#169: Having a Hard Time Making Money? Is This Social Construct Holding You Back?

Changing The Story with Lana Dingwall

Subject: Having a Hard Time Making Money? Is This Social Construct Holding You Back?

Do you feel shame around wanting to be wealthy?

Commerce and capitalism are not one in the same. Capitalism is a newer economic model in relation to how long humans have had goods and services to trade for. Commerce exists outside of capitalism and in many ways can actually be apart of what dismantles it.

I share this because many of us have deep social constructs running through our minds when it comes to wealth and capitalism. This shows up in how we speak to potential clients and our audiences. We project our feelings when it comes to making money, capitalism and wanting to be a good person. We can (or others can) confuse the idea that wanting to be wealthy AND wanting to be ethical and support our communities are mutually exclusive ideas. That it has to be one OR the other. But that isn’t the case.

Making money (or a thing you can barter+trade with) existed before capitalism and it will exist after capitalism. This is a huge distinction to understand, because our support and encouragement of making money doesn’t need to be tied into the negative narratives of capitalism, because while they are linked, they are not the same. You can make money, build wealth AND dismantle capitalism at the same time.

Positive change occurs when people find ways to beat the system - whether that’s capitalism, patriarchy, or any other repressive construct.

What I want you to take away today is that you can live and win (aka be happy, healthy and supportive of others) in a capitalist world without playing by its rules. You don’t need to exploit others or believe in competition or choose profit over everything else.

If you want to hear more on this topic, check out this week’s podcast episode.

On the episode, we discuss:

• Creating massive wealth without the fear of being complicit in capitalism
• Why business owners stop themselves from thriving in their businesses
• The importance of building wealth as a “good” person

I believe in you - you are doing way better than you realize!

Lana

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