Hosts Jessilyn and Brian Persson discuss the transformative power of mindset in personal and financial growth. They begin by highlighting the common struggles couples face when aligning financial goals and reveal how shifting perspectives can help them overcome these obstacles. Jessily and Brian share personal experiences that illustrate how limiting beliefs, like the “poverty mindset,” can persist even with financial stability. 

They both reflect on how, despite earning high incomes early in their careers, they still faced anxieties around money and security, which impacted their relationship and financial goals. Through intentional self-development and embracing a more growth-oriented mindset, they found a way to redefine success and focus on expanding their contributions beyond finances alone. 

Jessilyn and Brian recommend three main strategies to help embrace a growth mindset: choosing your hard, decluttering your environment and life, and setting clear intentions, even when it feels impossible. They also discuss the challenges of entrepreneurship, handling rejection, and the necessity of financial discipline, illustrating that every aspect of building wealth and stronger relationships requires stepping out of one’s comfort zone. By facing these challenges head-on, they believe couples can create a life aligned with their values, filled with meaningful relationships and financial freedom.

Resources discussed in this episode:

• The 3 Mistakes that Keep High Achieving Couples from Building their Wealth, Freedom & Living a Life they Love

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Transcript:
Jessilyn Persson: [00:00:09] Welcome to the Life by Design Podcast. We are your hosts, Jessilyn and Brian Persson. Are you and your partner looking to align your financial goals and build wealth together? Have you ever wondered what might be stopping you from confidently investing in real estate or growing your wealth as a couple? Or why it feels so hard to get on the same page financially?

Brian Persson: [00:00:29] That's exactly why we created this podcast and the 'Riches, Relationships, and Real Estate' program, to help couples like you invest confidently and achieve both your financial and relationship goals. If you're curious to learn more, head over to discoverlifebydesign.ca/wealth and download our free guide, 'The 3 Mistakes That Keep Couples From Building Their Wealth'. Let's start building the life you deserve together.

Jessilyn Persson: [00:00:56] Today's topic is, how to embrace the challenge of expanding your mindset. We've definitely had our challenges through the years as we grew and kept expanding our mindset with our business, with the way we chose to raise our family and the way we chose to spend time with family. Do you want to share with our audience one of the many challenges we had?

Brian Persson: [00:01:21] Let's be honest, what's going on in your head is going to reflect out into the world. Your mindset is going to change how the world looks like to you. For me, the biggest challenge for my mindset was, effectively, my early career. I did well, I very quickly went to a six digit career. When you get in that, you know the old saying, golden handcuffs makes you very comfortable. Then I didn't move. I sat in that job, not realizing that there was