Name: Good Money Revolution
Rating: 4.4 (319 reviews)
Author: Derrick Kinney

What’s in it for me? Learn why earning more money is good for everyone.

Ah, money. The root of all evil, as they say.

Is money getting you down? Because it’s all too common to think like that. When the bills won’t stop piling up, the kids keep on growing out of their clothes, and your retirement fund is gathering cobwebs, money really can start to seem evil.

But it’s not. Think about all the good you can do with it. And I don’t just mean sending your kids to college and getting your drains fixed. For a family that’s really struggling, even just a little money can turn their lives around. For a village in a developing country that lacks decent education and health care, money can do unbelievable amounts of good. Think of what charity can do for a homeless person – whether it’s money or just a pair of old trainers.

Use it right, and money isn’t evil at all. It’s good – very good.

And so, therefore, is earning more of it.

In these Blinks, you’ll learn all about author Derrick Kinney’s Good Money Framework: his vision for how you can earn more money so that you can do more good. Because he believes that the best thing you can do is get your own finances in order and start earning more – so that you can give more money away.

In other words, giving money away benefits everyone – including you. And you’re about to learn how to do it.

In these blinks, you’ll learn

why giving money away makes you happier than spending it on yourself;
how to identify and start supporting your own Generosity Purpose; and
what you need to do to start increasing your own earnings.

Making more money is good – because of the good you can do with it.

Think of all the things you can do with money.

You can buy a new car . . . a new house . . . pay for your kids through college. You can eat well . . . travel well . . . You can even invest well, and grow your pot further.

Money, in other words, can buy you happiness . . .

Except, as we all know, it can’t. Because there’ll always be a problem with your car, a bigger house, another trip to take, a higher-yielding stock portfolio – and that’s not even mentioning everything else that can go wrong in life. Money is no guarantee of happiness – not by a long shot.

But there’s one thing you can do with your money that is guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

And the great thing is – it’ll probably motivate you to get out and earn more money, too, in a self-perpetuating, virtuous circle.

That’s right, folks. I’m talking about giving money away.

There’s science behind this. At the University of British Columbia, some researchers gave students a little bit of money for free. Half of them were told to spend it on themselves; the other half had to spend it on someone else.

At the end of the day, the scientists asked the students how happy they felt, and guess what: those who had given their money away – to a friend or a soup kitchen or something – were happier than those who’d spent it on themselves.

So, money isn’t the same as happiness – but if you do the right thing with it, it can do some serious good.

And it follows from that, of course, that if you have more money, you can do more good.

That’s what the Good Money Revolution is all about. Yes, the idea is for you to earn more money. But only so you can do something good with it.

Here’s an example. One of the author’s clients, Dave, had a business that was going really well. But Dave felt unmotivated. He’d forgotten why he’d gotten into his work in the first place.

So the author asked him: What causes did he care about?

Dave remembered a trip he had been on a few years ago. He’d seen a small village that was so impoverished it didn’t even have a real school. It’ be great, Dave reflected, to do something about that.

So, the two of them came up with a new business plan. Dave’s aim was to expand his existing business – so that he could use some of the new profits to build a school.

That was all it took to re-motivate Dave. Sales shot up straight away.

Because making money for its own sake won’t make you happy. But making money to fuel your Generosity Purpose? That’ll do the job nicely.

To revolutionize your own finances, follow the Good Money Framework.

The thing about the story you just read – about Dave funding that school – is that it’s not quite as simple as it sounds. It’s not just the story of Dave donating some money to charity.

There are two reasons that make it more than that. Firstly, it wasn’t any old charity: it was a cause that Dave specifically cared about. And secondly, he wasn’t just donating out of his business’s profits – he was donating out of the extra profits he achieved when his business grew. In other words, Dave cared about this cause so much that it caused his actual business to grow overall. He made more money, and gave some of that money away.

Earning more money is simpler than you think, when your Generosity Purpose is guiding you.

OK, folks, this is the big one: how to earn more money. But before we get there, there are two other things you need to do, if you’re going to get anywhere at all financially – and actually, they’re just as important.

Firstly, save more, to shore up your financial future and make sure you’re comfortable. Make sure you’re automatically paying into savings accounts each month and have a decent pension or 401(k) sorted out.

There are several mindsets that hold people back from earning what they could.

If you grew up in a household that struggled with money, you might have inherited a belief that money is . . . kind of the enemy. If you don’t have any, money represents everything that’s wrong: it’s a symbol of scarcity, it’s the reason you don’t have the things you want and need.

You might even feel like money is working against you. Sure, you go out and earn it – but then you come home again and find yet another bill waiting for you. Money comes in and then goes out again just as fast – it’s like it’s laughing at you.

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