This is Optimal Finance Daily, episode 1303,

rewriting the money stories we tell ourselves by Dawn Starks of Simple Money Pro.com.

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Rewriting the money stories we tell ourselves by Don Starks of Simple Money Pro.com.

Do you tell stories to yourself?

If you're like most people, you probably have a constant inner dialogue going with yourself.

Sometimes you say nice, affirming things to yourself, and other times you beat yourself down. You have probably also heard

that you should only tell yourself supportive things and avoid negative language.

All true. When it comes to storytelling, one area of our lives tends to have many chapters,

money. Let's look at some of the negative money stories we tell ourselves and rewrite them to improve our self-talk.

I'm bad at math, so I'm bad at money.

We'll start with my favorite one.

While it's true that having mad math skills might facilitate

your ability to be good with money, it's not mandatory. It used to be the case that

only simple arithmetic was necessary to handle your money.

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