You Are a Badass at Making Money

CHAPTER 11
YOUR INNER WEALTH
ay back in the early 1980s, Prince, who was not a huge somebody
at the time, was invited to warm up for the Rolling Stones, who
were extremely huge somebodies at the time. It was a big break
for him and I imagine he was superexcited about it, but when he took the
stage wearing nothing but a trench coat and tight black bikini undies, he got
booed. Like real loudly. And a lot. A lot, as in they didn’t stop booing until
he left the stage. Also, they threw stuff at him. And called him names.
At the Rolling Stones’ next show, Prince once again pranced out in his
skivvies and was received with the same verbose lack of enthusiasm by the
Stones’ fans. Only this time—as he left the stage amidst a sea of boos and
snickers—he made a decision. He did not decide at that moment, as many
people would have, that perhaps he should spend the following afternoon
shopping for pants. Prince instead decided, Screw these idiots, this ain’t who
I am or what I’m about. Prince decided that instead of conforming to what
everyone else expected of him and trying to win over people who didn’t
appreciate who he was, that he would never, ever, be anyone’s warm-up act
again. Not even the freaking Rolling Stones.
All I can say is there were some monster cojones tucked into those little
black panties of his.
Yes, Prince was one of the most talented musical badasses to ever parade
around the Earth. And guess what? You have gifts and talents just as unique
and important inside of you. And you’re meant to respect, nurture, and strut
your youness as unapologetically as Prince strutted his. The more in tune
and in love you are with your awesome self, the less crap you will give
about what any nonfans of yours think, the easier it will be to strut your
strut, find your joy, and get it on with the green goodness of money.

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This is because getting rich, and succeeding at making any of your other
dreams a reality, depends on who you’re being: how you’re thinking,
speaking, believing, imagining, stretching, perceiving your world—all of
which affect how you act. When you love and connect deeply with your
highest self, you’ll discover that your insecurities about sucking at your job
or your fears about your money running out or your anger about the tomato
that just hit you in the face while on stage—none of that is who you are.
That gnarliness is just where you’re at.
As a human being, you will always face challenges and fears and sit next
to someone who chews with their mouth open. We grow and learn through
friction, even friction within ourselves, so your job isn’t to try to rid your
life of uncomfortable moments or prickly challenges or hard, long looks in
the mirror. Your job is to master the art of responding, aka being response-
able for, and aware of, your thoughts and actions. Your job is to short-
circuit your knee-jerk instinct to react, which will keep you playing out the
same tired old low-frequency patterns you’ve been lugging around your
whole life. Acting out the same old impulses is why people go on a diet and
lose a ton of weight only to put it back on again, why people who win the
lottery eventually end up right back where they started financially, why
most New Year’s resolutions are barely even a memory by February. If you
only change on the exterior and work on things outside yourself (cutting
down on your donut intake), but you’re being the same person on the inside
with the same mindset of lack and fear, e.g., if I can’t hide behind my wall
of flab I will be seen, and vulnerable, and very possibly rejected, you won’t
evolve.
Step back for a moment and acknowledge the fact that you’re alive.
There was a time before you were alive, and there will be a time when
you’re no longer alive. But right now, you are participating in the
confoundingly glorious cartoon called Life on Earth. The life force known
as Universal Intelligence is flowing through your meaty human body,
making your blood pump, your mind think, your heart desire, your intuition
tell you to look behind the toaster for the car keys you’ve spent half the
afternoon searching for. This force that flows through you is the essence of
who you are, it’s the highest frequency there is—you are Universal
Intelligence seeking expression on Earth through the you that is you. You
are a valuable and irreplaceable asset to the Universe. You are mighty
beyond comprehension. You are a badass.

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Let us not forget that money is currency and currency is energy. So when
your energy is vibrating at the highest frequency possible—the frequency of
love—you’re like a freaking tornado of awesomeness, swirling up all the
goodness and riches around you and showering them right back out into the
world for the benefit of everyone you touch. If you wanna get rich,
understand that just by being you, you have already struck gold.
Grab a cup of chamomile tea, light a vanilla candle, and let’s get down to
some of the best ways to get it on with your big beautiful self so you can
start making some money around here.