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MoneyWealth
&Happiness
Larry K. & Lorna Collins
Why Do You Write?
Why do you write?
• If your only goal is to become rich…
– This isn’t for you– Get a real job– Save like mad– Do something else– Hope for the best– Don’t count on it
Money
• What it is:– A means to an end– A vehicle for choice– Nice to have
• What it isn’t– A means to attaining happiness– A guarantee of freedom from problems– A solution to all problems
What is your Money Relationship?
• Did you grow up poor?• Or did you have everything you wanted?• Did you have to sacrifice?• Or was there always plenty?• Have you always had to struggle to make
ends meet?• Did you always feel financially
comfortable? • Were you told there wasn’t enough?
Money Attitudes
• Magical Thinking
– If I just had $ ______.00, I’d be happy– When I get _________, I’ll be content– With $________.00 in the bank, I’d feel
secure
Money Attitudes
• Poverty Thinking
– We don’t have enough– There’s none to spare– I can’t afford to share
Johnny Carson and the Toilet Paper
Money Attitudes
• Poverty Thinking
– I can’t afford it– I can’t ________ because I don’t have the
money– There’ll never be enough– I need to get mine, no matter what it
takes
Money Attitudes
Lorna’s Childhood
Money Attitudes
Income Levels
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Upper Middle Poverty
Money Attitudes
Income Levels
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Upper Middle Poverty Us
Money Attitudes
• Abundance Thinking
– I have enough to share
Money Attitudes
• Abundance Thinking
– There’s plenty for everyone– I have enough– There’s always more– I have enough to share – I can afford it, I just don’t need it
• Abundance Thinking
– I’m always finding money
Money Attitudes
• Abundance Thinking
– I’m down to my last hundred
Wealth
• What is it?– Cash in the bank– Equity in a home– Stocks and bonds– Inheritance– Retirement income– Something else
Real Wealth
FriendsFamilyMemoriesHelping othersFaithHealthSimple pleasures
HappinessA Tale of Two Women
Barbara Hutton
Renée Bondi
In 1923, who was: • 1. The Steel Titan?• 2. President of the largest gas company?• 3. President of the New York Stock Exchange? • 4. Greatest wheat speculator?• 5. President of the Bank of International
Settlement? • 6. Great Bear of Wall Street?These men were considered some of the world’s
most successful of their day.
What ultimately became of them?
• 1. The president of the largest steel company, Charles M. Schwab, died in debt.
• 2. The president of the largest gas company (AGECO), Edward Hopson, died in a sanitarium
• 3. The president of the NYSE, Richard Whitney, was sent to prison
• 4. The greatest wheat speculator, Arthur William Cutten, died of a heart attack preparing to go to prison.
• 5. The president of the Bank of International Settlement, Leon Fraser, shot himself.
• 6. The Great Bear of Wall Street, Jesse Livermore, also committed suicide.
Happiness
“Happiness is not having what you want
It’s wanting what you have”