James Blakemore opens a webinar titled "What If Wealth Felt Safe Again," framing the talk around making wealth emotionally sustainable rather than merely accumulating income. He contrasts chasing dollars and status (cars, houses, deals) with a calmer, purpose-driven approach, and shares that he formerly chased money himself before recognizing the lack of emotional reward.
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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. How are you today? Want to welcome you to our webinar on personal development and wealth. Thank you for taking the time to enjoy, to join us today and, and give us a little bit of your time. So what we're going to talk a little bit about today is, is what if wealth felt safe again and how do you, how do you make it safe and how do you feel better about wealth? I know so many people that all they do is chase income. They're, they're looking for the next deal, they're looking for the next dollar. It's never about what they're doing, how they're doing it, what it's for. It's about how many dollars can I put in the pile. And, and, and typically whenever. That's the driving force. It's a, it's not emotionally sustainable. It's not emotionally rewarding. Many people fall into that category. Now, I do know that there are others out there who don't fall into this category. They, their drive and their, their purpose is to put another dollar on the stack. And they do that to the exclusion of everything else. And I maintain that that's, again, not emotionally rewarding, not emotionally satisfying. So, you know, what if, what if you could be different? What if you could be calm, clear, aligned? What if, what if it felt good and what if it was emotionally rewarding and satisfying in, in more than just the. The economic sense of the word. So why am I here today? I was one of those people. I, I used to be in it for the rat race. It was just for the chase. All I did, you know, was, okay, I was, I was in it to build. I wanted to be bigger, better, badder than the next guy. I had to have the, the nice car, the nice house, that sort of thing. And, you know, I didn't get in touch with my why. My why was just the next dollar. And so what I would do is I was always chasing something. It was always another project, another deal. Oh, this one will be better. Oh, this one will get me where I want to go. Oh, this sounds like fun. Let's do it this way. Oh, it's not fun. It's not fun because it's not making money. Oh, no.
