#24–Where will the Ghost of Not Following Up take you?Nowhere.Rationally, you know you need to follow up. Rationally, you're clear on all the steps you need to take. Rationally, you have no problem doing it. But then you don't.Because when it's time...
#23–When the Ghost of Stability Boredom takes overA very effective way in which we, underearners, sabotage our earning potential is by creating unnecessary chaos when life feels easy.In 2019, when I was finally getting a hang of my work at the consul...
#22–Our deepest source of freedomMoney gives us freedom, true.But if we want to "use" our freedom, we need to embody our personal power, the only true power. And that's in us––unless we give it away.In his book, The Undoing Project, Michael Lewis rec...
#21–What's wrong about wanting more money?Nothing.What's virtuous about being poor?Nothing.So, why do so many people shy away from admitting they want more money? Why do so many people feel they shouldn't love money?I have no answers to that. I only...
#20–Undervaluing and the inability to say noAnother side effect of our undervaluing is that we don't dare saying no. We think that if we say no, we'll be rejected. And even though it's us who don't want something or someone, the prospect of being "no...
#19–Needs, boundaries, and the Ghost of UndervaluingGrowing up in a codependent family, I never learned to distinguish my feelings, desires, and needs from the needs, desires, and feelings of my parents and sister––I wrote about my codependent family...
#18–That's never gonna work, or the Ghost of Idea DeflectionThink about making your dream come true: what part of your life or of yourself would you need to change for that to happen?If your dream is really worth it, the change might need to be quite...
#17–Behind the grudges we holdI think the biggest grudge I hold (maybe the only one) is against my sister. I’ve tried to forgive her, and to forgive myself for secretly not wanting to forgive her. But the mere thought of letting go of this rese...
#16–Grudges are useless possessionsWhat do we hold grudges for?This morning I had a bad experience renting a car. I felt my mental fists clenching up––like, "grrr!"I spent the day planning my revenge. I'd speak to the manager, and I'd complain here,...
#15–Clinging to useless possessionsWhy do we keep things that don't serve us?In my closet there's a beautiful skirt that my sister got custom-made for her in Thailand. It's beautiful but I kind of hate it. My sister is a heroin addict since I can rem...