Ever since my Stop The Money Meltdown Guide circulated, I’ve been getting some pushback.
It often sounds like, “But, Joe, I’m not having any meltdowns, so this tool isn’t going to help me.”
The problem is people have a particular interpretation of the word “meltdown.”
They’re thinking of toddlers in the grocery store throwing themselves on the ground because they can’t get what they want or the relative who completely loses it on another relative at some family gathering.
I won’t disagree that these are pretty specific illustrations of meltdowns but these are the volcanic-like eruptions that happen after a series of smaller events.
How many times was that kid told ‘no’ before they threw themselves on the ground?
How often had those two relatives butted heads before one of them blew up on the other?
When it comes to money meltdowns there are two things to consider, really.
The first is how we choose to define the word for ourselves.
How I would define a money meltdown for myself isn’t necessarily what one looks like for others.
Mine might come in the form of the tightness in my chest and the eye-roll response when the bills start to arrive. Someone else might have theirs every time they fill their car with gas and see the numbers scroll higher and higher.
The second thing to consider is that a meltdown doesn’t have to be a one-time explosion.
Money meltdowns happen every day in smaller ways. They are the occurrences that trigger anxiety or stress, etc. Together they lead to the big explosion.
My Stop The Money Meltdown Guide is designed to help manage the meltdowns happening every day.
If we don’t use it every day, we end up with the disruptive episodes that are inevitably harder to bounce back from.
We need to focus on how we define money meltdown for ourselves, identify what that looks like for us personally, and then use this tool as a way to help support us through this process.
It won’t eradicate the meltdowns, but it’ll help us stay more centered so we can get better results which eventually will lend itself to more money mastery (which also leads to better results).
Here’s the rest of your 3-2-1 on the nature of money meltdowns.
3 TRUTHS
- We define what money meltdowns look like for us. We don’t have to be a toddler throwing a tantrum to have a meltdown.
- Leaving our everyday money meltdowns unmanaged will only result in a huge meltdown later that is harder to recover from. We need to take care of all the little meltdowns as they happen.
- To develop mastery, we have to practice responding to a situation consistently. To develop money mastery, we have to practice controlling our emotions, thoughts, and perceptions around money consistently.
2 ACTIONS
- Snag your copy of the Stop The Money Meltdown Guide and begin implementing the steps immediately. Consistently using this tool will mean more consistent results which eventually leads to more money mastery. Snag your copy of the Stop Your Money Meltdown Guide and begin implementing the steps immediately.
- Implement the 5 steps BEFORE you sit down to look at your budget or make your next financial decision. Take note of how you feel when you use the tool before looking at your numbers vs when you don’t use the tool at all.
1 QUESTION
- How do I define money meltdowns for me?
Really, give Stop The Money Meltdown a try. If you want different results, we absolutely must disrupt the flow of your EMBR Cycle, stopping your emotions and money story from negatively influencing your behaviors and, ultimately, your outcome.
Just remember, while this tool will help you in the short term, it requires deeper work to fix your money stress permanently. We do this work (including a personalized look at your EMBR cycle) inside Procedures for Prosperity™. If “permanent” is what you want, let’s talk.
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To your impact and legacy,
