Farnoosh Torabi
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard Nov 2024
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So I often say when people are like sort of just living in this cloud of fear, like what if, what if, what if? It's like, no, let's actually make it really urgent. Like what if tomorrow you did lose your job? What if tomorrow you did make a bad investment and it wiped out your savings? Go there. Imagine what you would do in that moment. Who would you call?
What would you stop spending your money on? Where would you allocate the resources? And rather than making it a hypothetical, this is your roadmap. This is your plan of action. This is what you need to do today.
We often live in this like cloud of fear. You know, I say people often worry about what if, and that's normal. You know, what if this happens? What if that happens? But you're not serving yourself when you just are going, you're chasing your tail. So stop. And this may seem really mean to say, but like, I want you to go to the edge.
I want you to imagine like what would actually happen if you did, if that what if became a what now, like it's happening. It's happening today. Bring it to your doorstep. And yeah, how would it play out? You're not going to just sit there. You're going to do something. That's true. You're going to be mobilized. And now you know what you have to do.
So for the person who's afraid of losing their job, it's amazing what happens. So many chips fall into place. Like I'm going to go figure out what my state's unemployment insurance is. I want to go look at my budget actually, because maybe I would have enough to cover me for a couple of months while I'm getting back on my feet.
It's normal. When you fear money, you're a human being. There is cause for this. But what if I told you that fear can be your friend? That when fear shows up, it's an opportunity to listen to it, to unpack it. When we are able to face our fears... I think we're only getting closer to who we really are, what we value, what we want to protect, and what a way to walk through life.
So if you can accept that and appreciate that, especially in the context of your financial life, fear in your financial life, it will make you more motivated and more more excited to do the sort of nitty gritty with your money, which is the saving and the investing and all that. But now you really have this desire because what fear has taught you is that you have a lot to protect.
you have a lot to honor in your life. It's my offer as so many people have come to me over the years asking me about how to do this, how to do that. And I go, wait a minute. Yes, we're gonna get to how to, but let's talk about the fear that you're feeling and why it's there and what it might be educating you on. Amazing.
Because what does that mean? It means that you're not afraid of risk and consequence. You're not worried about things backfiring. You're just walking through life believing that you're invincible. I can't afford that. I can't. Personally, I can't afford that. I need to be constantly thinking about how this is going to impact my life, my kids' lives. And that's okay. I don't want to lose that fear.
I want to be able to... have a relationship with that kind of fear.
Oh, thank you, Mel. It's my honor. Thanks for bringing me back to my roots. This is kind of near where I'm from, so I feel like it's such a privilege to be here.
Oh, my gosh. Such a such a pro. Wow. You know, when I first learned I was going to be on your podcast, I was like, I'm not a scientist. I'm not a doctor. Neither am I. I know. But you're I was very intimidated by just knowing the caliber of guests you bring on. And I was hoping to, you know, arise to the occasion. I hope I did.
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