Rewire Your Brain For Wealth and Money – Part 3

rewire your brain for wealth and money

If you haven’t already, I strongly recommend you read rewire your brain for wealth part 1, and rewire your brain for wealth part 2, as well as my post on things to be grateful for when you have no money.

I am by no means wealthy in the monetary sense, but over the last year, I have totally overhauled the poor financial situation I was in.

I was living each month, barely scraping by, and often needed handouts from family.

It put a great deal of stress on me and my partner. I remember, because I was so stressed, it also put a huge strain on our relationship and almost became the cause of it coming to an end.

Looking back, I’m so glad I was in that position. The feeling of that period of time has stuck with me and serves as a reminder that I never want to be in that position again.

Now, I would like to help you reach another level with regards to your attitude surrounding wealth and this part is about your perception of your self worth.

Rewire your brain for wealth and money – Self Worth

I went for this interview once when I was job hunting early last year. The job itself was very underpaid for my skill-set and that point got raised during the interview.

The employer said to me “You’re worth what you’re offered” and I totally disagree with that statement. I say “you’re worth what you strive for and accept.”

I turned down that job as I felt like I was made to jump through hoops for a job that was definitely underpaid.

It all came down to my perception of what I was worth. I felt like I was worth much more than was being offered and I didn’t settle.

Now, at this point I want to clarify a few things.

  • I’m not rich in the sense I don’t earn millions.
  • I don’t earn a mega salary. I’m probably on about average wage.
  • I’m relatively free of debt although I do have some.
  • I regularly save.

Compared to last year, that for me is an awesome position to be in, and it all began to change when I began writing this series.

When I was younger, I got myself into very bad debt because I didn’t understand money and I was very irresponsible with the money I was earning.

I spent the next 17 years working just to pay off all my debt.

I can’t even begin to tell you just how demoralizing that was. Working, not towards wonderful amazing ambitions, but just to pay off debt.

I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy and now my sights are set on much grander visions.

One thing I don’t want to do is deceive you of the position I’m in and how I got here.

Thanks to the help from friends and family, I’ve cleared off much of my debt. I earn an average salary, which is where I am, and where I would like to end up is earning a good living from speaking and writing and be self employed.

I also want to be financially savvy and have multiple sources of income. I’d like some passive income. I would like to earn money through speaking and writing. It’s my dream to have various other assets, investments and other means of generating an income.

Increasing your self value

As I increase my skill-set, so should my value? Right? But for a long while it has not, and that has been down to the fact that I simply do not value myself in the way that I should. I still fall into the trap of perceiving my overall value at a certain level.

When I perceive myself at a certain value, I sell myself at that value.

When I increase my internal self worth, I will automatically begin to sell myself and my skills at that value.

How do you increase your self worth and your perception of value?

This comes from deep rooted beliefs about yourself. Only when you change or amend those, will you change your perception of your self worth.

I don’t necessarily believe it is all about your skills, or your confidence level etc (although both of those do help very much). I know very talented people who do not believe in themselves.

You have to begin by changing what you believe about yourself and there is a simple method to do that. Just like anything else, it involves practice.

The goal is to value yourself highly and sell yourself equally. In fact, if anything, you should oversell yourself slightly. Above all, you should never, ever undersell yourself.

Just as you would be asked in an interview, about what you would bring to an organisation, or what your good qualities, you need to look at those carefully and evaluate them.

Find a friend who’s will to play a game with you. The objective of the game is that you have to sell yourself to them. Whether the role-play be a kind of interview, or sales pitch, practice until selling yourself becomes natural and second nature.

Then, when your skill-set increases, selling or marketing yourself, becomes even easier!

Some people have a natural ‘gift-of-the-gab’ and can sell themselves incredibly well. Even though they may not have a high skill-set, yet they’re able to as somewhere along the line they picked up that particular skill.

Saving

That is a huge portion of changing your fortunes with money, however there is one very important aspect left, and that is about saving!

There are some who say, saving is worthless because interest rates are low. That may be so, but save you must!

In order to build wealth YOU MUST SAVE and have savings!

I’ll be discussing more methods about saving in the future but small steps will allow you to have big rewards.

I know that I’ve spoken a lot about money in all these articles but it’s been a kind of self therapy to me to master this area of my life. All my life, I’ve been surrounded by amazing wealth in the form of wonderful teachers, friends, family and values; this is the just the final step for me in completing that circle.

I hope that I can help you do the same too.

I hope you’ve enjoyed my series so far on on rewiring your brain for wealth. There is still so much to come and I’ll be converting all of this info into a handy guide that you can carry everywhere on your kindle device or reader.

How have you enjoyed these posts and my series on how to rewire your brain for wealth and money?

7 Responses

  1. Priyaa says:

    Amit I absolutely love your blog….this is the most
    inspirational blog I have read so far… 🙂 🙂 waiting for more
    articles..!!

    • Amit Sodha says:

      Hi Priya,

      It’s so lovely to hear from you and thank you so much for kind words, there are plenty of fresh articles on the horizon!

      Thank you again and let me know if there are any particular areas you would like me to blog about! 😉

      ~Amit

  2. Anders Hasselstrøm says:

    Hello Amit,

    Thanks for sharing your personal story. Well done going back to having a stable financial situation. I agree with the fact, that through rewiring our brain we are able to look at things in a new perspective.

    I have been super wealthy at one point in life. However, I can tell you this much: It did NOT make me happy! Happiness is not based on money but rather if you are enjoying the process you are in. I’m glad you had the experience because now you truly appreciate your “average” financial situation. Well done 🙂

    Concerning the last question: “Have you enjoyed the last posts so far?” Yes, I have indeed. I check your blog regularly and I hope to see more from you. If you wish you can take a look at my writing as well. I have posted a lovely article about happiness here:

    Take care Amit,
    Best,
    Anders

    • Amit Sodha says:

      Hi Anders,

      I really appreciate the comments and glad you enjoyed the series. It’s interesting to hear your take on the subject of wealth and how it didn’t make you happy. What do you think was the reason for that in your life?

      I will definitely check you blog too 🙂

      ~Amit

  3. Hello Amit,

    What do I think was the reason that wealth didn’t make me happy? When I applied for the job I knew that I could potentially make a huge amount of money. The motivation to apply for the job was the money and I never considered that money and motivation can go hand in hand but if you want a sustainable and long term motivation there has to be more in it than money. Much more 🙂

    Did I answer the right question Amit?

    Best,
    Anders

  4. Halima Alisa says:

    Hi Amit I am so glad I stumbled over your articles I really need to rewire my brain when it comes to money. I am so bad with saving money and saying no to applying for credit cards. I will print out the articles your 3 parts for now to read and looking forward to the rest.

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