Without question, more money is preferable to less money. How much more, however is a concept that must be able to be articulated in actual dollars and cents. If you have a vague idea of how much more money you would like; or what and if more money will do for you in your life, then it is not real. If it’s not real, then it is not believable. And, if it is not believable, the tendency is for the money in your life to stay at the level that is believable because this is what is comfortable. Besides doing the research to specifically document the cost of your desired lifestyle, a powerful exercise you can do to ‘try on’ different amounts of ‘more money’ is to add zeros.

How? When you are shopping, imagine that the purchase price for your groceries had another zero on the end. For example, if your bill was for $100, could you imagine spending $1,000 for groceries? If your monthly income is $3,000, could you imagine it at $30,000? If the value of your home is $300,000, could you imagine living in a $3,000,000 home? Do you have a personal comfort level with how much you think is ‘appropriate’ or ‘realistic’? What is the most money you could imagine spending on yourself for say a pair of shoes? If you are comfortable with $50, could you image spending $500? What is the amount of money you could imagine giving away? If you are comfortable with $10, can you imagine $100, $1,000, $10,000, $100,000 or $1,000,000? At what point do you get uncomfortable? Pay attention to the zeros, and your response to them, and you will learn a lot about the connection between your comfort level and your belief which is what will ultimately determine your results.