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which to increase our wealth when we're feeling enthusiastic, calm, or happy. But when we're experiencing negative emotions, we build a brick wall between ourselves and our wisdom. Caught up in our strong emotions, we can't think straight, draw upon our knowledge, and make good judgments. We forget that we have the power to turn on the faucet of abundance and to influence its flow.
Many of us weren't taught by our parents or schoolteachers how to manage money. Maybe you learned how to balance a checkbook from the account manager at the bank the very first time you opened a checking account and never quite got the hang of it until a friend showed you what you were doing wrong. Maybe when you got your first job, a wise older sibling told you to take some money, even just a small amount, out of each paycheck and put it in a pretax account matched by your employer. Perhaps no one ever taught you how credit cards or interest work, or you can't figure out why you keep overdrawing your checking account. Or, maybe you were never "book smart" and are intimidated by such terms as prime rate, variable interest, bonds, and the like. If you give in to your discomfort and fears about managing money, you'll block yourself from learning how to manage it.
Today, you may not have the knowledge you need to handle your money well, or you may need to learn to manage it even better; most people do. We live in the information age, and there's plenty of advice and guidance available to us. Bookstores stock many volumes on money management. People make careers out of lecturing, coaching, and advising others on how to use their resources wisely, investing in ways that build financial security. Daily newspapers often have entire sections about money and finance that are chock-full of clever tips and advice.
I personally find a lot of money-management advice unexciting and even confusing, but I've made a point of hiring a financial planner who can explain finances to me in a way I can understand, and he's so enthusiastic about the prospect of helping me grow my wealth that he gets me to feel excited about it, too. Find a person, a book or books, a magazine, or a Website that gets you feeling positive about mastering the art of managing wealth-they're out there!