In last month’s issue, we were introduced to the first Money Personality, Philly the Peacock. This month, we will introduce you to the second Money Personality, “Orrie the Ostrich”.
Orrie the Ostrich is also known as the “Avoider” personality type. People with this type of Money Personality often avoid discussing about Money and the problems related to Money.
Just like how an Ostrich would react when they face dangers, people with this Money Personality bury their (financial) heads in the sand, thinking that if they don’t talk about it, or if they don’t think about it, the problems would magically disappear and everything would be just fine.
If you belong to the “Orrie the Ostrich” Money Personality type, your financial status is normally in a mess. Whenever a financial problem pops up, you simply ignore it. In fact, you would not even acknowledge that it is a problem. You simply go about living your daily life, hoping and praying that if you just ignore the problem long enough, it will just go away.
To prevent yourself from ignoring your problems, you would have to first be honest with yourself and acknowledge that it IS indeed a problem. Then you would need to have the courage to face that financial problem, no matter how difficult it may be to you. Remind yourself that the problems will NOT magically go away, and that you should take FULL responsibility for your own financial life.
Use the “Pain” and “Pleasure” principle; ask yourself, “How painful would it be if I ignored this financial problem?” The trick is to make it as PAINFUL as possible so that it would PUSH you to take action to solve whatever financial issues you may have. Next, ask yourself how pleasurable it would be, if you actually took action and solved your financial problems. The trick now is to make it as pleasurable as possible, so that it would MOTIVATE you to want to take action.
Boys and girls, bottom line is, IGNORING your financial problems WILL NOT make it go away. You are merely making it BIGGER! If you want to be RICH and Financially Free, you HAVE to address your financial problems! Don’t be like Orrie the Ostrich!
Next month, we’ll be looking at the 3rd Money Personality, “Susie the Sheep”. Till then, stay tuned!
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- Rich Money Habit #8: The Rich work at building Wealth, the Poor merely try to survive
- Rich Money Habit #7: The Rich Spend Less than they Make, the Poor Spend MORE than they Make
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