Lewis Howes

And if that's the situation you're in right now, I just want to have some compassion and also just send you some love.

And I want you to just take as much time as you can to breathe.

Because when we're in fight or flight, when we're in stress thinking about these things, it's hard to make conscious decisions when we are stressed out and overwhelmed.

And the best thing you can do is try to create some type of pausing practice, some type of meditative practice where you can just breathe even a few breaths.

and just allow yourself to take a big, deep breath in, let it out and start thinking about how can I get out of this situation?

How can I start to reorganize my life?

Because most people get paid and then they spend, and then maybe they think about saving or investing whatever's left over.

But wealthy people flip the order.

And that's what's key.

I need you to think about it.

Wealthy people don't invest what's left over.

They invest first and then they spend what's left.

This one habit creates discipline, it creates structure, and it creates an automatic wealth building mechanism.

It's a long-term mindset instead of short-term results.

And when I started doing this, even with the littlest of amounts, again, when I started out, I didn't have much, but it completely changed my confidence around money.

It made me see a future that wasn't that far away after all.

And a simple habit that you can do is to automate a weekly pay yourself first transfer.

Even if it's $5 or $10, can I pay myself first?

And the amount doesn't matter.

It's the pattern that starts to build a new belief inside of you.