Why Your Money Mindset Is the Foundation of Financial Success
Recently, I had the privilege of doing a private session for a mastermind group of professionals and coaches.
We explored a powerful but often overlooked topic: money mindset - and how our deeply held beliefs about money can quietly influence every decision we make.
Many of us go through life making financial decisions subconsciously. We don’t question the stories we’ve absorbed about money (mostly from our parents or grandparents) - what we deserve, what’s risky, what’s selfish, or even what’s possible.
But once we gain awareness of these internal stories, everything starts to make sense. The fears, the hesitation, the patterns - they’re not fixed. They’re habits of thought. And habits can be changed.
“Where you are financially today is where your money mindset allows you to be.”
After the session, one participant asked an interesting question: “How do you move from awareness to financial abundance?”
Here’s what I shared: Awareness is the turning point.
Once you can see your limiting beliefs, you can start choosing differently. But insight alone isn’t enough - it’s the foundation. Change happens with action.
Here are 3 practical ways to move from awareness to your desired financial abundance:
1. Watch your thoughts and heighten awareness daily: Begin noticing the internal dialogue around money. What do you believe about earning, spending, saving, or investing? Are there feelings of guilt, fear, or unworthiness attached? Awareness gives you choice - the choice to challenge your money beliefs and change your thoughts.
2. Visualise your desired future: Robin Sharma once said, “Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.” You don’t need to know exactly how you’ll get there. Just begin with a clear image of the life you want. Believe in your capacity to grow into it. This simple act reconditions your beliefs. Do this visualisation exercise regularly and get crystal clear on your abundant future self.
3. Ask: “What would my future self choose today?”: Imagine if you were already living your abundant life, how would you think, act, and feel? What decisions would you make today from that version of you?
Would you still wait to use that beautiful watch or bag in your wardrobe for a special occasion - or would you embrace the abundance of now? Would you invest in yourself and learn a new skill beneficial for your career or business? Does your future self receive passive income or investment returns which require you to to put your money to work now?
Becoming your abundant future self is a process. It starts with aligning small, daily choices to the life you envision. Over time, you may wake up one day and realise that you have become that abundant self you have envisioned years earlier.
The good news is whatever your current wealth level, you have the power to elevate your money mindset. You have the right to define what abundance looks like, exactly the way you want it. Not what your parents want, not what society expects.
Let your vision be yours. Dream your own dreams.
And remember, I'm here cheering you on every step of the way.