is always so charged with emotional energy. Even when I tweeted about it this morning people jumped to confirm that money is important but not really THAT important.

And I get that. I really do. So many of us have spent energy chasing the almighty dollar and come up feeling empty. Or we know people whose pursuit of the dollar leads them to using strategies and tactics that are just icky.

Great reasons to make sure we know that money takes a backseat to other things.

But here’s where I am now with money – and I thought it would be helpful to share: we all pretty much agree that money is energy, right? And that we have a relationship with money – whether we are aware of that relationship or not.

If those things are true, and I keep saying “money isn’t that important”, what does that invite into my world?

I mean let’s just say I was in a relationship with someone – be it friendship or love or whatever – and anytime anyone mentioned me they said “Oh Sarah? Yeah – she’s in my life but other stuff is WAY more important.”

Suffice it to say that I would dump their lame ass in a nano-second.

I’m not saying we need to sleep with money, or put our money relationship above all others. I’m simply saying that we need to have a warm comfortable relationship with it – and with earning it, if we want it to hang around.

Some of us already have that – yay! But some of us are still trying to figure out how to make money while we execute our escape plan and we want to earn it in an un-mediocre way yes?

Well, I’d like to share some resources – paid and otherwise – to help with that.

First – and the most critical time-wise, is Chris Guillebeau’s Empire Builder’s Kit that is available today, May 18, ONLY. I give you an insider’s glimpse here if you want some help deciding if this is worthwhile for you. Pricing starts at $149 and you get a ton of strategic help. This is my affiliate link: http://bit.ly/empirebuilding

At the very least, download Chris’s free manifestos from his blog. They are EXCELLENT.

If you are a mom and an entrepreneur, I highly recommend MOMeo’s free Business In a Box which you can download here (it comes with some awesome bonuses, too!). Again, in the interest of full disclosure, this is also an affiliate link.

And if you want to connect the person who talks about money and the making of it in such a non-icky way, I invite you to connect with MY mentor, Andrea Lee. Her website is full of resources – free and not free – that are sure to shift your thinking about money in a very Escaping Mediocrity kind of way.

So there you are. My thoughts about making money and some resources to get us all started in making it in a way that feels true to who we are.

Would love to know your thoughts, ideas and recommended resources for The Tribe!

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http://frankdickinson.me/ Frank Dickinson
Sarah – as I said in my retweet of this -.”finally someone gets it!”
I have been on a seemingly non-stop rant for a couple of years now about money and peoples relationship to its energy. (When you said “we all pretty much agree that money is energy, right?” – I totally came 6 inches out of my chair!)
If we agree that money is energy and we wholeheartedly want to live in right relationship to that energy – then far too many people have a serious problem with what comes out of their mouth regarding money in general – and the making of it in specific.
I swear if I hear one more person on a blog say: “Making money isn’t everything” or “There are more important things than money” I am going to absolutely blow a gasket.
Money in and of itself has no value. The value it has is the value we place on it.
It is energy because we can do one of two things with it: attract it or repel it.
The last time I looked, there are very few things in this life that we live that are not effected (positively or negatively) by money. We claim out of one side of our mouth that we want a better life (in your terms – we want to escape mediocrity), but then person after person talks about the very thing that can help lead them to than better life like – MONEY – it was a red headed stepchild.
In reference to how people speak about money, you said above : “What does that invite into my world?” EXACTLY!
I don’t mean to sound all hippie-yippie here, but I have found this to be absolutely true -> “What you talk about, comes about.”
I need to end this rant – just suffice it to say: I am thankful for this post.
Keep preachin’ sister.

http://sallyg.me Sally G.
So, stating out loud that money is linked to energy results in you levitating? Good to know, you crazy hippie yippie. Perhaps if we work hard enough, we can find the word combo that will enable you to manage your yard with joy, glee and glitter too!
Anonymous
Glad I struck such a nerve Frank.

