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Money is a drug

"If you get addicted to money, you'll have a hard time breaking free."

According to the University of Minnesota, counting money — just handling bills — can make you feel better. Money can be seen as a drug and this is seen if we observe the people who are happy when they have money and unhappy and troubled when they do not.

When someone is paid for the services they provide as an employee (exchange their time for some money), then they tend to get money that way. Accordingly, if he gets used to earning income as a self-employed person, then he finds it very difficult to change his mindset. Even worse, if someone gets used to living on the handouts of the state, then it is very difficult to overcome this addiction.

Let us therefore beware of the addictive effect of money. Once one gets used to receiving it, this addiction will keep him captive to how he got it.

One of the reasons it's hard to change patterns is because today money is essential for life. In the agricultural age, money was not as important, because the land provided man with food, shelter, warmth and water without the need for money. In the industrial age that followed, however, money symbolized life itself. In the age we live in, we even buy water.

Another reason is the breadth of our financial comfort zone. People tend not to become richer than the most financially successful in their economic "neighborhood". The same of course is true in that they will never be worse off financially than the less financially successful in their comfort zone. Falling below that threshold will act as an incentive to do something to get back to a more comfortable level.

People feel stressed every time they have to deal with a change in their financial situation. Feeling stressed about having more money is just as common as feeling stressed about having less. If they don't realize this, they will start behaving in ways that will take them away from that anxiety and put them back in their comfort zone. They will unconsciously do whatever it takes to restore their balance and comfort, even if it hurts them financially.

For this gradual changes are less soul-destroying and the chances of self-sabotage are less as you will have more time to learn, mature and expand your thinking, your comfort zone and your mindset.

The to learn to we play the right money game is an important part of our path to financial freedom.

In the course of the transition from job security to financial security and then to financial freedom, the changes I undergo are of essential importance.

Alexios


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