Banish the Guilt About Making Money [Podcast S05E09]

Welcome to Season 5, Episode 9 of the This Is Your Life podcast. Stu McLaren is filling in for my regular cohost Michele Cushatt. In this episode, we discuss why making money is a good thing.

Everybody needs money to live, yet a lot of people feel guilty about making it. I want to turn that around. Today we’re talking about why you should never feel conflicted about doing it for the money.

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In this episode, you’ll discover:

How earning vast sums of money allows one entrepreneur to give away $1 million a day.

Why doing it for the money is the surest way to up the quality of your output.

How charging for your services makes you more consistent and creative.

Why customer investment improves customer experience.

Where the guilt about making money comes from to begin with—and why you don’t have to play along any longer.

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