As long as money is here, you can choose to think like, oh, it's good and I want it,

or you can choose to think it's bad and I'm going to want it secretly, but actually I'm going to try to avoid it.

Or you can say, wow, this is the way this system works and how do I use it and accept the constraints of it in a way that allow me to be even more

creative than I would be without it.

Welcome to the art of accomplishment, where we explore how deepening connection with ourselves

and others leads to creating the life we want with enjoyment and ease.

I'm Brett Kisler here today with my co-host, Joe Hudson.

Today we're going to talk about money. Now, money is a really sticky subject. It's very

emotional for a lot of people, and people have all kinds of projections and misconceptions

around it, and it can be a really tricky subject. We're going to break this up into two episodes.

The first episode, we're going to talk about a common misconception that people have,

which is that money is our savior and that if we just had more of it, it would solve all of our problems.

In the second episode, we're going to go into the opposite misconception, which is that money is evil,

and the cause of all of our problems and that it should be avoided at all costs.

So Joe, to get started, what makes people have different ideas of what money is?

I think it's because nobody knows what money is.

There's one level in which you can look at money and say it's a complete illusion, right?

It's an agreement that a whole bunch of people made and said this thing has value and it has value because a lot of people say that it has

value. And then on another level, money is this thing that buys you stuff that you want. It's a

great tool for creation and or a great tool for manifesting things.

But I don't think really very few of us understand what money is.

I know that the deeper I look into money,

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