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Lerone Graham

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Building your psyche for financial success

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Your personality carries over into the way you think and everything that you do -- especially finances.

If you're on the entrepeneur journey and need to be sure that you're earning profits and growing, it pays to get your spending habits in check. The more that you know about your psyche, the easier it'll be to catch yourself making common mistakes.

It's important to remember that money is energy.

As an individual, much of the way we exchange this energy has to do with how we process our own energy. Since you're on the track of being your own boss, it's easy for your personal energy to slip into your business life and decisions.

It's important that you tap into your thinking so that you're making positive financial decisions as an entrepeneur. To give you some food for thought, check out the following points.

Beef Up Your Credit And Mentally Remind Yourself That It's For Defense

Studies show that consumers hold more than $3 trillion in debt. It's not hard to picture this when you look at most people's credit statement.

However, you can avoid most credit card debt problems by simply shifting your mindset.

Rather than thinking of credit as something that's available to use when you don't have money, think of it as a defense fund that can bail you out of emergencies. This way, you'll strategically use your credit cards to grow this defense ally, rather than deplete it in situations where there was no emergency.

Start by paying off your bills using your credit cards, making sure to quickly pay it off with cash when a billing cycle has passed. This will shoot up your score and give your business more lending power.

Don't Hold Back Your Rewards

Impulse spending happens when you don't allow yourself to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

If you don't take time out to reward your efforts, they'll go unnoticed to your psyche. As a result, you'll mentally shift that energy into working even harder, burning yourself out and eventually spending money to make it better.

Don't fall into this trap.

Treat yourself every now and then in scheduled, predetermined manners and you'll avoid overspending later.

Develop An Abundance Mindset

Finally, the most important thing you need to know is that money is available to you everywhere and in all ways. When you move with a scarcity mindset, it's difficult to see opportunities, and you'll always be playing defense rather than getting wins.

By understanding that you can make as much as you need, you'll be more relaxed and less panicked in the way that you operate.

Follow these tips and you'll see your life as an entrepreneur begin to soar.

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