The School of Greatness - 5 Money Habits: What The Rich Use to Make More w/ Jen Sincero

Episode Date: August 30, 2023

Jen will be speaking at The Summit of Greatness this year! Don’t miss out! Buy your tickets today – summitofgreatness.com – In the episode, Jen delves into key takeaways, including the profound influence of the words we speak on our reality. She highlights the concept of money as a dynamic form of energy and life force, shedding light on its deeper significance. Jen emphasizes the pivotal role of a resilient and empowered mindset as the cornerstone for leading an exceptional life. She underscores the importance of self-awareness in shaping thoughts, behaviors, and beliefs for personal and professional advancement.Jen Sincero is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, speaker and motivational cattle prod who’s helped countless people transform their personal and professional lives via her products, speaking engagements, newsletters, seminars and books. Her #1 New York Times bestseller, You Are a Badass®: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life (2013), has remained on the NY Times bestseller list for over five years, has sold over 5 million copies worldwide, is available in over 40 languages, and continues to grow in popularity around the globe.In this episode you will learn,To what extent words you speak have a profound impact on your reality.How money is a form of energy and life force.Why cultivating a resilient and empowered mindset is the foundation for leading an extraordinary life.Why developing a keen awareness of your thoughts, behaviors, and beliefs is essential for personal and professional growth.Why desiring money is not the same as being greedy.For more information go to www.lewishowes.com/1492For more Greatness text PODCAST to [phone]Want more School of Greatness episodes like this one?Bruce Lipton on Manifestation: https://link.chtbl.com/1312-podJoe Dispenza on the Law of Attraction: https://link.chtbl.com/1312-pod

Calling all conscious achievers who are seeking more community and connection, I've got an invitation for you. Join me at this year's Summit of Greatness this September 7th through 9th in my hometown of Columbus, Ohio to unleash your true greatness. This is the one time a year that I gather the greatness community together in person for a powerful transformative weekend. People come from all over the world and you can expect to hear from inspiring speakers like Inky Johnson, Jaspreet Singh, Vanessa Van Edwards, Jen Sincero, and many more. You'll also be able to

dance your heart out to live music, get your body moving with group workouts, and connect with others at our evening socials. So if you're ready to learn, heal, and grow alongside other incredible individuals in the greatness community, then you can learn more at lewishouse.com slash summit 2023. Make sure to grab your ticket, invite your friends, and I'll see you there. The number one question I get at my talks is what do you do when the people closest to you don't support your growth and the main reason they don't support it because because you're killing off the person they love I mean think about that like you're changing who you are and

they're comfortable with who you are and they feel that's their reality too is is caught up in who you are being so when you decide to change you're killing off their buddy or their whatever, and you're screwing up their reality because you fit into theirs. Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Lewis Howes, a former pro athlete turned lifestyle entrepreneur. And each week we bring you an inspiring person or message to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness. Thanks for spending some time with me today. Now let the class begin. And I wanted to start with asking you a question about money and talking about money for a moment because I feel like a

lot of people are in fear around money right now. They're scared. They're uncertain of what's going to happen with all these things in the world around money and inflation and crisis and all these different things. I'm curious, with all of your research and all of your feedback from your audience with your book about money, what do you feel like is the number one thing that holds people back emotionally and mentally around believing that they are deserving of making the money they want? About the deserving piece. Oh, wow. Well, first of all, I think that a lot of people think it's not okay.

Like there's a real morality around making money. Really? Because think about it. We really focus on greed. And when you desire money, it's not the same as being greedy. But I think that we combine those two things. And so of course, if you decide that you want to make money, you don't tell people. I remember like when I was on my path to like get rich, people were grossed out, you know? It's not, I mean, I always compare it. I remember when I was on my path to get rich, people were grossed out. I always compare it to if I was like, I'm going to lose a hundred pounds, people were like, go you. But you're like, I'm going to get rich. They're like, you're disgusting. Wow.

So there is a real judgment around it. Why is that? If someone's ambitious around making money and creating financial abundance for themselves, Why is that? I think because there is an implied morality piece where you're going to do things that are really bad for everybody involved. Like you're going to, money's the main goal. So you'll do anything to get rich. I think there is this really weird perception of that. And I do think that, you know, the news definitely focuses on all the evil that people do to make money. And so that you rarely hear about people giving lots of money your way or doing wonderful things with money. It really is about how evil the rich are. Yeah. It's more rare. People are

giving, but you don't hear about it that much. Yeah. Not so much. And it's also, here's the interesting thing, because we've also been taught to diminish our giving, like to not talk about our giving, to make it anonymous. Don't brag that you're giving. Where I actually have started to prescribe to maybe talk 50% of the time about what you're giving and the other 50% of the time, it doesn't have to be, you know, you telling the world about it. But I think when you say, here's what I'm giving, it inspires other people to be generous in giving as well. Absolutely. And it doesn't have to be only money, but it can be your time, your energy, your resources another way. But I think sharing about it sometimes empowers other people to be more generous as well. I agree. And it also takes away the stigma

that you're an egomaniacal fathead and that you want all the praise for being such a good guy. an egomaniacal fathead and that you want like all the praise for being such a good guy. But, and why not? Like we talk about other good things we do. It's just money. You know, I've written about sex. I've studied religion. Money is by far the most loaded. The most loaded. Absolutely. It's the dirtiest topic. I don't know why. And I don't, I really don't. I don't, it's interesting though. Like, did your parents talk to you about money? You know, I grew up. A little bit.

Yeah. A little bit, but there was stress around money. Right. Which caused it to feel more unsettling. So there was some conversation, but most of the conversation was stressful or their relationship wasn't peaceful. Right. So I was like, okay, well, if they're not peaceful, but they're working really hard and money is tied to working hard, then something must be off. Exactly.

And it wasn't a money issue. It was just an emotional healing issue. Right. And that just happened to be mixed in with money. Yes. And so in your little brain, you put it attached to money and make stress. Yeah. Exactly. What was your perception of money before you started to make it versus when you started to make it? Well, I grew up in a super waspy household. So, you know, we don't discuss money like it's, you know, dirty and uncouth. Never learned anything about it at all. No education around it? Oh, no. Oh, my God, no. Like, nothing. And so, I was very of the mind that it wasn't cool to want to make money, the unholy

dollar. I was a rock and roller, so I was more about the art. And you're not going to sell yourself out. Exactly. Selling out, what a concept. Selling out basically means you're getting paid for doing what you love. Why is why is that so bad? Right. And then the whole starving artist crap and all that stuff. Yeah. And that rich people sucked and I was too cool to focus on money. I also believed I sucked at making it, which was the truth. I also had a weird feeling that like I was it was almost like a different species. It's almost like me. There's me and then there's grownups. Right. And I felt that way about money, too. Like there is me, there's me and then there's grownups, right? And I felt that way about money too. Like there's me and there's people who actually make like real money and have big houses and fancy cars and like do stuff like, but I was, I was like the child version of that, you know, always sitting at the kid table financially. And so it was a total identity shift that I had to go

through where it was like that I could open myself up to like being somebody who could receive that kind of wealth. It was a real big shift for me. to like being somebody who could receive that kind of wealth. It was a real big shift for me. Do you think we have to go through an identity shift in order to see money differently and to be able to receive it differently? I think you do. Absolutely. That's a really great way to go at it.

