Five Ways to Make Money, Create Abundance, and Have More Fun in Your Life

Advice and lessons from Richard Carlson, author of Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

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I remember one conversation I had so cringe-worthy, I can’t believe I am typing this out. It was with my good friend and his girlfriend. I don’t remember how we got into the topic, but we were talking about money and salary. All I remember saying was “you can’t earn more money, but you can always save more money”. My friend disagreed, but his girlfriend agreed with me so I won two to one.

Even after I said it, I thought, “what was I thinking?” Of course, you can earn more money. In fact, I think 99% of the time, earning more money is a lot better than saving more money. Because saving money has limited upside. And earning money has infinite upside. You can earn 2x, 3x, or even 5x whatever you are making now. But if you save money, the most you can ever save is 100% of your money (or 1x your money).

Clearly, I was in a mindset of scarcity rather than abundance.

Even though I still like to save money nowadays, I need to be cautious of the mindset I have. And to help me get into the mindset of abundance, I read books like I will teach you to be rich by Ramit Sethi, The Millionaire Mind by Thomas J. Stanley, and the…