4 Major Money Myths That Are Holding You Back

I heard somebody say once, when they said they think money's evil, they said, you haven't made enough and you haven't given enough away yet. You could literally give someone a business on how to sell $20 bills for five bucks, and they'd screw it up because of their beliefs, because of the fear of rejection, because the fear of selling, because of the fear of marketing, because other people told them they couldn't, or they feel they need certain criteria. They need initials at the end of their name, like they need all these things. Welcome to the Dean Graziosi Show. All success starts right here.

Some of the things that people believe that end up holding them back. What are some of the major money myths that people struggle with?

I think. I think some of the big ones are a certain group of people feel like if you're making too much of it, you're taking it from somebody else. I mean, that's a big. That's a big worry. I think the other thing is that people think money doesn't solve problems or money won't make me a better person, or money won't make me happy. And I think however you want to classify money. But for me, I just know this. If that's a driver for you, I don't think we should drive for money. I think we should drive to be a better version of ourselves. When money was no longer a worry for me, I dove into me and I had been ignoring and tucking down a lot of crap for a lot of years. And I was surface level. I looked like the guy that had it all going on. My businesses were doing good. I have amazing children, company thriving. I live in the right neighborhood, have the right friends. Everything looked great, but it was all masked. And when money got out of the way, I was able to find. Dig into me and do my own personal development and my own personal growth and really find the things that I wanted to fix so I could become a better version. Because I know if I'm pointing because my son's over there, it doesn't matter what I tell him as a parent. And if you're a parent, you know what I'm talking about. I could teach him everything. I can give him lessons. We do Sunday meetings. I could teach him lessons every day. He's going to become who I am, not what I say. And I'm going to lead by example. And I want to be a better version of me. And money's allowed that money has not made me evil or done bad things. It's allowed me to not worry about that part so I could focus on me. And simultaneously, the more I focused on me, the more I wanted to take my money and do better for other people. I mean, I heard somebody say once when they said they think money's evil, they said, you haven't made enough and you haven't given enough away yet to see that it's not. So that kind of shifted for me as, like, I just want to. I want to fine tune and hone my skills for making more money. Then I have the ability to help more people because that's the gift I got. Right. So I think I know you asked about money myths. I think the whole thought of money's evil or it can't help problems or we're hurting other people by taking it. I just, I don't believe in that as long as the byproduct of you making money turns you into a better person and allows you to help more people.

So if you're somebody that buys into that and you want to go on that journey, then to the very title of your book, like, what are the habits that you need to cultivate in your life in order to be able to succeed at the highest level?