So what was your, you know, the key words around your identity with money when you didn't have much versus the key words that you would with money when you didn't have much versus the key words that you would speak about within yourself or what money is once you started to unlock more money? Well, it wasn't necessarily around identity, my words, because I did have two very serious mantras. But there was a lot of visualizing myself with money. And like, I wrote about buying the Audi and you are a badass. And like, I'm not the kind of person who drives an Audi. Are you kidding me? Like, and like almost feeling like this, the guy who is like test drove it with me and be like, get out of here. I know you are. You can't afford this. Exactly. So, um, so, but my mantra is really like, and before I

started making money, I said, I can't afford it to pretty much anything you could throw at me. My first words out of my mouth were, I can't afford it. And I- What are we doing when we're saying that? Whether it's true or not true. We are buying into an identity as somebody who can't afford stuff. We are also proving it. You know, what you speak, you want to prove because you want to be right. And it is sort of the foundation of your reality. So when I say I can't afford it a hundred times a day, I'm subconsciously pulling in proof. Like, look at the car I'm driving. I'm living in an alley. Like, I make this much money a year. I'm building all the foundational blocks to prove that I can't afford it. And that becomes my reality. And then that becomes my, I like to call it familiarity zone because comfort zones are not comfortable. Interesting. Right. So, so then I'm just proving it over and over and over and that becomes my reality. And then to shift out of that literally means to obliterate your reality and your identity. Right. So that's like an explosion. It's like you have to have a death,

an explosion, a bomb almost to go off. It does. And it's killing off your old identity. And this is why I'm going to totally go off on a segue here, but this is why the number one question I get at my talks is, what do you do when the people closest to you don't support your growth? And the main reason they don't support it is because you're killing off the person they love. Oh, man. I mean, think about that. Like you're changing who you are and they're comfortable with who you are and they feel that's their reality too is caught up in who you are being. So when you decide to change, you're killing off their buddy or their whatever and you're screwing up their reality because you fit into theirs.

Wow. So it's really a thing. It's so interesting. I was telling someone on my team this a few weeks ago, that in the different seasons of my life, from 18 until now, I have had all these amazing experiences from school to sports teams, to moving to new cities to finding new groups and communities. And a lot of them I've outgrown in certain ways or just transitioned out of. Maybe not outgrown, but just I've gone to do other things

and continue to try to evolve. I'm not saying I'm better than, but I've continued to try to evolve and let go of the old me. And some of them don't like it. And I lose friends in the process of changing myself, reinventing myself, letting go of old behaviors and stepping into a different, you know, identity. And it's not easy to have communities that you love and people you are familiar with

and hanging out with that support you. And you go to parties and do whatever activities. And then all of a sudden they stop returning your calls and they stop texting you back and you feel sad, hurt, disappointed that you're trying to go somewhere and they don't support that. It's a scary time. Yeah, it is. It's very lonely. That's why it's lonely at the top. What suggestions do you give to people then who are shifting their identity, at the top. What suggestions do you give to people then who are shifting their identity, stepping into a new reality for themselves and their friends don't like it, their family doesn't like it, their communities don't like it, and they're telling them to, hey, come back and hang

out with us. What do you say to them? Well, first of all, really make the decision, are you going to stay small and shrink just so that you can be around those people and make them comfortable? Or is your comfort more important and your growth more important? And also it doesn't serve them either. Like if you all stay at the same low level, because not everybody ditches you. There are some people that are just like, oh my God, you inspire the crap out of me. I'm going to do it too. Right? So focus, it's all where you place your focus. Right? And then also focus on who you're going to meet now that you're

getting big. Right. Right. Those exciting, inspiring people who are turned on by the same things you are, who are doing the same things you are. Like it's all about where you put your focus. And you can only, I mean, I really only have maybe five to seven close friends that I can actually spend meaningful time with outside of my girlfriend, which I spent a lot of time with outside of my team, which I'm spending lot of time with, outside of my team, which I'm spending time with during the day. There's only so many nights and weekends that I can spend quality time with people.

And you may need to open up space to inviting people that are at a, I don't know, an awareness or a support or a level of thinking that you want to be at as well to create that time and connection with. So it's scary though. If it's not scary, you're doing something wrong though, right? So how old were you when things started to shift psychologically, mentally, and emotionally?

And did you create a bomb? Was it more of a slow breakthrough for you in shifting this identity and this old skin? Yeah. Yeah. I was 40. It was in my forties. Yeah. I really struggled and suffered for way too long. I mean, don't get me wrong. I had a fun life. I was going on road trips and I was in a band and I was doing all the things I wanted to do, but financially I was just so stuck and stubborn in my thinking, you know? And so that's actually how I finally picked up a self-help book. Like I was, I mean, self-help was as ugly as making money was for me. I was always scared I'd die and they'd find them in my house because I was too cool. And that's when I was just like, I have got to do something.

And that's when I started reading them when I was sort of end of my 30s, beginning of my 40s. But it was in my 40s that I hired my first life coach and went totally into debt for it. Like put it on my credit card, called her and begged her for the money back. And luckily she was a great coach. She's like, that could be the most important money you ever spend. Wow. And then I was like front row doing every single, single thing she said. And luckily she was an excellent coach and I tripled my income in like three months. And

then once things, once I saw myself do that, then I was like, okay, this works, this works. And then I was just a straight A student, just doing all the things. Just kept showing up. Oh, I kept doubling my rates and kept cold calling and doing all the stuff that I was just like, but, but it was so cool at the same time. Like it was so fun because one of the things about being stuck is that life force that's going through all of us, right? Like it was about the money, but it wasn't about, it was about the money. Money is great. I don't want to, you know, I love having money. It's so, it's just freedom and options, right? Money is just freedom and options. And who does not want that all day long? But also it was about the life force that I knew I could be doing better. There was just so much Jen Sincero that wanted to like go shine basically. Right. And, and I was blocking it off. I could just feel it. So it was just this clogging and this like frustration that once I hired the coach, like I was, I was in the game and I was, I was playing and I was taking risks and I was doing stuff I'd never done before. And it was so exciting. It was

so alive, you know, it's a life force. Money is currency and currency is energy. And that energy is a life force. And when you were feeling stuck financially and around money, was it more of a thinking or a feeling in your body and an emotional connection to it? Or was it both? Both. Definitely both. What was the thought and what was the feeling tied to it? The thought was, I am never going to get out of this. I'm 40. I'm living in a garage in an alley. I've never been able to make money. It's just not something I personally can ever do. And then more subconsciously, lots of things subconsciously, but it's not okay to do it. I discovered that I had a really, the biggest block for me was

if I get really rich, I will, um, my father who wasn't able to show love very comfortably would always give me a 20 or, and I was his way of, yep. And I was like, if I get rich, I don't need dad anymore. And it's like putting a knife in his heart. Oh my goodness. That one blew everything open for me when I realized that. And,, yeah, so those were the things, but it was really hopelessness, just like frustration and hopelessness. Like, how am I ever going to get out of this? And then I guess the feeling was hopelessness, despair, sadness, anger, frustration. Resentment.

