Change relationship with money, find greater contentment
Nogie King, executive director for Wisdom at Work was the keynote speaker at the Salt Lake City Bioneers Conference at Westminster College on Friday, October 28, 2011. Her presentation titled “The Currency of Connection: A Money Paradigm that Works” addressed money and how people relate to it.
“Money was invented to facilitate human relationships,” says King.
People spend a lot of time thinking dealing with and thinking about money: how to earn, spend, manage and save it. Yet, it is not a subject that people discuss.
“It’s time we start talking about it,” says King.
People use money in a transactional sense, but King said that money needs to become more relational.
“Relationships are mirrors to see ourselves,” says King. How a person deals with money is a relationship. Making money isn’t necessarily a bad thing; it is what we do with money that makes the difference.
By changing their perception about money, people can affect the sufficiency they feel in life. That is what people are searching for – sufficiency and contentment.
She suggested six things people can do to affect their perceptions:
This article originally appeared at examiner.com.
“Money was invented to facilitate human relationships,” says King.
People spend a lot of time thinking dealing with and thinking about money: how to earn, spend, manage and save it. Yet, it is not a subject that people discuss.
“It’s time we start talking about it,” says King.
People use money in a transactional sense, but King said that money needs to become more relational.
“Relationships are mirrors to see ourselves,” says King. How a person deals with money is a relationship. Making money isn’t necessarily a bad thing; it is what we do with money that makes the difference.
By changing their perception about money, people can affect the sufficiency they feel in life. That is what people are searching for – sufficiency and contentment.
She suggested six things people can do to affect their perceptions:
- Notice physical sensations
- Take time for quiet reflection
- Apply gratitude
- Make money about people
- Create together
- Find the good for all
This article originally appeared at examiner.com.