I have always relied on others to take care of me financially.

Have you ever kept a secret or lied about money?

These are people who have what you want when it comes to money, lifestyle, and presence. They’re people you admire, who have the qualities you want to develop in yourself.

I often pay late fees.

“High” net worth is a feeling of wholeness. In other words, I don’t just want you to have more money, I want you to be free to create the life that makes you happy—whatever that means to you.

Sometimes, it isn’t words—it’s the behavior of the adults or others around us that we interpret as meaning something about our worth. Gina has discovered that she misinterpreted her mother’s depression as a reflection of her own worth. “I realized I used to think, ‘Mommy is spending time in bed because she doesn’t want to play with me.’ This became

You have to have money to make money.

If you wanted to be charitable, think of all the good you could do in the world!

Did your parents ever express judgments of others about money issues? If so, who did they judge? What was the nature of their judgments? Do you think the judgments were justified?