Yeah, resentment. Yeah, everything. Now, did you resent people with money back then? Was it like, oh, you know, screw them. They're entitled or they have this. Anybody who talked about it, I was really resentful of. I was like, oh, shut up. Don't talk about it in any room.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. And what happens if we don't speak about money in a healthy way? We perpetuate it as being the big boogeyman. Yeah. And I think anything that's hush hush has, you know, and I do, I relate it to sex all the time. Like we're all supposed to be really good at sex, but you're never allowed to talk about it. And you certainly don't learn about it, you know? So it's like this weird, mysterious, dirty thing. It really is. I

mean, it's dirty. Money is dirty. You know, I don't want your dirty money. Like, you know what I mean? It's dirty until you don't make it dirty, right? Exactly. Until you change it. Exactly. So just by like airing it out and talking about it and being joyful about it and talking about what you do with it joyfully and sharing it and making it and being happy that you made it and not, you know, it's so not a big deal. And it's like, we all need it. You know, it's so funny. I always think like, you know, if I told the

average person, like, I'm going to give you 10,000 bucks, I'd be like, sweet. And then, you know, but talking about like, how do you feel about rich people? How do you feel about people who make tons and tons of money? And the disparity, you know, the difference between that, like you want it, but there's still dirtiness around it, which is why I put in two of my books to write that letter to money because it's a really interesting exercise. You wrote like a love letter to money. Yeah. You just write a letter to money as if it's a person almost. So it's like, I love you. I wish I had more of you, but I don't trust you. And I feel like a dirty for even saying that. And, you know, all, so all the, all the things, and then you can see what you got going on. This is a topic that I've been fascinated about for decades because I didn't have money at one point. Also, I was living on my sister's couch for a year and a half. I couldn't pay for the

rent. I didn't buy food. I was just living off of her for a year and a half while I was recovering from a surgery, a wrist that I broke playing football. And I was afraid of it. My father also got into a pretty bad car accident a year prior to me getting injured, where he was kind of that lifeline for me, where he'd give me a hundred bucks when I needed it and paid for things and just said, hey, go live your dreams. And when you're done, we'll figure out what you're going to do. Right. He got in a car accident. He had extreme head trauma, was in a coma for three months. My God.

Ended up surviving, but wasn't able to work anymore. So he was physically alive, emotionally and mentally kind of not here. Wow. So he passed a year ago, but it was 17 years of him struggling, right, to try to recover. So I had this, you know, father backup to support me financially in a sense. I mean, just give me a 20 or a hundred bucks here and there. And he was no longer able to do that. Wow. So I remember being fascinated by this conversation 20 years ago, because I was like, I don't understand it. I don't know how to make it. I don't know why anyone would give me money. Where does my value come from? How am I

going to ask someone for money when I don't even know what skills or values I have? And early on, I started to learn from these mentors and coaches teaching me about money. And one of them was around the way we speak about money. Because if we are essentially saying this is bad and evil or I'm not good enough for this, then why would that thing come to us if we think it's bad and evil? We're going to be rejecting it. Or if we don't think we're deserving of it,

why would we receive it? Why would we bring it into us? Right. And so I had to really shift this conversation 20 years ago around money and do what you talk about, which is just having more open conversations. Not talking about it like it's this hush-hush thing, but just being more open and conversational and not being so emotionally heightened when you talk about it. And learn from a peaceful place of talking about it. So I love that you have this write a letter to money. Yeah. When you talk about it and learn from a peaceful place of talking about it. So I love that you have this write a letter to money. Yeah.

And really, I tell people, if you want your money to appreciate, you must appreciate it. Exactly. And treat it like you're the greatest lover of your life. Right. Yes. Treat it like if you want your partner to be investing in you and to be giving you words of affirmation and physical touch and like gifts, if you want all these love languages, then you've got to pour into and appreciate the partner you're with. Absolutely. Tell them how gratefully you are every day.

Tell them what you love about them, what you see in them. And when you appreciate a person like you said, or if you appreciate money, it can appreciate in value and come to you in return. Absolutely. It's energy. And it really, that like money is currency and currency is energy. Like, like I had to hear it like 6,000 times before I really got that money is energy. It's a frequency. So when you raise your frequency and get into alignment with it and that whole alignment thing

is all about none of the limiting beliefs just just being in surrender and in alignment and having it flow in so at the beginning you asked me what my mom you know what my words were so at first it was i can't afford it and then i eventually went to money flows to me easily and freely. And this is still while I was living in the garage, still while I was, you know, so in debt. But I had started doing all the energy work around it. And I was like, all right, what are my blocks? Like when when you write a new mantra, it's all about like really feel like the letter to money, like what just kept coming up and that I was stuck and that it was hard and that I didn't know what I was doing. So there was like hard and stuck and confusion. So flowing easily and freely was just like, yeah, even though I did not believe it at first, like it wasn't about believing it.

It was about the feeling because we are emotional creatures and, you know, that emotion, the frequency of emotions was, you know was the flowing, the easily and freely flowing was really, really powerful for me. So now when you write a statement or a mantra that you're wanting to step into, but you don't believe it yet, is that lying to yourself or how do we overcome this thing that, okay, this is what I want and this is what I'm stepping into and the feelings I want to experience, but I don't have it yet. I don't, I don't.

And that's not actually true yet. Okay. I'm just going to say, if you are not successful at what you want to be successful for, and you're feeling stuck, you're already lying to yourself because you're buying into the identity that is not in the flow. So that's the lie. So money flowing to me easily and freely because I live in an abundant universe and I'm a creature who receives, that is the truth. So even though the identity that I'm in

is not believing it yet, it doesn't matter. What matters is that I'm feeling it. So I always tell people like, you don't have to believe it at first, like, but you have to feel it. So that's why what the words make you feel like are the most important part about it. So ease and free and flow was the most important part of that. tired of feeling this way after two decades or like i just want to see what's possible for me in this next decade was there something around that time that made you say all right this hasn't worked for 40 years of my life yeah now i'm going to try something different you know i think it was there really wasn't like i didn't almost get hit by a bus or you know i just i first of all it's so boring being broke. You can't do anything, right? Really, you can't do anything.

And I think it was just sort of a, it's almost like I ripened. It's almost like, how many times do you hear something before it's the aha moment? Why does that suddenly happen? I think you just finally are in a place where you can hear it for some reason. So I'd started reading the self-help books and I was really into it. And, you know, I made a bunch of half attempts at like getting my act together, but I think it was just, I think I just ripened. And then I made the decision, like I think really living in, and it was like a one car garage. Like it was small. And I think after a little while of that, I was like, I'm sick and tired of this.

I am 40 years old. You know, I can do better than this. Right, right. And so I think I was just so sick of myself. My friend, Dean Graciosi, says we pay attention to what we pay for. Do you think you making this investment in a coach made you pay attention more to, okay, now we're going to make my money back and I'm going to make more than my money back. So I'm going to focus. I'm going to do all the painful things that she tells me to do. And I'm going to be the best student I

can be. Is that what your thought was because you invested? Definitely. And I will say though, is I've had clients pay me lots of money and not do a damn thing. So it's not a guarantee. So that is part of it for sure. Cause I've also given like free coaching sessions to my friends and it's like the biggest waste of all of our time. Right. But, um, so I do think that the exchange of money is very, very real, but I think more importantly, your attitude and the decision. It's deciding. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. Because you can decide to invest, but you're still not committed to taking the action and doing whatever it takes. Absolutely. And I've been given things for free, especially at that time in my life. Anything I could get

my hands on, I was straight A student. So the money did have something to do with it, but I was- But you were also committed for free, pay, whatever. I was so ready. No, I was- You were all in. Oh my God, yeah. And before you weren't committed. Yeah, exactly. Because you have the emotional blocks that were just half. Yeah. And so I do think it was that sort of, it's sort of like the water hitting the rock and then it's the grand Canyon, you know, like reading the self-help books. Like I did, I had started that a couple of years before the garage. So I was sort of priming myself. And then finally I was just like, I'll do anything.