Yeah, you know what? Every one of your rules on impact theory, what I read, I'm not kidding. Ever since that journey and starting before that with Mortar Millions, I realized that people are searching, like, and again, I digress sometimes, but everybody's in a vehicle, like your wealth creation vehicle, whether that's a job you don't like or a job you do like, or a business you started, or a business that's crushing or business is not doing great. You have this vehicle, and when this vehicle's not working, we're looking on the road of all the other shiny cars and it's like, oh, man, I tried selling stuff on Amazon. That's not working. I'm going to go in the car business, the real estate business, I'm going to go in the speaking business, the nutrition business. And you're looking for another car to jump in. And I realized people jump from car to car to car their whole life looking for satiation, looking for satisfaction, looking to make more money. And I got to see it firsthand, Tom, because I was in the business of teaching people how to make money with real estate. And when they would call into customer service, when they would send in for a refund or I'd see them at an event, they never said, ever. I tried your real estate stuff. It sucks. Never. We used to send surveys to listen and go, how come you're not making money yet, is it? You know, the time, effort, energy. Dean's training sucks. 1% would pick. The training sucks. And what I realized over all these years is that. And the reason I wrote Millionaire Success Habits is you could literally give someone a business on how to sell $20 bills for five bucks, and they'd screw it up because of their beliefs, because of the fear of rejection, because the fear of selling, because of the fear of marketing, because other people told them they couldn't, or they feel they need certain criteria. They need initials at the end of their name, like they need all these. And at the end of the day, what you wrote, your impact theory, you call them beliefs. Impact theory beliefs. It's kind of the same beliefs that are in my book, but it's also the same beliefs that are in three quarters of the books that you have in your shelf now and the incredible people you've interviewed. And I just saw that if we can give people, if we can go upstream, if you can stop jumping from vehicle to vehicle, the vehicle you're in might be the right vehicle, but you don't have the right habits or the right beliefs or the right rules, whatever you want to call it. My book's habits, so I call them habits. But it's really the foundation for success, so you can overcome the obstacles. You don't let negative people in your life steer you in different directions. It doesn't. You know, even people will ask me about productivity. People say, how do you get so much done? How do you run a business and still coach little league and baseball and softball? How do you do all those things? It's because of just simple success habits. Like, I just wrote something on this recently. I said, you have to treat your decisions for productivity like binary thinking, which is X's and O's, black or white, yes or no. Is this moving me toward a better version of myself, a wealthier version, a happier version? Or is it not? Successful people make. This doesn't serve that better version of me. I'm not doing it right. So there's all these little rules. And I think, and I know this even when I met with Branson, I think people meet someone who's successful. People meet you and they're like, okay, what is it? Like, there's this little, like, okay, nobody's looking. It lights up. And like, here it is, right? And it's not the big thing. Like, even when I was sailing with Branson, I'm waiting. Like, I wanted to say to him, so what is it you know, but it's not. When I get done talking to him for three hours, he's got the same habits that you have, the same rules that you have written down on that plaque. That's amazing. In my opinion. It's never the big things. It's all the little changes you can make in your life and none of them are dramatic at each level. It's like just following these little principles that have worked for so many years and you start putting them in your life and all of a sudden decisions start going easier, the money starts to change, the business starts to do good, the thoughts in your head start to project a bigger future. Rather than negativity, I think it's the buildup of the habits or beliefs makes.

All the sense in the world. Alright, before I ask my final question, where can these guys find you online?

A lot of places I'm on social media. We just started putting effort on Instagram and it's starting to explode. I've been the infomercial guy for so long, I just ignored social media, which was silly. But for the last four months we put effort on Instagram. We've already grown over 100,000 people organically and it's growing like crazy. So find me on Instagram. You can get my book at Dean's Free book. We offer the book. If people cover shipping and handling, we mail them the hardcover. We just passed 320,000 books on millionaire success habits. So we're. Wow. Yeah. So we're cranking. The book's on fire. It's going viral. And if you look on Instagram, there's hundreds and hundreds of pictures. We never asked one person to take a picture. So it's. The message does resonate. So I'm really excited about that.

That's incredible, man. You have sold a lot of books. Yeah, it's pretty nuts. All right, so my final question. What is the impact that you want to have on the world?

You know, great question. And I'll make it. I won't go too long because I can be long winded. It would have been a different answer for every phase of my life.

That's interesting for sure.

Would have been a different one. Might have even 10 years ago. Might have been to leave a legacy for my children, which is amazing. But at this phase of my life, I see what an impact. Impact, theories, beliefs, the strategies that are in my book. Brendon Burchard, so many other great books. Like, I want to go upstream and I want to give people the tools so they can live a more abundant life. And even though that sounds vast, it's like, I think it can be easier than you think. Like the way I wrote Millionaire Success Habits, I wanted to make it so low the goats can eat it. I wanted to make it even though if you read a hundred books that gave you the same stuff, I was hoping to write it in a way where I actually could do that for the first time. So I think more and more over the next 10 years, what I think you'll see is me trying to find a way to get even the people who, like, are opposed to personal growth, who think it's too fufu. And I'm not gonna go to. I'm not gonna think all these great thoughts. Cause I'm a realist. Like those of you watching who are a realist. I'm getting to you. I wanna get you, too. I wanna convert those that don't think they could be converted. So that would be a great impact. Listen, I do these podcasts week after week for you, for free, to empower you with capabilities to go to the next level, to set the foundation for success. And we're growing so fast right now, we're number 22 in the world in the entreprene category. And I want more people to gain this knowledge for free. So if you love what we deliver, then share it with a friend. Comment, take a screenshot, post it on Instagram, tag me. Let's get this message out to those that need it, especially in today's shifting times. What's up? What's up? Hey, before you go, you need to watch these next few videos. They're absolute game changers. Hurry up and click right over here and watch them, and I'll see you there. Sam.