It’s Okay to Want to Make Money (and Recommended Reading: Overcoming Underearning)
When I work with clients in career transition, it’s common for them to talk about wanting more money like it’s a bad thing.
Many people, especially women, have been taught, consciously or unconsciously, that it is wrong to want to make a lot of money.
Some of my clients say, “Welllllll…I’d like to…make more money,” with something akin to shame in their voices.
Some will very forcefully clarify that they do NOT want to be rich. “Not too much!!! Just…enough.”
I’m here to put a stake in the ground today: there is nothing wrong, bad, selfish, or shameful about you if you want to make more money. …
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