A consultant describes a client paralyzed by guilt about making profit. This guilt creates a psychological ceiling that forces entrepreneurs into burnout and limits growth. Unresolved money shame sabotages both business success and personal well-being.
Somebody asked me, hey, Mark, can I pick your brain? Trying to grow my business. I feel really stuck. And so I did a little consulting call with a guy that I respect and has been following me on LinkedIn for quite a while. And what we got down to when it came to brass tacks was psychologically, he feels guilty about making profits. And so I feel like there's this psychology around money and about making profits. And it has to do with our upbringing. It has to do with our influences. It has to do with the people that we surround ourselves with. But when you feel guilty about making too much money, you are absolutely going to become a slave to your business, you will hit a ceiling and you will either burn out or live a miserable life.