Ava Diamond (@feistywoman)
The thought I’d offer is that one way of thinking about money is that it’s not the goal, it’s the end result. What I mean by that is that if we seek to offer value, to contribute to people’s lives, to share our talents and our strengths, to be a positive force in the world–that money comes in as a result of that.
I was taught many years ago by Kennedy Shultz, a great metaphysical teacher, that prosperity is being able to do what you want to do, when you want to do it, with whom you want to do it, in the way you want to do it. Money gives us the freedom to do this.
In my life, there are times the money flows in easily, and times when it doesn’t. And when it doesn’t, I always have to look at “What’s in my consciousness?” Because, for me, that’s where it all begins. And that’s really the only place I have any power at all–in the thoughts I think and the action I take.
Thanks for opening this conversation, Sarah! I know I’ll pick up lots of great ideas from you and tribe.

http://sallyg.me Sally G.
‘Where is my consciousness’ is a really good question for all situations that aren’t going as expected or desired, isn’t it Ava? I love how in-tune you are, your comments always enlighten me.
Anonymous
Agreed Ava – our thoughts are powerful shapers of our reality. This discussion is off to a great start!

http://sallyg.me Sally G.
I have a curious relationship with money that I’d sure like to shift. I know I’m the Master and it’s the Slave — though it’s clear I am accepting this on the level just below true belief.
I did an interesting exercise from a Suze Orman book once ~ it was geared to determining what relationship in your life best mirrors your existing relationship to money. It was crafted cleverly so I did not see the answer coming. You’ve just reminded me of this and my answer remains enlightening.
Seems I’ve equated the money relationship with my Dad. He was absent lots while I was growing up, he’d show up when I least expected it (to my thrill and delight), and then be gone again for indeterminate amounts of time. That all made complete sense. And quite accurately reflected my issues with money.
Here’s the final dot I just connected now. My Dad is now completely available and on-call any time I desire to make contact and be with him. Very interesting …

Anonymous
Your insights are always so delicious Sally – thank you for sharing them.

http://www.jessilicious.com Jess Webb
So great to hear someone else talking about this! It is one of the topics covered so far in Marie Forleo’s Rich Happy and Hot Virtual Mastery, and it was a revelation for me to start to think of money as my BFF! What a mind shift!
Anonymous
Perfect timing. As always Sarah! Tues is my biz/money day. Where to get more, how to waste less- and focus it in ways that make me….expand. Let me say right here that I’m worth A LOT. And while I am lovingly trying to share my gifts with the world, I value my experience and exptertese in certain areas of life and are very careful about giving them for free. When I work for free, I’m not respected. The respect comes with the money. Because if they are paying you- they are putting their energy forth. Ok- I’m going to stop now. Thanks a million!

Anonymous
Exactly! We have to value ourselves and our contributions before we can expect anyone else to. And I love your concept of your energy AND their energy. Great stuff!

