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More Money: What Is That Big, Obnoxious Thing Standing In the Way?

I’ve been reading an old favorite of mine.  My copy of the book, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, has that “old book” smell, kind of like leaves crunching under your feet on a brisk fall day. You know the smell.

And it speaks about something very old, and often touted in modern day as a new discovery: how to get what you want.

1. Decide exactly the amount of money you want and write it down… (Okay, I can do that.)

2. Decide what you are willing to do to get it.

Whoa. This one has been buzzing in my head this week because, frankly, I’ve been living in various stages of terror.feardemonright

You see one of the lactase products we’re selling (distributing), Disolact, is finally becoming real. We have our website up and we’ve placed our first order from the Netherlands.

None of that was very frightening until my husband Read the rest of this entry »

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It Feels Like There’s Money In My Account…I’m Pretty Sure There’s Money

In my younger days, before I lost my terror of money, one of the games I played with myself was what I call “emotional bookkeeping.”

Somehow I thought I had a sixth sense that told me how much money I had in the bank. “I think there’s about $225. I haven’t written that many checks. I don’t think I have…I probably haven’t. I’m fairly certain there’s at least $175. Pretty sure…”

At all costs I would avoid balancing my checkbook. I was strangled by fear.

On paydays, however, the truth would come crashing in since I knew i had to pay bills. On those foolish months when I postponed paying the bills Read the rest of this entry »

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