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Money is not a shameful topic. The less we talk about it, the longer we stay in the dark.

In this episode you will learn:

1. Money reflects choices, not character
2. A dollar creates possibility
3. Talking about money is empowering

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Hi. Welcome to Destin for success. I'm your

host, Jennifer Takagi, and today I'm going to talk about how

money is not a shameful topic. The less we talk about it, the

longer we stay in the dark. Last week's episode with Andrew

quiverman shared a whole lot around the idea how there is no

shame in $1 and it's true. It's so true. And I want to expand on

that, like take my own twist, like you know that I like to do.

And I want to start with saying that money reflects choices, not

character choices. Not character. I have a friend who

used to get a new leased car every two years, like as soon as

her lease was coming up, she took it in, traded it and got a

new lease. And at the time, I thought, This is the craziest

thing ever. Why would you waste money on a lease car? Is she

that bougie? Does she think she's that great? And one day,

something came up about the car and her car choices, and she

said the first car she ever had used to break down all the time,

and she was stranded. And she developed a belief that if she

rented or leased a car and drove it within the the two year lease

period and kept the miles minimum and took it in for all

the maintenance. This should never be left high and dry on

the side of a road. And it wasn't until a number of years

later that she felt confident enough that she was bringing in

enough money that if she bought a new car and it broke down,

that she would be able to pay to have it repaired and have a

rental car in the meantime. So we can create very quick

judgments about people and their character, when in actuality

it's possibly and probably more about choices and past

experiences. So getting a new car every two years on a lease

had nothing to do with her character. It had to do with her

idea of safety and well being. That's a whole nother thing.

That is a whole nother thing. I was at a retreat a few years

ago, and it became very evident, very clear, that the people in

this room were kind of like not my people. I was struggling to

get on the same page with them for the most part during this

event. And money kept being brought up, and the ladies in

the room kept talking about the evils of money and how bad money

is, and this just kept rolling around in my brain, and I was

like, I don't understand. We paid to be at a retreat. We're

in a beautiful location. We actually were in a stunning

resort hotel in San Diego, California, for those who may

not know, but San Diego is a super expensive place, and

unless the few people who lived nearby, they just drove to the

hotel, the rest of us had to fly in, we had to pay for a plane

ticket, we had to pay for a hotel, and we had to pay to be

part of this retreat. So everybody had invested a lot of

money, not to mention our time to be there, and several of the

women, one in particular, just hammered on this idea and notion

of how evil money was. And finally, like, this was like a

three day event, I think it was. And finally, it was towards the

end I said, you know, I just, I just have to throw something out

there. And again, all these women knew each other. I was the

newbie to the group, so it was like a very awkward situation.

But I said, you know, in the olden days, like in the early

1900s or before, people would trade with. Goods. So I come up

to you and you've got meat and I've got vegetables, I'm going

to trade you my vegetables for some of your meat, but it can be

very difficult to get your vegetables, especially a long

time ago, from point A to point B, and have them not rot. Same

thing with the meat. It could go bad. And that's when the idea of

currency came about. I'm I'm gonna say that you can have this

much of my coins, my dollars, whatever, and in exchange, I'm

going to get this meat or these vegetables. It's the same thing

now we place a value on something, on how many dollars

or euros or whatever your currency is, and that's all it

is. And the look on that woman's face when I explained it that

way was just utter horror that she had never considered that

before. It's just that I don't want to carry around all the

things I could trade you to get what I want from you, that I

don't have, that I don't create, that I don't build, that I don't

grow, because I am surely not going to grow a garden. I can't

even keep my flower beds having a flower alive in them, so I'm

absolutely not going to do that. So when you can wrap your head

around, oh, this is just a different way of exchanging and

somebody, I know you're out there, I know you're listening,

thinking this is the most basic conversation ever, but trust me,

this just happened a couple years ago. So it's a thing. It's

just really a thing. Dollars create possibilities. They

create possibilities. What do you want to create in the world?

What impact do you want to have in the world? Going back to the

conversation from the retreat I attended, if I do well in my

business, and I bring in more money, what happens? What are

the possibilities? The possibilities are, I can donate

more to charities I care about. I have more money for my family,

where I could possibly make a difference in their lives. I

might see some homeless person on the street, and it might just

strike my cord that day, and I can generously give money. I

also can go on amazing adventures and vacations, and

I'm supporting other economies with going to stay at their

resort. I have lots of possibilities. Do I go places

and travel the cheapest way possible? Yes. Do I travel first

class? Sometimes? Absolutely yes. Which do I like better? The

first class. I love getting on a plane first. I love having my

baggage dropped first. I love on a three hour flight with

American Airlines. They have a really nice little vegetarian

snack box. I'm not a vegetarian, but I find I like those options

better. And this gal sat next to me and said, Oh my gosh, this is

like a Lunchable for adults. And I was like, Yes, it is. Let's

get another cocktail. It's possibility. It's possibility.

Who do you know in your life that could really benefit if you

just gave them $1,000 no questions asked, no strings

attached. Do you know one person that that could really impact in

a really positive way? That's the possibility of money. And

the third point I want to make on this is talking about money

is empowering. I'm going to let that soak in. Talking about

money is empowering. I have gone to Spain two years in a row for

a month both times. And I have a friend who loves to travel, and

we travel very well together. My husband doesn't want to go. He's

invited. So all you judgy people, he doesn't want to go.

He's invited. Everywhere I go, he's invited. He.

Rather not go. It's fine. It's fine. It works out really great

for us. But I was talking to a friend of mine, and she said,

Well, I can't go to Spain like you do. I'm just not in that

position. I said, Okay, well, let me just tell you, when I

invited my husband to come for a week of my month, there I found

a plane ticket from Oklahoma City to Malaga, Spain, round

trip. Basic Economy didn't even upgrade. Just basic economy just

get you there and back, $757 and I said, if you've got a year and

you're working full time and your kids are out of your house,

if you've got a year to come up With $800 to fly to Spain, you

could have come. We already had the apartment. My bedroom had

two beds. She could have come. But in her mind, the idea of

going to Europe, from the US to Europe, was so big and so

expensive and so far out of the realm of possibility that she

didn't even consider it. And I have other friends the same way.

They're like, Oh my gosh, you go have a good time, and I can hear

the undercurrent of, I can't go, I can't afford it. Well, can you

not afford it? A lot of my expenses, Not that it's any of

your business, but a lot of my expenses were covered by

affiliate marketing. I promoted other people, and I had money

come in, and I set that money aside to go to Spain. When you

stay in the Airbnb for a month, the price plummets because

you're staying long term. Think of all the possibilities that

you have not considered because you wanted, you chose to live in

a box. Or maybe nobody showed you another way. Nobody ever

opened up that box to show you other possibilities. Money

reflects choices, not character. The dollar creates all kinds of

possibilities for good in the world. And talking about money

is empowering. If you don't know how much something costs, it's

really easy to say, I can't afford it. I'm Jennifer Takagi

with destin for success. And if you want to have a one on one

call with me to like, hash through a little bit of this,

please go to your success, call.com and book a call with

me. I'd be happy to talk to you. You should be able to get on my

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