It’s Not All About The Money: Here’s How To Make Money When You Have A Limited Amount Of It

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We want money, which is an important part of our success, but on a spiritual and embodied level, it’s really not about the money if we really want to be successful and happy.

So how can this be?

If you stop and think about it, most people lean toward money as being VERY important, even though they may say to themselves, “It’s not everything.”

We may say we believe that it’s not everything, but for most people, they focus only towards having it.

People’s perceptions, thoughts, habits and actions can’t help but reflect that. Their path then becomes too much about looking for money. And then looking for money now becomes your job, including when you’re thinking about starting a new business.

It’s not part of the conversation, it’s the only part of the conversation. It’s your highest priority to making your decision and what you base your decision on.

Looking for money is not a job. Looking for money is not your business.

No, your business needs to focus on solving problems for other people, creating a profit for yourself, and taking that profit as a reward. That’s business.

I’m gonna give a two-fold lesson on this one.

The first lesson is on how to solve people’s problems.

As many of you know, my first big success was with the fitness business I created and sold, but before that I would just hustle things like watches, perfume, etc.

For example, when I was back in Florida I set up a stall in a flea market. It cost me $7 (but in those days I was so broke the price I paid for that was not eating the night before).

I went to the guy who had the perfumes and begged and pleaded for him to take my nice watch as collateral.

I said, “You keep this watch until I bring you back the money to pay for this inventory, or I give you back the inventory, and it’ll be today. I’m only going out for two hours.” So I got about six or seven samples, around $300 worth, which he spotted me for a $1,000 watch.

I got back to my table and started barking it up. I was saying, “Discounted perfume! Go to Nordstroms, go to Saks and pay full price or you can get it right now. Do you have your Mother’s Day gift yet? You know Mother’s Day is coming up soon!”

As soon as I said the words, “Mother’s Day is coming up,” I saw people stop dead in their tracks, come to my booth, and go, “What is this?”

“I have discounted perfumes.”

“Okay, I’ll take two for my mother and my sister.”

“I don’t have two right now because I’m already sold out, but come back in two hours. Are you going to be around here?”

“Yes, I’ve got a lot of shopping.”

I started to sell product that I didn’t have just from those samples. The number one lesson is that I started in a way that I could start with the money that I had. It wasn’t about the money, it was about working with what resources I had in a way that opened possibilities of making more money with that money.

Number two, I was solving a problem. “I’ve got to get my mom something for Mother’s Day. What a hassle it’s going to be later in a department store when I could solve that problem right now for half price.” I started with seven bucks and ended up with $115 for just a few of hours of work.

Of course, there was nothing passionate or important to me about selling perfume, watches and stuff like that, hence no way I was ever going to find lasting success doing that. But the lesson I took from that experience was that I didn’t let lack of money stop me from gaining access to more money and I didn’t let a lack of money dictate my success and happiness.

That’s how this money thing works, folks. Your happiness and success is not going to be based on money, and neither will money limit you from making more money now or with whatever resources you have to work with at this very moment!

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