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Over the past few decades, leaders have recognized that their businesses are responsible for doing more than maximizing profits and stockpiling money. They have a social responsibility to do what’s best not just for the business itself but their team, the planet, and society at large. This is commonly referred to as corporate philanthropy. While the name may scream big business, it doesn’t matter the size of your business… only whether you make being socially responsible a priority.
All relationships take a little work. Do you desire to create a good relationship with Money? This is just one of the topics that I work with clients on: nurturing their relationship with Money.
Financial anxiety can show up when you are just thinking about money. Even though some people’s brains may be wired to look/work with numbers easily, it does not mean they are not triggered when it comes to having a relationship with Money.
In the past, I have totally been caught up in the NEW energy of the year. Goal setting. Starting new habits. Then around mid-February, my Ego (Joe!) would come and loudly kick my ass for the lack of follow-through. That pattern does not work for me. To be honest, it hasn’t for years.
how we “do” money is how we do a lot of things in our lives. So think about that for a minute. I can definitely say, how I was doing money was definitely showing up in the energy of the team I was working with and how I was taking care of myself (or lack thereof).
I recently read an article on HerMoney.com -- a website I generally trust -- that has really gotten my goat! I'll link the article below in the resources section, but essentially, the author presented some "hacks" to help freelancers and independent contractors pay less in taxes.
It’s no secret I’m a big fan of using personality assessments and similar tools in order to improve my communication and other interpersonal skills, especially when it comes to working with my team. So I got to wondering… What if Money took the Clifton StrengthsFinder test? Which strengths would it have in order to make it the best member of your support team?
The topic of how and when their team gets paid is something I discuss with the majority of my clients. As employees, we were certainly never asked what our boundaries and expectations around getting paid were (or I wasn’t, at least!) -- we were told when, how much, and how frequently payroll would be run and we simply accepted there was very little wiggle room for negotiation from there. So it’s no surprise that when we make the switch from being employed to owning a business, asking our team about their thoughts around money isn’t something that crosses our minds!
Over the last few days, I’ve found myself mentioning several times that while February was energetically way better than the last part of 2020, March may be a different story. Then, in the middle of explaining what I meant to someone who asked, it dawned on me.
This is not a statement or belief based on current facts.
I was making an assumption based on historical events and those facts have changed.
Expansion and hiring seem to be top of my mind for my clients right now.
Whether it’s the relief that 2020 is over and the hope that 2021 will be better, or the simple truth that they’re tired of being the bottleneck in their own business, leveraging themselves out of the day-to-day is a priority. What’s not always clear is how to make it happen.
To say 2020 was a big year is putting it mildly. Together we faced a pandemic, widespread protesting, a political year showing us the best and worst of what society is, continued loss of black and brown lives, and awareness that we can no longer hide behind the institutions we have been raised with.
As an Entrepreneurial Maverick, you may associate Money with things like happiness, security, and peace. You believe the ultimate solution to any problem is to have more Money, and you’re constantly working hard to create more of it… but when you achieve whatever Money Milestone you’ve set for yourself, it still doesn’t feel like “enough.” You’re goal-oriented, an innovator, and a risk-taker.