3 Simple Money Habits to Build Financial Freedom with Mel Abraham

Earn Your Happy

Lori Harder

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The financial services industry wants us to believe that money is complicated, but it’s not. In this episode, Chris and I sit down with our dear friend Mel Abraham, CPA and bestselling author, to talk about what wealth truly means and how you can start creating it today. We delve into the realities of today’s economy, why earning more isn’t the ultimate solution, and how to start small with building habits that create long-term wealth. Mel shares the same framework he’s used that helped thousands of people simplify wealth-building and create financial freedom. Get ready to stop chasing earnings and start building real wealth. Check out our Sponsors: Airbnb - Start making money by listing your home on Airbnb with an experienced Co-host, find a co-host at airbnb.com/host Quince - Shop everyday luxury goods without the designer price tag. Go to quince.com/happy for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Open Phone - Stop running your business from your personal phone. Get 20% off your first 6 months at openphone.com/earn Shopify - Try the ecommerce platform I trust for Glōci, Sign up for your $1/month trial period at Shopify.com/happy Constant Contact - Get all the automation, integration, and reporting tools that get your marketing running seamlessly. Try Constant Contact free for thirty days at constantcontact.com. HIGHLIGHTS 00:00 How Mel’s cancer battle reshaped his entire perspective on money. 05:00 The best thing money can buy isn’t what you think. 11:00 Why does life feel so expensive, and what to do about it? 16:30 Why becoming more valuable is the path to earning more. 19:00 How to face off with yourself when change feels impossible. 20:45 How to save when income is inconsistent. 26:15 The hardest threshold on your path to wealth. 32:45 What is wealth for you? 39:45 The FREE event that will show you how to build your money machine. RESOURCES Sign up for Mel’s The MONEY MACHINE LIVE Experience HERE Join the 30 Day Audacity Challenge HERE! Join the most supportive mastermind on the internet HERE! Check out our FREE 90-Day Business Blueprint HERE! Listen to my free SECRET PODCASTS SERIES - Operation: Rekindle This B*tch Get glōci HERE Use code: HAPPY at checkout for 25% off! FOLLOW Follow me: @loriharder Follow glōci: @getgloci Follow Mel: @melabraham9

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0:00.0	Big thank you to this episode sponsors.
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0:08.7	Get 20% off of your first six months at openphone.com slash earn.
0:13.4	Shopify, the ecommerce platform that I trust for Glosi.
0:16.8	Sign up for your $1 per month trial and start selling today at Shopify.com slash happy.
0:21.9	Constant Contact.
0:23.0	Constant Contact's award-winning marketing platform is here to make marketing way easier and way more effective.
0:29.2	Get a free 30-day trial when you go to Constant Contact.com.
0:33.2	The financial services industry would love us all to think that financial literacy is really complicated.
0:39.3	And maybe back in the day it was because we didn't have access to investments.
0:43.0	Today it's not.
0:44.2	You don't even get to figure out who you are.
0:47.4	You don't even get to have any peace in your life.
0:49.8	You don't get to go after the things you want, have the relationships you want, until you feel safe. And a lot
0:55.7	of people's safety is threatened by the fact that they don't feel knowledgeable about money. And so
1:02.4	everything I feel like is hinging upon understanding money.
1:18.8	Hey, everyone. Welcome back to the Earn Your Happy podcast and the Chris Harder show.
1:24.2	We are tag teaming it with one of our good friends right now. We have Mel Abraham on the show and we're so excited to share this episode with you. Now, guys, Mel Abraham by trade
1:28.7	is an accountant, but really he is a financial expert that teaches people on finances, not because
1:34.5	he has to, because he wants to. As someone who's done a lot of the right things in life and ended up
1:40.1	independently wealthy, you're going to hear a story where he had a scare with cancer.
1:44.6	And he asked himself, why did this happen to me? And then he kind of got the answer,
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