021: My Relationship with Money

Navigating Career Change with ZakkeeAhmad

(Recorded May 15, 2020) I can't stand the way that society has forced us to attach the value that we do to money. People attach their self-worth to what's in their bank account & give that power to others as well. For a while, I resisted the idea of making a lot of money for myself for this reason (plus some weird act of protest to a societal force & a genuine fear of failure if I actually went for it). Today, I have a different perspective though: it's all relative. It's just a matter of how you choose to view money - is it hard to find, easy to accumulate, does it imply vanity, can it truly be used for good, is there always an evil behind large amounts of it? In this episode, i talk my way through these kinds of thoughts & yes, it still drives me crazy that money is so commonly linked to our sense of self-worth! Don't give that power to anyone (or in this case anything) else. Keep that power for yourself and decide what your own sense of self-worth is OUTSIDE of what's in the bank!