11. How Much Money Do You Want?

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How Much Money Do You Want?

Money is such an emotive subject. How much we earn. How much we spend. What we were taught about money growing up. The things we're frightened of. The things we dream about.

And yet, particularly online, we're constantly being told that we should want more. £10k months. Six-figure businesses. Financial freedom. The dream lifestyle. But how much money do you actually want? And perhaps more importantly, what do you actually want it for?

This week, I’ve been asking people that question on social media, expecting answers like "a million pounds", "£10k a month" or "I want to win the lottery". And while I got some of those answers, I was much more interested in the people who said they wanted enough to pay their bills and look after their dogs, enough to sort out the car, enough to treat their grandchildren – or, in one particularly memorable answer, enough for horses. Obviously. Because those answers weren't really about money. They were about what people wanted their money to make possible.

In this episode, I explore our relationship with money, the beliefs we inherit about it, the financial goals we set for ourselves and the danger of adopting somebody else's definition of success. I talk about why £10,000 a month might be exactly the right goal for you – but why I would still ask you why. I share my own picture of financial success and what my ideal ordinary Tuesday would actually look like. And, perhaps more importantly, why my vision has very little to do with being impressive and much more to do with connection, space, comfort, caring and having enough freedom to live the life I want.

We also get into some of the ideas in Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich, including definite purpose, desire, self-belief, planning and action.

And then I ask a slightly different question: What would your life actually look like if you won £20 million tomorrow? Because money can give you choice and comfort, but it doesn't necessarily give you purpose. So perhaps the question isn't simply how much money you want. Perhaps it's: What do you want your life to feel like? And what are you prepared to do to create it?

Grab a coffee and come and think this one through with me. I'd love to know: how much money do you want – and what do you actually want it for?