You Are a Badass at Making Money

TO GET RICH
Suggested Money Mantra (say it, write it, feel it, own it):
I love money because it lets me be the most me I can be.
1. Meditate for at least five minutes a day. No need to ask any questions beforehand,
just sit in silence and connect.
2. Use the affirmations in this chapter, or your favorites that you’ve come up with while
doing the work in this book, and commit to three that specifically speak to raising your
appreciation of yourself and of money. Write them every morning and every night, say
them all day long, take them with you wherever you go, and feel into them.
3. Go out of your way every day to do at least three nice things for people. Also, when
you’re about to be not nice, breathe, pause, and make a different choice.

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4. Practice patience. Notice when you’re getting uptight or grouchy and remember: You
can’t rush the Universe. Don’t try to pull open the flower. It all blooms according to
plan. Breathe, relax, stay the course, and lighten up.
5. Walk tall, sit up straight, practice using your body to become more confident.
6. Go on the Internet and do a search for the following text: Our Deepest Fear by
Marianne Williamson. Print it out, tape it to your refrigerator, and read it as often as
possible.
Please fill in the blank:
I’m grateful to money because ____________________.

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I
CHAPTER 12
TENACITY
used to live next door to a lady who worked in finance, who decided to
start her own investment management company. She took a huge leap of
faith and put up her entire life savings to get it off the ground, because,
unlike most people who start businesses like hers, she didn’t have a wealthy
backer or piles of cash to burn. She had to go to da hip (reach for her
wallet) and empty out every last cent. She had two kids in diapers the week
she launched her company, one of whom was in the hospital at the time.
And, because the Universe is hilarious, she also had jury duty.
Add to all of this that she was working in finance—an industry that
doesn’t have a whole lot of skirts walking around in it. It was not only
challenging being a woman, but it was also challenging being small beans
—she told me that at the very beginning of her journey, when she was
looking for her first investors, she was on the phone with a prospect who
looked at what she had invested so far (her entire life savings) and said, “Is
that all you’ve got?” He passed, she hung up, burst into tears, totally
humiliated, and started freaking out about whether or not she’d be able to
pull this off, to provide all the things she wanted for her family, to have the
freedom to work for herself, and to not lose every dime she had.
I used to see her walking down our street in a daze, white as pancake
batter, pounds lighter every time, a ghost. I’d ask her how it was going and
she’d always say, “Hanging in there!” Meanwhile, the question I really
wanted to ask her is if I could make her a meatball sandwich—I was
honestly a little worried about her. I could tell the stress was seriously
taking its toll, and when I moved away she was still wandering the streets,
still waiting for her business to either make it or crash, still somehow not
blowing away in the wind.

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I talked to her about a year later and was thrilled to hear that she’d
resumed her ability to speak in complete sentences in a tone above a
whisper, and that her business—after teetering on the edge for nearly a year
—was totally kicking ass. Today, the Zombie Next Door has increased her
net worth by roughly twenty times. Twenty times, y’all! She works only
with people she loves, she takes great care of her family, and she never
would have gotten there if she hadn’t stuck with it. And come up with the
perfect story to get out of jury duty.
Here are some key mindset pieces she had in place that helped her take
the leap and stay the course as she trudged through the Valley of Darkness
that first year: