How Perfectionism And The Fear Of Criticism Hold Us Back Financially

How Perfectionism And The Fear Of Criticism Hold Us Back Financially

Vangile Makwakwa
Self care and Setting boundaries

We need to talk about the perfect kids.

The kids or teens who were the good kids, the straight A kids who were the model kids, the kids we were sometimes compared to growing up. We need to talk about how this weight of perfection holds them back in adulthood and holds them back financially.

These were the kids, who always did as they were told and were respectful to a fault. They rarely experimented in alcohol or cannabis and were focused on all the right things. Everyone had high hopes for them.

They were seen as successful before they even reached university.

I was NOT this kid.

I was the kid parents would feel sorry for or thank God their children weren't like that. I was too weird, too outspoken, too visibly tortured and I was a runaway teen with who spent time on the streets making friends with sex workers.

if anyone actually believed I woulproductive as an adult?

The Paradox of Becoming vs Doing In Order to Achieve Our Financial Goals

The Paradox of Becoming vs Doing In Order to Achieve Our Financial Goals

Vangile Makwakwa
Finding the Miracle in Everyday

I spent years being too scared to dream and too scared to ask the universe or life for new things and new experiences.

I believed that the only way too get out of debt and be financially savvy was to eliminate all my desires and stop wanting things, because having a desire or wanting something meant spending money.

I believed the only way to become debt free was to eliminate all my wants and desires and to stop feeling my needs.

Or to deny all my needs.

Besides, I seemed incapable of achieving any financial goal I set for myself.

The science of property management

The science of property management

Wealthy Money
Investing in Real Estate

In episode 21, we interview David Beattie, the author of "The expert landlord" and owner of Equip Property Services, a real estate letting brokerage firm.

David started off as a property investor and soon realized that he was a better property manager than investor, so he changed gears and built a brokerage firm that specializes in property management.

On Making Ourselves Invisible So We Can Fit In

On Making Ourselves Invisible So We Can Fit In

Vangile Makwakwa
Self care and Setting boundaries

Furaya Joyce says, "Stop shrinking yourself to fit places you've outgrown."

I can't get this quote out of my mind and I keep thinking about how we sabotage ourselves financially to fit people and places we’ve outgrown:

*Job positions

*Clients

*Managers

*Pricing (refusing to increase price to reflect quality and experience)

*Friends

*Countries

*Romantic relationships

We know it's time to move on, but we refuse and fight it at all costs.

We see the signs and fight them.

We hear the intuitive nudge and ignore it.

Until life makes us and forces us out and when that happens, it's not nice and never peaceful.

How are you shrinking yourself to fit in something you have outgrown and how is it affecting your finances?

When we shrink ourselves, we make ourselves invisible so we can fit in.

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