Secrets of Six-Figure Women

defines underearning this way: “to repeatedly gain less income than you need, or than would be beneficial, usually for no apparent reason and despite your desire to do otherwise.”

Working Hard Doesn’t Mean Working All the Time.

These women demonstrated an indispensable secret for living a prosperous life of genuine wealth: Appreciate Abundance.

This is where I learned that belief in yourself doesn’t mean the absence of self-doubt.

Very few of the high earners I spoke with were chasing the dollars. But make no mistake: They fully intended to be well compensated for exercising their talents in jobs they enjoyed. “What’s important,” one declared, “is to follow my heart.”

Women unwittingly collude with this prevailing inequity by settling for less on our own accord. As a friend of mine put it, “The glass ceiling at work is nothing compared to the lead ceiling in my head.”

Focus on Fulfilling Your Values Rather Than Financial Gain.

After all, how can we ever expect to earn as much as a man if we can’t even earn as much as we ourselves are capable of making?

Here was a woman who taught early-morning aerobics, cut hair by day, waited tables at night, and in her spare time freelanced as a bookkeeper and took courses at a local college. She was putting in more hours than many of the women I interviewed. But in her mind, if she had to work this hard for so little, what would it take to earn more? She could