410. Why Do You Want to Make That Much?
The Chris Harder Show
Chris Harder
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🗓️ 16 November 2020
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In This Episode You Will Learn About:
- How to find out how much money you should be making every year
- Building your goals based on what you know
- Breaking down your dream budget
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Why do you want to make the amount of money that you want? Many people have these big goals of how much money they want to make a year, but when you dig in at all, they're really just choosing those numbers at random. The most realistic reason for wanting to make a certain amount is by letting your budget determine your income. I'm all for making as much money as you can… just not at the expense of your happiness or the lifestyle you're trying to build.
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| 0:00.0 | I am all for let's get out there and make as much money as we possibly can but not at the expense of our happiness |
| 0:06.1 | or at the expense of the lifestyle that you're actually trying to build. |
| 0:18.8 | Welcome! Welcome everybody this is for the love of money where we are making you unapologetic about your pursuit of success by sharing the tools, tips, and stories of those who have already made it. |
| 0:27.0 | My name is Chris Harder, and each week I will bring you incredible guests in order to prove that when good people make good money, they do great things. |
| 0:37.0 | Hey everyone, welcome back to another Money Monday episode of For the love of money today. We're going to talk about why do you want to make |
| 0:46.9 | The amount of money that you want to make and I know that may sound like a really weird question but But think about it, we all have these goals, right? |
| 0:55.0 | Like I want to make a hundred grand a year or I want to make a quarter million dollars a year or one that I |
| 1:00.9 | hear a lot just because of the level of people that I work with. |
| 1:05.0 | It's everybody who wants to make a million dollars per year. |
| 1:09.0 | But here's the rub, here's the catch. |
| 1:12.0 | Nine out of ten people. Here's the rub. the catch. |
| 1:13.0 | Nine out of 10 people, when I actually do a little bit of digging, |
| 1:16.7 | okay, why do you want to make that number? |
| 1:19.0 | Nine out of 10 people are just choosing it at random. |
| 1:23.0 | They're choosing it because it's a form of validation. |
| 1:27.0 | They're choosing it because it feels like the next logical place to go. |
| 1:31.0 | They're choosing it because growing up their whole life, |
| 1:34.6 | they heard if you make this number, |
| 1:36.4 | then you'll be rich or you'll be respected |
| 1:38.5 | or you'll be set or you'll be safe. |
| 1:41.8 | There's a lot of different reasons. I hear people choose this random number that they want to make each year, |
| 1:46.7 | except hardly do I hear the real correct reason to want to make what you want to make and that is because your budget |
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