http://frankdickinson.me/ Frank Dickinson
Sarah – as I said in my retweet of this -.”finally someone gets it!”
I have been on a seemingly non-stop rant for a couple of years now about money and peoples relationship to its energy. (When you said “we all pretty much agree that money is energy, right?” – I totally came 6 inches out of my chair!)
If we agree that money is energy and we wholeheartedly want to live in right relationship to that energy – then far too many people have a serious problem with what comes out of their mouth regarding money in general – and the making of it in specific.
I swear if I hear one more person on a blog say: “Making money isn't everything” or “There are more important things than money” I am going to absolutely blow a gasket.
Money in and of itself has no value. The value it has is the value we place on it.
It is energy because we can do one of two things with it: attract it or repel it.
The last time I looked, there are very few things in this life that we live that are not effected (positively or negatively) by money. We claim out of one side of our mouth that we want a better life (in your terms – we want to escape mediocrity), but then person after person talks about the very thing that can help lead them to than better life like – MONEY – it was a red headed stepchild.
In reference to how people speak about money, you said above : “What does that invite into my world?” EXACTLY!
I don't mean to sound all hippie-yippie here, but I have found this to be absolutely true -> “What you talk about, comes about.”
I need to end this rant – just suffice it to say: I am thankful for this post.
Keep preachin' sister.
Ava Diamond (@feistywoman)
The thought I'd offer is that one way of thinking about money is that it's not the goal, it's the end result. What I mean by that is that if we seek to offer value, to contribute to people's lives, to share our talents and our strengths, to be a positive force in the world–that money comes in as a result of that.
I was taught many years ago by Kennedy Shultz, a great metaphysical teacher, that prosperity is being able to do what you want to do, when you want to do it, with whom you want to do it, in the way you want to do it. Money gives us the freedom to do this.
In my life, there are times the money flows in easily, and times when it doesn't. And when it doesn't, I always have to look at “What's in my consciousness?” Because, for me, that's where it all begins. And that's really the only place I have any power at all–in the thoughts I think and the action I take.
Thanks for opening this conversation, Sarah! I know I'll pick up lots of great ideas from you and tribe.
http://sallyg.me Sally G.
So, stating out loud that money is linked to energy results in you levitating? Good to know, you crazy hippie yippie. Perhaps if we work hard enough, we can find the word combo that will enable you to manage your yard with joy, glee and glitter too!
http://sallyg.me Sally G.
I have a curious relationship with money that I'd sure like to shift. I know I'm the Master and it's the Slave — though it's clear I am accepting this on the level just below true belief.
I did an interesting exercise from a Suze Orman book once ~ it was geared to determining what relationship in your life best mirrors your existing relationship to money. It was crafted cleverly so I did not see the answer coming. You've just reminded me of this and my answer remains enlightening.
Seems I've equated the money relationship with my Dad. He was absent lots while I was growing up, he'd show up when I least expected it (to my thrill and delight), and then be gone again for indeterminate amounts of time. That all made complete sense. And quite accurately reflected my issues with money.
Here's the final dot I just connected now. My Dad is now completely available and on-call any time I desire to make contact and be with him. Very interesting …
http://sallyg.me Sally G.
'Where is my consciousness' is a really good question for all situations that aren't going as expected or desired, isn't it Ava? I love how in-tune you are, your comments always enlighten me.
http://www.jessilicious.com Jess Webb
So great to hear someone else talking about this! It is one of the topics covered so far in Marie Forleo's Rich Happy and Hot Virtual Mastery, and it was a revelation for me to start to think of money as my BFF! What a mind shift!

Sarah Robinson
ah great minds think alike! Crazy about Marie. Can’t wait to see what this shift around money brings for you.

meganmatthieson
Perfect timing. As always Sarah! Tues is my biz/money day. Where to get more, how to waste less- and focus it in ways that make me….expand. Let me say right here that I'm worth A LOT. And while I am lovingly trying to share my gifts with the world, I value my experience and exptertese in certain areas of life and are very careful about giving them for free. When I work for free, I'm not respected. The respect comes with the money. Because if they are paying you- they are putting their energy forth. Ok- I'm going to stop now. Thanks a million!
sarahrobinson
Glad I struck such a nerve Frank.
sarahrobinson
Agreed Ava – our thoughts are powerful shapers of our reality. This discussion is off to a great start!
sarahrobinson
Your insights are always so delicious Sally – thank you for sharing them.
sarahrobinson
Exactly! We have to value ourselves and our contributions before we can expect anyone else to. And I love your concept of your energy AND their energy. Great stuff!
Anonymous
We are taught in soooo many ways (most are not even subtle) that money is bad. Money is dirty. Only the poor go to heaven (a rich man has as much chance of going to heaven as through the eye of a needle). All, no, ALL of this is designed to keep us complacent. I do not need to be rich. I just want to be able to do what I want to do, when I want to do it, with whom I want to do it, in the way I want to do it. (Kudos Feisty Woman Ava!)I DO NEED money. Without money, I am homeless. I can help no one if I can’t help myself. I can help no one without the tools (telephone, computer, shelter, food, electricity, etc.) to do it. Declare that! Repeat after me: “I do need money! I can only help people if my immediate needs are met.” The first time I said that aloud, I ducked. I was sure lightening was going to strike me. Having declared this and own the feeling, money often flows my way in unexpected ways. I owed Uncle Sam on my taxes. Yesterday I got half what I paid back! Apparently, my tax person made a mistake. Yeah!Being “all hippie-yippie,” everything does have energy around it. You either are attracting things or repelling things. I had a fear of spiders. I found spiders every where. Once i gave up that fear (long story-won’t bore you now), spiders stopped appearing in my life. Truly, once I declared and believed that I needed money, I changed that energy from out to in. Previously, I thought money was scarce and hard to get get. Guess what? I didn’t have enough, because it was scarce and hard to find.Money gives us freedom. You cannot escape mediocrity without money. Money is a tool like any other, that helps us to accomplish great things. To escape mediocrity. To help others. To fulfill our gift to the world. I’ll take two, please. They’re small

http://www.LifeDesignStrategies.com Vicky White
Elizabeth – “I can only help people if my immediate needs are met”
Oooh, this rings bells. I’ve had a belief that it’s only OK to have what I need – not more.
So I’d say the more money I allow money to flow to me over and above my immediate needs, the more of myself I’m offering and the more value I provide others.
I always have enough – I’m never homeless or hungry – I’m tired of just having enough. I’m tired of pulling back when I have my basic needs met. I’m ready to have a huge surplus. Then I’ll really be able to do good! And it will be evidence of the value I’m sharing with others.

ElisabethAL
We are taught in soooo many ways (most are not even subtle) that money is bad. Money is dirty. Only the poor go to heaven (a rich man has as much chance of going to heaven as through the eye of a needle). All, no, ALL of this is designed to keep us complacent.
I do not need to be rich. I just want to be able to do what I want to do, when I want to do it, with whom I want to do it, in the way I want to do it. (Kudos Feisty Woman Ava!)
I DO NEED money. Without money, I am homeless. I can help no one if I can't help myself. I can help no one without the tools (telephone, computer, shelter, food, electricity, etc.) to do it.
Declare that! Repeat after me: “I do need money! I can only help people if my immediate needs are met.” The first time I said that aloud, I ducked. I was sure lightening was going to strike me. Having declared this and own the feeling, money often flows my way in unexpected ways. I owed Uncle Sam on my taxes. Yesterday I got half what I paid back! Apparently, my tax person made a mistake. Yeah!
Being “all hippie-yippie,” everything does have energy around it. You either are attracting things or repelling things. I had a fear of spiders. I found spiders every where. Once i gave up that fear (long story-won't bore you now), spiders stopped appearing in my life. Truly, once I declared and believed that I needed money, I changed that energy from out to in. Previously, I thought money was scarce and hard to get get. Guess what? I didn't have enough, because it was scarce and hard to find.
Money gives us freedom. You cannot escape mediocrity without money. Money is a tool like any other, that helps us to accomplish great things. To escape mediocrity. To help others. To fulfill our gift to the world.
I'll take two, please. They're small
http://www.LifeDesignStrategies.com Vicky White
Elizabeth – “I can only help people if my immediate needs are met”
Oooh, this rings bells. I've had a belief that it's only OK to have what I need – not more.
So I'd say the more money I allow money to flow to me over and above my immediate needs, the more of myself I'm offering and the more value I provide others.
I always have enough – I'm never homeless or hungry – I'm tired of just having enough. I'm tired of pulling back when I have my basic needs met. I'm ready to have a huge surplus. Then I'll really be able to do good! And it will be evidence of the value I'm sharing with others.
http://momeomagazine.com/ Carla Young
I love your analogy about the way people talk about money not really mattering and how you treat your friends. Brilliant!
Money is right up there with oxygen in terms of things we need to survive in this life and it’s best if we just accept that and start making it!
http://momeomagazine.com/ Carla Young
I love your analogy about the way people talk about money not really mattering and how you treat your friends. Brilliant!
Money is right up there with oxygen in terms of things we need to survive in this life and it's best if we just accept that and start making it!