Hit me. Yeah. What was the book that really inspired you the most? The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Waddles. Yeah, that's a good one. I mean, not only because it's like this big because I'm super impatient, but I mean, it's super cryptic. It's like, it's all about the universe being a thinking stuff. And when you impress your thoughts into the thinking stuff, it becomes real and material world. And I just, I just, it really it really really really spoke to me I've read it hundreds of times really yes yeah what was the biggest takeaway from that book oh so happy

you asked because I'm talking about this line all the time is to think what you want to think is to think the truth regardless regardless of appearances. So this is everything, right? So mindset is everything. So regardless of appearances, regardless of the fact that I'm living in a garage in an alley, driving a car with no grill, like those are the appearances, but to think what you want. And I think the want is so key too, because that's your, that's your authenticity. That's not like thinking what other people think you should do and how you should live your life. To think what you want, the purpose that you were put on planet Earth to live out. That's the truth.

That is the truth. So your desires are the truth, not what's physically around you. Wow. So how do we know that we are in harmony and congruency with our desires? How do we know that we are in harmony and congruency with our desires? That it's for something not just selfish and self-serving by itself or ego-driven, but more, I don't know, driven by something greater. You know, because if someone says, well, I want to make a lot of money or I want to make $100,000 in a year or $500,000 or whatever it is, or millions. How do we line up our desires with our authentic selves so that we don't hurt ourselves in the process of making money or become overwhelming, daunting,

or draining? I think you always come back to, is it fun? Does it give me energy or deplete my energy? And does it have meaning meaning those are the three things that i'm really living my life by these days and uh i think that if you're in alignment with those three things and other things certainly but those are sort of my big three is it fun does it give me energy and does it give me meaning yeah and is it meaningful yeah is it meaningful yeah i like that yeah and where were you at 39 doing things that weren't fun? They drained your energy and they didn't give you meaning? Yeah.

Pretty much. I mean, I was a freelance writer hustling my butt off. And then like when I really did the math, I was like, the amount of time I spent hustling for this gig, and they don't pay that well, like magazine articles, come on. I was making like, I was probably losing money, quite frankly. So yeah, no, there was none of that it was not fun it was exhausting it had some meaning but you got to get all three you know yeah or at least start working towards it because you may not be able to at this season but you got to focus on can i can i get one can i get one and is it leading in the direction of something that is fun that is going to give give me energy and has meaning? Cause you're right. Like when you're

building a company or when you're doing something like it is exhausting and, but if it's still exciting and fun and has meaning, then yeah. Yeah. It doesn't get to be a picnic all the time. When was the biggest aha moment for you then? Like, was it after you made a certain amount of money or a client paid you something, or was it just a feeling you had like releasing all of it in the process of working? Like when was that moment where you're like, I'm actually emotionally and mentally free around the idea of money? Oh, interesting. Um, maybe I'm not. No, I will tell you. No, I actually did. And I did put it in. You are a badass. I put it in one of them. It was when I had, oh my God, it was such a cool moment. So because money is currency and currency is energy, right? So we're really going to get woo woo with the money, like really shifting the mindset around money. And bring me back to my story if I go off on a tangent because I'm about to go off off on a tangent I want to remember but I um money is currency and currency is energy yes money is currency currency is energy and I've had so many clients that have told me and it's happened to me too where they

manifest when they get into the meditation and they start to raise their frequency yes and they focus on the amount the exact amount comes in from outer space that you didn't even think of and so my story is around that where I was working with my coach and we were really going to shift my money reality. And so she's like, you know, what amount of money would be really great for you to make right now? Like what would have a lot of meaning? And I was like, $10,000 because I'm $10,000 in debt on my credit card. And I hate being in debt. She's like, perfect. And so she's like, okay, so how soon are you going to make it? And she goes, you know, like about a week, two weeks. Cause I, you know, and I was at sign making like 30 grand a year.

And I was like, my God, if I made 10,000 in a week, that'd be incredible. And I was like, but you know what? I got to do it in two days. Cause I know myself and I won't keep myself in that frequency. Like I'll lose steam and I'll decide that like, nah, it's not, I can't do it or whatever. Like I knew that the stuff would start creeping back in. So I was like, all right, 10 grand in two days. She's like, great. Okay. So how are you going to do it? At the time I had this little online coaching business that I had just started coaching

writers and I said, I'll get three private clients, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So then we're, you know, putting all the pieces in place. And then she's like, okay. And is there anything else? And I was like, well, you know, there was this guy that I was coaching years ago. He was my first private client. I was charging him like 50 bucks an hour. And I was like, I could also call him and see if he wants to work with me again.

And she's like, okay, great. And we're still on the phone. And I checked my email and he has written me. I have not thought of this matter communicated with him in years. Email, he's like, you know, are you still coaching? Can you help me? When can we start? Wow. And so she's like, okay, here's what we're going to do. We're going to put together a $10,000 package for him and you're going to sell it to him right now. And I know, and I was like, I was charging him 50 bucks an hour. I was, and I really adore him. He's such a special person. And

I was like, felt like, you know, a greedy pig, blah, blah, blah, all the things, fraud complex, gigantic. Imposter syndrome. Oh, beyond, beyond. And so we, she's like, and what we'll do is we'll put together a $15,000 package and a 10, so the 10 looks cheap. And I was like, I can't do 15. She's like, all right, 12, pain in my ass. So did a 12, sent it to him and literally wanted to throw up. I was just like, if he, because I really cared about this guy, he bought the 12. Holy cow. I know. You know what, I should have been in 15.

I know, exactly. I know. Well, here's the thing, you know, it's not like he would charge you 12,000 an hour. Obviously, you created a position and a packaging of services that would over-deliver, that would serve him in a big way. I worked with him for five years after that. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So it's not like, I'm just going to charge some number and give very little. Oh no. You made sure that the value was there. Totally. How did you learn to package and position your value to be able to charge for what you wanted? My coach helped me put it all together, but then I had to rise to that frequency. And I'll tell you, you know, when you're charging something that scares the out of you, you show up with your

A plus game. And he did too. It was a lot for him too. We knocked it out of the park. Because you pay attention to what you pay for. Yes. Yes. Yeah, totally. You'll rise to the occasion. Like, I got to focus. I got to show up on time. I'm going to deliver the results on time. Absolutely. Give my best here. Yep. Interesting.

So now here's, I'm curious about the next thing. Was that everything to the story first off? I want to make sure I get it. Yeah. Okay. Money is currency and currency is energy. I'm curious about the next thing. So once this happened and you sold a $12,000 package and you were like, this is crazy and

this is more money than I've ever made in my life, essentially, in two days, did you fall back at any point or did you stay focused? Oh, interesting. Because sometimes people get an opportunity and they get excited and then, well, I tried it again and it didn't work. So maybe this is a fluke. Maybe this is a one time. Right. The thermometer goes back down to what they're comfortable or familiar with. Very common.

Very common. I did not, but only because I continued to get coaching. And I got bigger and bigger and bigger packages. I mean, I was paying six figures by the end. A hundred grand for like a year of coaching or? Wow. So I just, cause I knew myself, I was like, I am rickety in this whole sort of wealth consciousness department. So I knew that I had, it's like getting a personal trainer, right? So I just kept investing in the coaching and now, now I'm good, but I do still have to work at it. I mean, it's different levels. It's different levels, you know, and it's comfortable at this level, but if you want to break through, exactly. Exactly. You've never

done, it means you've got to have a different frequency still, right? Exactly. You know, yep. Oh, there's always more growth to be had. Do you feel like you're kind of at like a block right now? Because again, you've sold, I don't know, five or 10 million copies of your books. You've got coaching program, you've got all these core success, financial freedom, all these different things. But is there like a level you've reached that you feel like, okay, well, can I break through that? This is so much now and I feel abundant, but could all these different things but is there like a level you've reached that you feel like okay well can i break through this is so much now and i feel you know abundant but could you break through

if i want if i could decide what i want the next thing to be yet i'm still in that sort of incubation period of like what would be fun give me energy and have meaning i'm getting there like i definitely feel like i'm getting there and i'm doing a lot of things that meet those requirements in the meantime, but it's not the big. What's your biggest, what's your biggest fear or insecurity around money right now? That I don't know what to do with it when I make it. Like I'm good at making it. My bookkeeper called me one day and she's like, would you please just open a savings account at your bank? Cause I had like a million dollars in my checking account. This was a while ago.

