Don identifies his tendency to constantly seek out side work and hustle as a lingering effect of his past scarcity mindset.

“Just the other day, I was out and I was like, "Oh, I could probably do Uber Eats and pick up a few extra bucks." And I'm like, "Wait, why why am I thinking that way?" Mhm. But that's just how we're we're so wired at this point.”

Tana acknowledges that the stress of potential job loss and her past financial struggles has caused her to have a persistent fear of losing their newfound stability.

“So the stress now is more so about um not screwing it up. We've had a lot of stuff happen to us throughout the years. And so we're kind of always waiting for the other shoe to drop.”

Serena believes her cautious spending habits are deeply ingrained and influenced by her immigrant upbringing.

“I'm always my first inclination is to always feel really stressed and anxious but I can't afford something even before I even see if I can”

She acknowledges that her scarcity mindset, stemming from her upbringing, prevents her from fully enjoying her accomplishments or investing in services that would improve her quality of life.

“I would love to kind of unleash whatever restrictions or limiting beliefs that I have with my conservative spending habits.”

She admits that her intense focus on financial management is driven by a need for safety and security rather than actual necessity.

“What I why I obsess about money is for safety. I'm obsessed about it from a sense of like security.”

Positive feelings and motivation follow from taking action rather than preceding it.

“Instead of waiting for the feeling to inspire the action, take the action and enjoy the feeling as a consequence of having undertaken it.”

She argues that changing one's life requires a different relationship with commitment, one that is not defined by perfection but by learning from data.

“I think a lot of times what happens you know dry January there can be a lot of benefits but it kind of the point is making it 30 days and I'm like listen we're doing these 30 days regard it doesn't matter if you drink on day number two that's good data right that means something didn't work”

Transformation requires a shift in mindset and behavior, similar to the process of a butterfly developing inside a cocoon.

“Well, we're talking about change or or even transformation, the symbol for me is that of a like many people, butterfly. Mhm. And while the beauty is in the butterfly, the growth is happening usually in that cocoon.”

Meaningful financial change requires shifting one's core mindset, emotions, and behaviors rather than simply continuing old habits.

“It's more than just changing your thoughts. You got to change what you do. You got to change your emotions and change spiritually here.”

Making small, one-percent pivots is more effective for long-term growth than trying to make large, daunting changes.

“No one rarely can anyone do it. But if it's these small these pivots, these 1% step pivots, that's what can open up an entire entirely different perspective.”

Gratitude acts as a necessary bridge to abundance because it aligns one with the frequency of what is desired.

“Gratitude is I I really don't think without gratitude I don't know what your life looks like”

He asserts that writing down dreams in a notebook significantly increases the likelihood of achieving them.

“I believe in writing dreams down”

He believes that using meditation and spoken affirmations helped him manifest his career goal of playing for the Kansas City Chiefs.

“And my mom I tell my mom like since my freshman year everybody around the building like I'm I'm going to the Chiefs. Like they like man you just talking like oh I'm like [ __ ] all right sound good. I'm telling everybody like no I'm really going like that was I didn't I didn't budge.”

Wealth and money are positive things that provide safety and ease, making them achievable for everyone.

“So [snorts] I think wealth and money is a very positive thing and I love to talk about it and I think that it's achievable for every single person listening having more money and not being worried about paying rent the next month”