The Top Ten Joy and Money Tips for 2007
by Mackey McNeill, CPA, PFS, IAR
Number One, Intention
Life flows from intention. Whether your intentions are clarified or not, you are creating your life from them. Make a point to discover your intentions when you are interacting with money.
Number Two, Sacredness
The Native American culture considered everything sacred. Consider for yourself how your life would be different if you considered everything sacred. How would you relate to your money, home, possessions, investments, and environment if everything were sacred? What behaviors would you change?
Number Three, Self Discipline
Make a list of everything you want that requires money. Prioritize the list and determine the cost of each item. Start a savings plan for your top priority in which an amount is set aside from each paycheck.
Number Four, Independence
There is a difference in having to go to work for money and choosing whether to work or not. When you can choose whether you want to work or not, you are financially independent. Take inventory of the actions you are making toward your financial independence. In what area(s) do you need to stretch? Do you need to save more? Are your investments well diversified and in line with your values? Do you have a plan?
Number Five, Clean and Clear
Are your financial dealings with others clean and clear? Are your interactions with others energetically complete, or are you giving or receiving with some un-communicated expectation? What areas of your life need cleaning up? Make a list and an action plan. Commit and get started.
Number Six, Knowledge
What areas of your money life confuse or scare you? Where do you need more education? Find a local community or on-line class or a book and increase your knowledge, and as a result your money self esteem.
Number Seven, Release and Attract
To attract the new, we must release the old. What are you holding on to? Are there things, ideas, habits or money fantasies you have that no longer serve you? Set aside a spring-cleaning weekend in the dead of winter. Use the first day to clear your mind, your apartment or your home of worn out ideas and things. Use the second day to set your goals and intentions.
Number Eight, Intuition
You have a gift of knowing called intuition, which is a way of knowing what is perfect for you. Turn off your TV and spend some time with yourself. Find out how you “know.” Start an intuition journal. Discern the difference in intuition and mind chatter. Reduce the chatter and feed and nourish your inner knowing.
Number Nine, Flow
Are you in the flow of life with your money or are you holding onto it as if it were a life preserver? Money is energy and as such requires circulation for proper function in your life. What organizations or people feed your spirit? Are you honoring them with your energy called money?
Number Ten, Gratitude
The practice of gratitude has more to do with how much joy you experience each day than any other single factor. If your gratitude barometer is low, start a practice of listing ten things each day that you are grateful for. Do this for twenty-one days. At the end of this time, notice how much more fullness and joy you are experiencing. If you drift back into your old patterns, simply begin again. Gratitude is always available to bless you.
Mackey McNeill, CPA, PFS, IAR is the owner and CEO of The Advisory Team, CPA’s and Business Advisors and The Wealth Advisory Team, Prosperity Planners and Financial Advisors. She has been in business for nearly twenty-five years and has recently written an award winning book that allows anyone to cultivate the prosperity they want in their lives with grace and ease, The Intersection of Joy and Money, available at www.JoyandMoney.com.
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