I finally got my act. So I've hired financial plan. Like I've hired people who have grown up to know what they're doing with money. But like I'm teaching myself about it. But I find it boring. I find investing boring and confusing and out of my league. So luckily there are amazing people who know what they're doing. So I have finally gotten that team together.

Gotcha. Luckily, there are amazing people who know what they're doing. So I have finally gotten that team together. Gotcha. And there is a little tiny part of me, if I gave it any attention, that is a little scared it's all going to go away. Really? Yeah. But I don't, I'm not, it's not that bad.

And I probably should not even speak it out loud. Right, right, right. Yeah. Well, you're being honest about it. Yeah. I think there's one thing about speaking it out loud so it doesn't happen. But another thing about saying it so it doesn't have power over you. Right. Oh, yeah.

Okay. We'll take that version. If you're afraid of it, like you're afraid to have the conversation around money. Yeah. I'm all believer, like don't speak into something that exists you don't want to happen. Yeah. But I think, you know, when I started talking about my fears and my shame and my insecurity, it actually felt like the poison was coming out of me. it actually felt like the poison was coming out of me and now i could see it outside of me or i could have a conversation with it as opposed to it being in me right afraid to talk about right

and then i could get coaching about it right and then i could okay let me create a game plan okay well i'm afraid of it but now i have a coach to help me you know invest it the right way and whatever i need to do yeah you know You know, so. Yeah. As opposed to ignoring it and just, I hope I don't lose it, but I'm not going to speak about it. Right. That's a good point. That is a good point. Okay. I'll tell you another one. What's the other one? The other one is that I'm going to make too much of it and I won't. And it is, it's kind of like the same as the first one, but I won't know what to do with it. Like I'm scared of it coming in too fast and too much because it's going to bury me alive almost. Yeah, I know.

I know. Holy cow. Bury me alive. Kind of. Yes. Why would money bury you alive? Just telling you what I... Well, this is the interesting thing, Jen.

I think it's powerful that you're talking about this because there's different levels of insecurities or fears at the stages of money we make. And when I was broke on my sister's couch, I had a lot of fear and insecurity, uncertainty of the future. And then I remember one day I made $6,200 in an hour doing like a live webinar selling a program. This is in 2009. Okay. So there was like courses and webinars, all this stuff. Yeah. And I go, I'm the richest man in the world with $6,200. Now I had to split that with the person

who promoted this training for me but I still felt like $3,100 in an hour. I go, I could do this every day for the rest of my life, right?

Because I was sleeping on my sister's couch. Yeah. But there was still, I never made six figures and so there was still a challenge like, how do I do this? And how do I manage it?

And I understand it. And now taxes, what? All my money's gone from, I just made money. I have zero again. And this fear of like this tax thing. And then you get to the next level, the next level, the next level. And I just think there's different challenges or things we get to overcome at every level of money as well.

Sure. Yes. You know what I mean? You level the devil, right? Is that right? Yeah. So one of the fears is, will the money bury me alive? Yeah.

Why do you think that is? Gosh, why do I think that is? I think it's my insecurity about not knowing what to do with it. When I had very little of it, I could manage it, right? That was easy. And then as I started getting more and more, and so I do have pieces in place, but I've opened, I've hired a new financial team so I can make, like build the nest and it will come.

Cause I was like, if I don't take care of this, I will literally block it. I will energetically block it. If I'm scared of it coming in and think it's going to bury me alive. Like that is not a abundant mindset, you know? Sure. So yeah. So I, um, I just created the nest. So now bring it on universe. Right. Right. So now you can, you have, you have a foundation for it to come in. Yeah. Yeah. So it's not scary anymore because I know where it's going to go. Yeah. But I realized that I was just like, wow, I am kind of scared of it coming in too much. I know

it's interesting, isn't it? Yeah. I think it's fascinating. I think we all get to experience at different levels how to break through. Otherwise, wouldn't it be interesting if it was just, I don't know, there's no obstacle. What do you think are the key things

that abundant mindset people around money do differently than scarcity mindset people around money if you had to say three or five kind of key things they Appreciate it as you said that that is a biggie they appreciate it and they speak about it as They love it. They're not weird about it They're also generous with it because when you pinch yourself off from giving you, that is sort of a subconscious way of saying there's not enough to go around and it's not going to come. I'm not in the flow. So when you don't give generously, it's because you're scared that it's not going to come in anymore. They take risks. You know, you got to

take risks. You are where you are because you've been doing what you've been doing. So if you want to change your life, you've got to do stuff you've never done. What else? Wealthy people. They learn about money. Like you focus on money. Like that was such a big thing for me too. Like when I was broke, I never wanted to think about money, right? I was all about writing songs and doing much more noble things. Sure, sure. But when when you're broke all you think about is money like i don't really think about money that much now that i have it like but every single decision you make when you're broke is about i have enough to pay for this exactly what happens if i don't right you wake up in the first thing in the morning in a panic because you got to pay your bill so you're always thinking about money so it is really just sort of getting in the flow with

that and just you know being on good terms with it and focusing on it. And, you know, how are you going to make it? Like being realistic about your income streams and, you know, and if you want to make it, you've got to coax it in, you know? Right, right. I'm curious about this. Okay. You're a starving artist. You wanted to do noble things, which are about art and making art and all these different things. What would have happened if someone would have said, Jen, you know what? I love that you're an artist. I love that you have this, you know, passion for art and you want to keep doing this.

And this is the way you've been for 40 years. And we don't want you to change. Here's a hundred grand a year for the rest of your life. Don't worry about money up to a hundred grand. What would that have done to you if someone would have given you a hundred grand a year and you would have just been like, okay, I'm going to write and do whatever I want.

And how do you think it would have been mentally, emotionally, spiritually versus you having to risk emotionally and mentally? You getting to heal, let go, overcome. Right. Challenge yourself into asking for money, into becoming something greater than that limiting belief. What do you think, what do you think it'd be now?

Probably would have spent it on beer, honestly, back in those days. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I wasn't, you're absolutely right. It's an, it's an, it's a frequency, you know? It's like, it's like, uh, I wasn't, you, you're absolutely right. It's an, it's an, it's a frequency, you know, it's like, it's like, uh, I don't know. I mean, I always, I always had, I guess I'm going to say gall. That's not the right word, but I did, I did do a lot of stuff that was pretty edgy and I, I pushed the envelope a lot. So I may have gotten there, but I don't think it would have been as

exciting as it was to do it myself. You know, there really is, you do grow and they say, you know, starting your own business is the best personal development course you can possibly take because all your stuff comes up, right? All of it. Relationship training, it's leadership training, it's inner child training, everything. Everything. Every button is pushed. Totally. So it wouldn't have been as satisfying, I don't think. I think I still would have done it, though, because that is kind of my personality. When I'm ready to change, I'm ready to change, and I do it.

Yeah, yeah. But I think it wouldn't have been as glorious. And I probably wouldn't have written UR at that. It would totally change my entire life. It changed yours, but it also changed other people's lives. Yes. So it's who you become, the but it also changed other people's lives. Yes. So it's who you become, the lessons you learn, the wisdom you have, to then be able to be of service and teach from your own experience.

