5 Secrets to Manage Money and Relationships

What I tell my coaching clients who come to me with money worries is that money doesn't CHANGE anything; it REVEALS everything.

Money acts as a magnifying glass. If you're a poor jerk, you'll be a rich jerk - only jerkier. If you're a broke nice person, you'll be a rich nice person - only nicer.
 

1. Assuming money is everything.
   
   It's true: the best things in life are free. But the mortgage, groceries and Internet service aren't. We're hearing stories everywhere about how people are cutting back on non-essentials; but why did it take a financial crisis to do that?
2. Assuming a change in your money situation won't affect the relationship.
   
   This is the flip side of the first assumption. Remember: money doesn't CHANGE anything; it REVEALS everything.
3. Assuming things will turn around by themselves.
   
   Also known as the Ostrich Syndrome. We've all been there: believing that "someone out there" will fix our problems. As FDR said, "When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."
4. 4. Assuming you and your partner look at money the same way.

5. Assuming things will be this way forever.

This is the "Why Bother?" Syndrome, the flip side of the Ostrich Syndrome. When you assume "why bother?", your actions will be half-hearted (or some other part of your anatomy), which will naturally lead to half-success, or less.

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