I LOVE the creative entrepreneurs in my community. Not only do you get the importance of doing your money work (both outer and inner), you ask the smartest questions! And one I hear most often is: “Bari, what’s your business model? And how did you land on it?” The truth is, I have revamped my business model multiple times since first hanging up my shingle over 20 years ago. Like all things money-related, I believe our business model must grow…
“Spiritual is who I am. Finance is what I know.” I got chills when Saundra Davis said that! This nugget of money wisdom tumbled out of her heart in our recent interview. That interview is right below – but first, please allow me to say: this interview was an absolute honor and thrill! I’ve wanted to interview Saundra for many years, and am proud to add her to the impressive and growing list of money pioneers I’ve interviewed and shared…
Your relationship to money is like a layer cake. (Now there’s a metaphor we can get behind, right?) There’s a big, thick, gooey emotional layer. (I’m imagining dark chocolate ganache, if you can’t tell.) Maybe there are actually several of these layers, throughout the cake. Then there’s a psychological-mental layer. That’s all of the beliefs and patterns you have about money, whether they came from you, your parents, your culture, or beyond. (Raspberry coulis, perhaps?) Money has relational and cultural…