Yeah, the book about me getting $100,000 a year just for being would not be that interesting to people. Right. Yeah. Right. That's interesting. Yeah. What is the question you get asked by your readers the most that you wish they truly could hear and believe the answer to?

Oh, so many. Well, the one that I said about what do you do when the people closest to you don't support you. Another one is how do you keep the motivation? Like, you know, we go to these seminars, we read books, we listen to the podcast, and we're all raring to go. And then a month later you go back in your old patterns. Exactly. Yeah. So how do you stay motivated on your vision and on your growth journey? Well, I call it going to the spiritual gym and you've got to have a spiritual gym practice because you do not get to work out physically

and then stop going to the gym once you're in shape. So just because you got in shape at the seminar or listen to the podcast or whatever, you don't get to stop doing stuff. So, and it doesn't, and you know, I was like, oh, I'm going to working so hard to start my business. I don't want to do anything. So it's like, it can be 20 minutes, you know, you working out for 20 minutes a day can do a lot of great things. So it's like spiritual gym workout, meditate for 15, read a self-help book for five. Like what music are you listening to? Who are you hanging out with? What makes you feel like you could flip over a car? Like what are those things? And do them every single solitary day for 20 minutes. It's not that big a whoop-dee-doo. You know, when you think

about that, it's going to change your entire life, you know? So, and take it as seriously as anything else, because that work will make everything else that you know, so and take it as seriously as anything else, because that work will make everything else that you're taking seriously and trying to achieve so much easier. And, you know, I'm giving a lot of talks right now. And the thing that I'm just so excited, and I'm so excited to be speaking right now, too, because it reminds me it's my spiritual gym, right? Like we all need it. so but the thing about because we are spiritual creatures having a physical experience right and if you and like instead of just giving it lip service and talking yeah yeah i know that but think about it we are the universal

intelligence that created everything that is we our thoughts, our universal intelligence is stuff that created everything that is. Why are we not more stuck up? Why are we not feeling so powerful all of the time? If we're really going to believe it, if we're really going to go steroids on woo woo and go there and really like, if you thought about that all day long, about your being you know when you're in alignment not the garbage thoughts that you think but when you get quiet and you tap into your inner yippy skippy as i like to call it and you're there and you're in the flow it's like it's so exciting right instead of spinning out on how pissed off you are at somebody you're freaking out about this judging people judging people what we do all the time, right? If you can just catch yourself,

and that's why awareness is the key to transformation, right? So you just catch yourself when you're in the spins. And this is why meditation is so important because it gets you into the habit of catching yourself, right? Because you're trying to stay clear. So it's not just about catching yourself in meditation and moving the thoughts away. Meditation is practice.

We're doing it all day long. So catching yourself and be like, ah, I'm going to tap back into universal intelligence, the stuff that created all that is. So, and then just going from there. If you could reflect on You Are Bad, which when I read it, it gave me like this jolt of energy because I was like, this is exactly what I want to talk about consistently. You know, I had, I had, uh, the school of greatness, I think had come out for maybe, I don't know. I think I read your book maybe a year after I started, I saw it out in the shelves, but I ended up getting it maybe a year after I started the show. And I was like, this is amazing.

I'm so glad you're talking about this because it's everything that I believed in and everything I wanted to continue to express in my own way. If you could reflect on one idea from that book and you can only share one idea. You're so mean, man. All right. That you believe is the thesis of the book that you want people to remember and remember a concept, a phrase, an idea from it, what would that be for you? Well, kind of what I just said, but since I just said it, I'm going to use my point for another. I'm going to use my one thing I get to say. I really believe that if we all did something that scared us every single solitary day, Our lives would change so quickly.

We wouldn't know what hit us. Right. Let's go. And scary in that like tear sightment way, like terror excitement. Like you don't have to like run into traffic, you know, but something that's like in the direction of where you want to go.

That scares you because fear is the sign. It's the compass that you're getting outside of the familiarity zone. So true. Right. So if you just take those steps outside and just do the scary thing every day, every day, wow, because that's really when I was making all of my huge financial transformations,

it was always, you know, my coach would always tell me something. I'd be like, totally didn't want to do it, but I knew if I did it, it would transform my life. And it was exciting. You know, it was like leaping into the void, just like, ah. Yeah, I love that. it, it would transform my life. And it was exciting. It was like leaping into the void, just like, ah. And that's the sign. Yeah. I love that. I have this concept in my latest book, The Greatest Mindset, called creating your fear list. If you want to become fearless,

you've got to create a fear list. That's brilliant. And really go all in on this. This is something I did as a teenager in my 20s and my 30s at different seasons of life. I was like, what is the thing that makes me feel so insecure right now? I had a lot of false confidence. You know, I was like this jockey ego, like I'm big and tough and I'm an athlete and I can dominate on the sports field. But then I couldn't talk to girls without being, you know, sweating and being terrified. I couldn't dance or sing in public without being like humiliated or whatever it was. I couldn't speak in public also. So all these things I wrote on my fear list in my twenties, after I broke my wrist and was on my sister's couch, I was like, I'm already humiliated. I have no money. I'm living

in my sister's place for a year and a half. Um, you know, my dad just went through this thing that I don't have him really in my life anymore. Uh, my, My passion, my dreams are gone. So I have, what do I do now? Let me just conquer all my fears. And it was the greatest gift I gave myself because it gave me so much belief and confidence in me every time I would just get a little bit better in my fears. It's not like I had to like overcome it all in a day, but I just saw a little bit of progress every day and practicing my fears, speaking a little bit every week i was like a little less nervous a little more confident a little more skill every week over a year's time where i was like man i'm a powerful human being i can do anything now let me figure out the next fear

and just kept repeating it and and i'm still in that now. Like I'm trying to learn Spanish and I still get insecure, like speaking Spanish. I'm still like a beginner, but it's like, I got to keep practicing and a little bit of growth every day, a little bit better, you know?

I don't have to be fluent overnight, but what am I overcoming? Just little by little, that really gives me a lot more confidence in self and belief. And I think my thesis is self-doubt is the killer of dreams. Right.

When we doubt self, it's really hard to do anything courageously because we're constantly in doubt mode. So I loved your book about stop doubting yourself and start stepping into your greatness. And a lot of people are stuck in doubt. What do you think beyond facing fears we can do to believe in ourselves more and overcome the self-doubt that we have better? I think not waiting until you're ready, you know, and this is kind of saying the same thing, like facing the fear, but like making sure everything's perfect, making sure you've got all the money tucked away, making sure you're the right weight, you know, whatever, like just doing it now, you know, just do it now and take action now is a really big one, I think. And also, you know, paying attention again to how you speak about yourself and what you think about yourself and what you, how you treat yourself. And, you know, I wrote a whole section in bad habits about boundaries, you know, boundaries

are huge when it comes to self-care and self-doubt and we make lousy boundaries and put everybody in front of us because we want to be liked and, you know, and then we're passive aggressive and resentful, which is super fun for everyone, you know it's like but you know really getting clear on who you are and what you love and making that a priority when did you stop abandoning yourself you know i still do it sometimes of course i mean yeah yeah in what ways do you oh god is it in relationships is it in self-care is it in the way you talk to not speaking you know sort of not standing my ground in the moment if somebody says something really crappy you know and it doesn't have to be i'm not i also don't want to be the personality police like if someone's

gonna say something but more just not saying anything like instead of like rushing it over because it's awkward just letting it sit there like the big turd it is and let it, everybody like have a good look at it instead of helping them recover or, you know, just like in the, in the moment is always interesting to me. So slowing. So my mantra for the past five years has been like, slow down and shut up, like slow down and shut up. Like, um, you know, just listen and just choose your words wisely. You don't have to react to everything. Exactly. So, yeah, for sure.

