Chill & Prosper with Denise Duffield-Thomas

More Money, More Problems? Facing Your Fear of Success

Chill & Prosper with Denise Duffield-Thomas

Show Notes

Here's a fear most entrepreneurs won't admit to.

Not the fear of failure. The fear of success.

The unspoken worry that if things actually went well - if you made more money, if you grew bigger, if you actually hit that goal - something else might fall apart.

What if I attract attention from the tax man and get into trouble?

What if my friends resent me for earning more than them?

What if success changes me and I stop being the person the people I love recognize?

What if I make more money and then lose my hunger - and become complacent?

These feel like practical concerns. But they're money fears. And they're often more powerful than the obvious ones, because they live below the surface where we never examine them.

In this week's episode of Chill & Prosper, I'm talking about the fear of more money - the more money, more problems mindset - and the unspoken fears that quietly keep us stuck at an income plateau even when everything else is in place.

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