It’s critical to have a positive money mindset. Especially now.

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There’s only one real truth in this world: ‘Your subjective truth’. And this one is almost always going to become reality for you. Maybe you’ve heard the phrase “selffulfilling prophecy” before.

For example: if you read newspapers on a regular or daily basis, where you can find most of the times negative articles, telling you that we live in a world full of chaos… then that’s probably the kind of world you’re living in: A chaotic world, where bad things after worse things happen every day.

So, the world I lived in was full of financial struggle. My parents always talked negatively about money and rich people — at least, as far as I can remember. A huge reason why money was always absent in our family.

When I asked my mom for a little cash as a young boy, even if I just wanted to use it for something meaningful, like school books, the answer was almost always the same: “Haha, do I look like I am rich?”. — Honestly, mom. I only asked for 2 Euros. But … another topic.
Or whenever something was to be repaired, both of my parents would respond, with an angry, fear-awakening voice: “And, who pays for this now?!!” — Reflecting today about our situation when I was growing up, I remember that my parents would always read the newspapers, convincing them of a world sight that was very negative…