You Are a Badass at Making Money

part of who we are, which is why settling, staying stuck in a rut, treading
the lukewarm water of mediocrity (or worse) is so excruciating.
All of Mother Nature’s creatures are designed to fully flourish before they
drop dead.

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You, just like all living things, are meant to take up space on this planet.
Shrinking back and denying yourself the things that bring you great joy,
living under a cloud of guilt, refusing to make an impact ain’t why you’re
here. The Earth is not here for us to pillage, but it is here for us to enjoy,
care for, and appreciate. You living your fullest life and making all the
money required to do so doesn’t take anything away from anyone else any
more than you refusing a ham sandwich because someone, somewhere, is
starving, helps them.
Greed comes from the same lack mindset as poverty.
Staying broke because you fear it’s gross to be rich or that you don’t
deserve money or that you getting rich somehow prohibits someone else
from getting rich too is all rooted in lack. Lack is the state of being you’re
in when you believe you’re in need of, when you believe that what you
desire doesn’t exist, when your outlook on life is a glass with a hole in the
bottom as opposed to a glass half full. A lack mindset believes that there’s
not enough to go around, that you’re not good enough or worthy enough to
flourish, that the money you spend may never make its way back to you,
etc. Pigging out on money and things and experiences is also based in fear
and lack—fear of never having enough, fear of not being secure, fear of
being unlovable, trying to fill a bottomless hole in your heart. Nothing in
excess is healthy: Gluttony is just as devastating as is anorexia. You
denying yourself your heart’s desires is not noble, it’s a waste of some
damn good desires. And it denies the world our only opportunity to bask in
more of you.
If you sometimes feel hopeless because of all the pain and suffering in
the world, and worry “Who the hell am I to get rich when others are
starving and being bombed out of their countries and enslaved?” know this:
One of the best things you can do is get rich. Because of the way our world
is structured, money and power are intertwined, so if you want to help make
a positive change, money is one of the most effective tools you can use to
do it. Yes, you can donate your time, organize, protest, lobby, alert the
masses, post incensed rants on Facebook, but you will be much more

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effective if you have the energy, options, and freedom that come with not
being in financial struggle, not to mention the resources to spend however
you see fit. Instead of complaining and freaking out about the power-
mongering, greed-obsessed fatheads who are perpetrating such harm on the
planet, and handing them even more power by staying broke because you
don’t want to be like them, why not focus yourself on getting rich instead so
you can make a big difference? You can do some really cool stuff with
money; don’t let the jerks who give it a bad name ruin it for you.
You cannot give what you do not have, so if you want to help others you
have to take care of yourself first. This is why they always tell you on
airplanes that you have to put your oxygen mask on first before you help
someone else with theirs. They have to remind us of this because it’s
counterintuitive—unless you are a sociopath, it’s your nature to help. Few
things light up the human heart like helping/bringing joy to others. Trust in
the fact that when you’re well taken care of financially, you’ll be even more
poised, and inspired, to spread the love.
Our world, now more than ever, needs as many compassionate, creative,
bighearted, conscious people to be as rich as possible so we can turn this
mother around. I mean, imagine if you and all the people you love and
respect had assloads of money? And if they felt grateful and empowered by
it, not icky and guilty? And if they could afford to spend it on themselves
and others and on saving our planet in ways that uplifted everyone
involved? Please take a moment to really envision the specifics of this as it
pertains to yourself and the spectacular people in your life. Take them all
one by one and imagine how they’d feel, who they’d become, what they’d
spend their newfound wealth on. If yer peeps are anything like mine, it
makes the whole concept of being rich something worth writing a love song
about.
There is no such thing as too much awesome.
I’ma go ahead and say it out loud (join me, won’t you?): I love money.
There’s no need for explanations or apologies. I also love pizza and I can
say that without tacking on a bunch of disclaimers: I love pizza, but, you

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know, it’s not everything. Spending time with people you love and being of
service are important too. Let’s take back the word “money” and
decriminalize it, because until you do, you aren’t going to be terribly
motivated to let yourself make much. I’ve been broke and sad, rich and sad,
broke and happy, rich and happy, and I’ll take the rich version over the
broke version all day long. Because money gives you freedom and options
and I really love freedom and options. Who doesn’t?
While we’re at it, let’s go ahead and decriminalize rich people, shall we?
Contrary to popular belief, the rich are just people, they’re not intrinsically
filthy, nor do they deserve to be killed, eaten, or robbed. We live in a
society that’s made a sport out of judging people with lots of money, so
regardless of how you feel in your conscious mind about the rich, i.e., Some
of my best friends are rich! it’s important to be aware of any negative
beliefs you may be harboring deep down. Of course, there are some rich
people who totally suck, but some of them are awesome, just as some poor
people totally suck and some of them are awesome. The problem is that it’s
socially acceptable to roll our eyes when someone drives by in a Bentley or
talks about how very many dollars they made this year, meanwhile it’s part
of normal conversation to complain about how broke you are or to
announce that you got your boots for a mere five bucks at Goodwill.
Snobbery works in both directions—if you’re rich, thinking you’re better
than those who aren’t is as equally lame as being broke and thinking you’re
better than those who are rich. Start paying attention to any disparaging
comments that may fly out of your mouth, or your mind, when it comes to
rich folk, because if you plan on becoming one of them it’s gonna be a
whole lot easier if you actually approve of who you’re becoming.
Take a deep breath, trust your desires, and embrace the fact that your
quest for riches is a quest to become more of who you truly are. We don’t
all desire to live a huge, fancy life or solve world hunger, that’s not what
this is about. It’s about you letting yourself be the biggest badass you can
be, whatever that happens to look like for you. You are meant to thrive, and
by thriving you automatically help others to thrive too. Think about it: Just
standing next to someone who’s being totally who they are, who is lit up by
life, who goes for it fully, who believes anything is possible, who is excited
to be in on the adventure of spinning around on this planet, who allows
themselves to look stupid, to fail, to succeed, to be rich, to be generous, to
basically be, do, and have all the things and experiences that make them the

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most themselves—it makes you feel like you could go out and flip over a
car, right? So why not be that for someone else by being the most you that
you can be too?
If you’re a political activist, be as active as you can possibly be, if you’re
a musician, rock on with your bad self, if you’re an attorney, fight for
what’s right, if you’re a stay-at-home mom, raise awesome kids with great
manners. It all counts, it all contributes, we’re all equally vital, it’s not a
competition. There wouldn’t be room for all of us to do all of the same
things the same way, which is why we each desire to fill our own special
spot in the world with our own special selves. Understand that your gifts,
talents, and desires were given to you because you are meant to thrive and
share your youness with the world as only you can. Please oh please, allow
yourself to get as rich as you need to be in order to bestow upon us your
greatness.