Your Money or Your Life

Here's a summary of chapter 11 from 50 Prosperity Classics: Attract It, Create It, Manage It, Share It (50 Classics). This chapter is written by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin.

Key Quote

"So much dissatisfaction comes from focusing on what we don't have that the simple exercise of acknowledging and valuing what we do have can transform our outlook."

Summary of the Chapter

By living on less, you can actually enjoy life more.

My Thoughts on This Subject

1. A key thought that comes through in this book: spend less than you earn.

2. many people talk about how spending money on things they like makes life worth living. This book takes the opposite view -- have less stuff, be thankful with what you have, and you'll be happier.

3. The amount you actually need to be happy is a lot lower than most people think.

4. The chapter also goes on to discuss the time/money trade-off and that most people want more time, not more money. But are most people really ready to give up money for time? Not that I can see.

Comments

[Harmoic Wealth Fan]

This is really interesting! I wanted to share something I cam across, too.
I just finished reading James Arthur Ray’s newest book, Harmonic Wealth, and I had to share this concept he has that I think makes so much sense: LIVING FROM THE OUTCOME (Page 322). James says that most people live toward the outcome, meaning you are living like you don’t have it yet. He says you should shift your thinking so that you are LIVING FROM THE OUTCOME and thus sending out the energy to the world that you already have it. Think, feel, and act like you’ve already made it and the universe will say “Your wish is my command.”
For me, that meant acting like I was more valuable as an individual – acting like a $500 a day earner instead of a $150 a day earner (no more reality TV marathons!) and acting like a thin and fit woman instead of a slightly overweight and sometimes lazy woman (goodbye Ranch Doritos!). Honestly, in the two weeks since I put down the book, things have started changing. And I think it really comes down to that one concept.
-A JR Fan