When it comes to being a business owner or an entrepreneur, making money is always the goal. But is our mindset holding us back?

While growing up, I was lead to believe, that rich people were evil. The saying “money can’t buy happiness” was often said when topics of becoming rich would come up. I would see it in movies, like Titanic, TV shows and even in the soap operas that my mother would watch. The rich families were always portrayed as evil and always in a battle to bring down the poor hard working families. Having that negative perception about rich people was only natural for me as a child.

As the years passed and I started working and living on my own I realized that money solves the majority of problems. Most people making a difference in today’s world are able to do so because they have plenty of money.

I see first hand what a big of a difference I can make with my money. Through my real estate business, I donate a portion of my income for every home I sell to a charity that helps military and veteran’s families while their loved ones are in the hospital.

These charities depend on donations to achieve their mission. And I could just imagine what huge difference I can make if I was able to give more.

Every successful person that I’ve met or read about that has acquired large amounts of money have a limiting belief that money is somehow bad.

A good person I follow, Steve Larson, says, “money doesn’t change you, it only amplifies who you already are. If you’re a jerk when you’re poor, you’ll be a bigger jerk when you’re rich.”

I’ve read dozens of books about super-successful people and they all agree that having millions or billions of dollars have helped them make a massive impact on the world. From employing people, building schools, delivering water to places that don’t have it, or creating charities and help fund them and often doing it without asking for public recognition.

Dean Graziosi, in his book Millionaire Success Habits, says “Getting wealthy may not cure every problem, but it sure can cure a lot of them.”

Remove from your mind the belief the money is evil. If you have limiting beliefs surrounding money, then it becomes very difficult to achieve financial success. Start by believing that you can make money and that you are worthy of wealth.

I strongly believe that making lots of money requires a mindset shift. This can be the biggest separator between those who are successful and those who struggle to get it.

​Provide value to those you are called to serve, get money and then you can help the world.