The personality police is everything. Yeah. It's not your job to teach everybody how to behave. Let them say what they want. Let them, you know, and this is all part of my whole, like, not giving a crap what people think of me. It's just like, think what you like. Think what you like. It's not my.

Right. It's almost, you know, in a way, and I've done this many times, it's not like I'm saying I'm above or anything, but when we judge another person because they didn't do it the way we liked it or they think they should do it or the way it's appropriate in the setting, we are being judgmental. We are being judgmental. We're not accepting. I'm not saying that's the right or wrong thing to do, but it's just something to notice. There's a judgment that's happening. Oh yeah. And when there's a judgment, there's usually a right and wrong. Yeah. And so it's just, is that serving us in the flow of our peace,

our happiness, our abundance, and being in harmony with the world. And maybe there is a time where we need to step up and create a boundary and say something and say, get away from me or whatever it is. But it's really more about, it's the inside job thing where it's none of your business, you know, that's their journey. So that's really, you know, and I don't think we ever get there. I don't think, I think it is human to judge and it's fun. Come on. But, but I do think that it's a very worthwhile way to spend your time, like, working that muscle. Because it's also more fun, like, if you just leave it to them and let them do it. You're not spinning out on it anymore.

You're not focusing on it, which pulls more of it into your radar anyway. Like, if you can just focus on what feels fun and good and true and just, like, let them have it back. feels fun and good and true and just like let them have it back right how important is healing our past and our thoughts tied to having peace around making money super important because if you're because if you go out and make a ton and you're still weird about it right you're first of all not going to enjoy it and you'll probably lose it. Or you'll be, you know, put it in a hole in the backyard and never spend it. Porn it.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, so it is. What is the thing that people should focus on healing the most in order to set themselves financially free? I think it's different for everybody. I think we all are fed different lies and fears and things. So I think it's different for everybody. I think we all are fed different lies and fears and things.

So I think it's, but figuring out what your bag of worms is, you know, you've got to get clear about that. And I'll tell you the way that I discovered the big kahuna for me, which was my dad, like stabbing my dad in the heart, like I was talking about earlier was spending money. So the way that I, so I did, I did the letter to money. I was doing all, I was really serious about figuring out my stuff with money. And I was at a coaching seminar and this coach was speaking from the stage and he said that he charged $85,000 a year to work with him. And I, he was great. And I really loved him and I totally wanted to work with him. And when I heard $85,000, because I had been doing

all this work on my wealth consciousness, instead of being like, he's high, like what a, you know, but about a million, very rational excuses not to do it. Instead of going there, I went to, okay, how am I going to get 85 grand? Like that's where my mind went first. And that's only because I'd been going to the financial spiritual gym for so long that that's where my mindset was. So I went, how am I going to get $85,000? And I had a vision of my father. And a lot of stuff comes to me visually. A vision of my dad.

And he always wore this yellow V-neck sweater. And he had his hands in his pockets. And he was looking down at the ground really sad. And I was like, oh, my God, that's it. It's going to kill him if I get rich. Because he won't be able to show me he loves me anymore. Oh my gosh. It was so profound.

And that really was a straw that broke the camel's back for me. So what did you do after that then? What was interesting, I ended up not working with that coach. But it got you thinking about, yeah. But I ended up hiring a different coach. For a lot of money. A couple of weeks later for the same amount. Oh wow.

Yeah. And so how did you heal that belief around like, I'm going to kill my dad if I make a lot of money? Did you have conversations with him? Did you do something internally? It wasn't about him at all. It was about me and my perception. So what I started doing was visualizing him being so proud of me and supporting me and being happy and like turning it around, just being like, he's, he's going to be so relieved that I can take care of myself. Cause my dad was, had me when he was older. So it's like, he'll, he'll feel so rested. And, and the other thing

too, that was so funny, like my relationship with it was pretty, was pretty rough. And so whenever, um, when I started getting, when I started making money and I would tell him about it, he didn't really listen very well. And I'd be like, dad, you know, I just got paid this much. He's like, that's nice. He has an Italian accent that I always try to imitate that I'm terrible at. Um, at the end of the call, he'd be like, you know, do you need some help financially? And I'd be like, dad, I just told you then. And so I'd get, you know, all after the yellow sweater hands in pockets moment, I was like, it's the only way he knows how to show love.

So I could be like, dad, I just made $10 million. And at the end of the call, he'd be like, do you need 20 bucks? I'd be like, you know, that'd be great. Thank you so much. And I could see how much it meant to him. And I get 20 bucks and everything's good. So it was a really beautiful and it really healed my relationship with him a lot. Did he say, I love you?

Did he speak? Oh, he he say, I love you? Did he speak? Oh, he always said, I love you. Like he was, he was good that way, but he was a real, he just, he was a super introvert and he just was really uncomfortable with emotions. Yes. And he's Italian. I thought they're all screaming and yelling. And I was like, are you sure you're Italian? Sure. Sure. But that was his way of showing affection that he loved you by this act. And he also was raised to think men are providers and that's how you show. Yeah. Even if you make money, I'm still going to provide and support you.

Yes. What do you think would have happened if you would have stopped allowing him to give you, you know, 10, 20, 50 bucks? It would have really hurt his feelings. Because he wanted to give it to you. What would have? It would have really hurt his feelings. Like it really would have made him feel cut off from me.

So this is interesting because you don't need someone to pay for you for things, right? Like, you can pay for your own life. You can pay for food and dinner and trips and your home. Like, you don't need someone to pay for you. Right. The thing that I've learned in the last couple of years of being with my girlfriend, Martha, is that it's, you know, I don't... She can take care of her own stuff, and she takes care of certain stuff, and there are certain things that I take care of for us,

and I take care of myself financially in certain ways. But I've gotten to the point where I don't feel like I need to pay for everything to feel like she, like I'm enough, like I'm, I'm good enough or that I'm deserving or worthy of this is my value and being able to give everything financially. Now, again, and I don't want to rob her of being able to pay for the things that she's made her money. I want her to be able to pay for certain things for herself. But it does mean I get to show up in a different way, maybe not financially, but spiritually with my presence, with my generosity of my words and my time, my thoughtfulness and provide value in other ways, not tied to money. and provide value in other ways not tied to money.

And sometimes that can be uncomfortable if we haven't trained ourselves how to provide value outside of money in relationships. And I've had to learn that, and it's been a powerful breakthrough in a lot of ways. It hasn't been in the last two years. It's been like a decade of me doing this, but it allows me not to feel like, oh, she's paying for her own food right now.

I'm worthless. Right. You know? Yeah. Then I'm nothing to her. You know? Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And it's been powerful to empower her to be able to make decisions financially, which she was doing before me. She doesn't need me to do that. Right. She was already doing that. Yeah. But to me, I feel like I have to pay for everything and she just has to let me provide. Yeah, I know. It's interesting. It's more of a mutual providing of value in the relationship,

intimately, peacefully. The highest currency for me is peace. I would take peace over money all day long. And she brings peace to the relationship. Therefore, I don't need her to ever spend money on anything. Just be peaceful, and you've got a happy man. Uh-huh, uh-huh. And I think that's just something to look at. How can you bring value into a relationship

not related to money? Yeah, well, listen, Lewis, I'm cutting you a check after I leave. The fact that you said that right after, I was like, of course it's my daddy's stuff. I mean, come on. Yeah. Yeah. No, that is something to look at for sure. What was the best lesson your dad's taught you?

