Which of These Four Stories Do You Tell Yourself About Money?
1. Which of These Four Stories Do You
Tell Yourself About Money?
Paul Sullivan wrote an interesting New
York Times piece, Stressed by Money?
Get on the Couch, about people going
through “financial therapy” to get a
better grip on their emotions and
behavior around money.
Sullivan cites financial psychologist
Brad Klontz for the notion that people
have four basic “money scripts,” that
is, stories that we tell ourselves about
money. Which describes you?
2. Money
Avoidance:
People who try to distance themselves
from money, and in doing so,
often undermine their financial well-being