You know, he, well, I don't know if this is such a great lesson, but it's a really funny line. So I have to say it. But I remember when, I think he taught me a lot about perspective because he grew up in Italy, in Naples, and he didn't come over here until he was in his 20s. And so I did. And he just always thought American children were so spoiled. He was like, oh my God, you whiny little. Like, I can't believe. So I remember like one time, like in college, I was like, dad, will you help pay for therapy? I'd really like to talk to a therapist. He's like, you don't need therapy. You know what you need? A war fought on your soil. And I was like, okay, right. Good perspective. But just

sort of his, um, I mean, I think also that you can love in different ways. Like, I feel like that's sort of what he has really taught me, you know, with the money stuff. Like that was just his, he, you love however you can. And that he really did. I mean, the guy could not look at me without crying. Like he just, but he couldn't express it. So it was like, it was really like he couldn't. And I was so angry at him for so long for not.

Telling you certain things. Yes. And not listening to me the right way and all this stuff. And I'm just so, he lived into his nineties and I'm so glad he did because I feel so good with where our relationship was by the time he passed because I put down the bag, you know, I was like, let it go, Jen. Like he was doing the best that he can and he loves me. And how lucky am I that I have a dad who loves me that much. So it was really, really great. So I just feel like he really taught me a lot about, it doesn't have to be the way you expect it to be. It can be different. Somebody can love you differently than you would love them and that

you expect it. And to be grateful is what they do. Yeah. That's beautiful. I love that. Yeah. I want to ask you about coaching because I've heard coaching a few times. As an athlete, I know the value of coaching from sports into business. I'm a relationship coach. I'm a health coach, nutrition coach. I have coaching in every area because coaching worked for me as an athlete to get to my goals and accomplish the dreams that I had in sports. So when I transitioned from sports into life, the first thing I did is look for mentors

and coaches to guide me on my path. I don't think I'd be where I am today without having great coaches and guides. Do you think we should all find a money coach or have some type of coaching within money, whether that's a financial advisor or maybe it's reading your book around money or listening to content about money, or should we have guides and coaches? Yes. I mean, especially if you're not making it, like you need money and you need it now, you know? So get a coach. Like I always talk about Olympic athletes have coaches. Why do you think you and your scraggly little trying to scrape it together? Why do you think you don't need one? You know, that's what got me doing it. I was just like, who am I kidding? I've been trying for 40 years on my own and I

couldn't do it. Right. Yeah. No, I think coaching, I think coaching, because also we all know what it's like, like when you're saying, you know, how would I coach somebody who's going through what I'm going through? Super easy, right? When it's not me. So that's what a coach also does is like, they see, they're not in your forest with all your trees like they're looking at it without all your around it you know so they can see it so much more easily and so a good coach can save you so much time and money in the long run yeah do you have a coach right now i don't have a coach right now yeah but i'm still in that sort of incubation maybe i need a coach yeah no but i'm not scared of hiring them i I mean, I love that. Right, right. Yeah. But you're in a season of discovering and reflecting on what you want next. Yeah.

You've done so much in the last decade. Yeah. And now you're figuring out, okay, where am I at? Yeah. What do I want to contribute or how do I want to show up? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Interesting. Yeah. I'll come to you. It's fun. And I'm still doing stuff. And I really believe in not sitting around and trying to figure it out. Because when you're about to do something new, you don't know what it is. You've never done it.

So you've got to go out and do stuff. Try things. Try things. So I'm out there trying things for sure. And I'm still doing all the bad stuff. We've got a lot of really cool things happening in that arena. So that's all super duper fun. That's great.

That's great. But just, you know. Living the dream, Jen. I've got a couple final questions for you. Okay. What is the thing you're most proud of that most people wouldn't know about you? I would say that I'm a really good friend.

I have friends. I have lifelong friends from forever and a lot of them, and we're just like a family. That's cool. I feel like I'm an art collector and I have all these masterpieces of humanity that I just I pick good ones that's a great nice keep them around because they're really

important to me that's cool yeah like that explanation of it you're an art curator I like that I'm telling you I want to have an unveiling which will just be called a party to some people. I like that. I'm telling you, I want to have it unveiling, which will just be called a party to some people, but- I like that a lot. I asked you this question on our previous interview that was a virtual interview, but I'm curious your response to it now. So we'll have to reflect afterwards on what those answers were before to where they are

now. This question is called the three truths. So imagine a hypothetical scenario. Okay. You get to live as long as you want to live on this earth, but then one day you turn off the lights in this physical world. Okay. And you get to create and achieve and accomplish all the things you want to do.

Mm-hmm. But for whatever reason, all of your written audio and video material has to go with you. Okay. From all your books and this interview and everything is gone. Hypothetical scenario. Okay. But you get to leave behind three truths, three lessons you would share with the world.

And this is all we have left of your words. What would be those three truths for you? Well, let's see three truths would be the most important thing to develop if you want to really live an awesome life is your mindset really develop your mindset and pay attention to it um do the scary thing definitely do the scary thing every single day and have as much fun as you can. Like what else are we here for? Yeah, that's beautiful. You have, uh, again, 10 year anniversary of you are a bat.

Uh, you've got other amazing books as well. You're a bat at making money. Um, you're a bat at every day, bat at habits. So many amazing books. Number one, New York Times bestseller. You've got an amazing course, I believe as well. Coaching course. Group coaching course. It's so fun. At jensincero.com, S-I-N-C-E-R-O.com, where they can get that information. What do they get in this course and this coaching? Well, I'm doing it live now, which I haven't done in eight years. And it's so much fun.

I missed coaching. I really miss talking to other people. And it's, I've been selling it as a DIY course for a while, but now I'm back in it. So basically you get, it's eight weeks long. You get, and we, and what I love about this course is I wrote it right after I finished writing you are about it. So I put in a lot of like time management and sort of like, you know, brass taxi kind of thing. And every other week is a spiritual element. So you start applying the spiritual to the tactile. So because I really

feel like, you know, we talk about all this stuff, but unless you're actually doing it while you're taking action, who cares? So people, it's been so much fun. So basically you get a video at the beginning of the week, you get a PDF with the video, and then every other week you get a 90 minute coaching, group coaching call with me. Wow, that's cool. It's recorded. So if you can't be there, it's fine.

And then, or a guided meditation or a guided motivational. That's beautiful. Yeah, it's really fun. And a Facebook group where you can hang out with the other people in the course. Everyone can use more coaching from you. Ah, thank you.

The synergy, I love it. You're also on social media everywhere, Jen Sincero, everywhere on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. What's the main platform you hang out the most? I like Instagram the best. So if you enjoyed this, make sure to follow, share a story, leave a message about your biggest takeaway from this episode on social media and also in the comments below over on YouTube. I want to acknowledge through, through taking action on your fears consistently, through investing in yourself, through investing in coaching, through being willing to risk feeling vulnerable, feeling overwhelmed, feeling embarrassed, feeling like a failure at times and doing it consistently over the last, I guess, 15 plus years now. So I really, really acknowledge it for you being a channel to share this work with the world and impacting so many people along the way. It's been a beautiful journey to watch. I'm a fan of you, your work, your books. It resonates so

much with me. So I acknowledge you for the gift that you are to humanity as well. It's beautiful. Thank you so much. It's so nice to meet you in person. You're like the easiest, but you're totally kindred. You are like, you're just there all day. Yeah. My final question is what's your definition of greatness? Allowing yourself to be, do, and have everything that lights up your little heart. I hope today's episode inspired you on your journey towards greatness. Make sure to check out the show notes in the description for a rundown of today's show

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