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Matrix is one of my favorite movies of all time. When you watch that movie, what is there not to like? The action, the religious undertones, and the idea that what you see, hear, or think may not be the reality you think you know. At the end of the first movie when Neo finally sees the truth and everything around him slows down was the greatest scene. When he grabs that bullet out of the air slowly…calmly drops it and decides what he is about to do…AMAZING.
I want to be like Neo, but with money.
My name would be Armani. I think I could get some cool shades with dollar bills on the sides of them. Instead of a bullet, I catch a dollar and calmly put it in my pocket. Hey, don’t judge me for my special talents! A man has to have SKILLS to see the Money Dimension.
It’s the dimension where you can calmly assess the situation and know what you need to do. When you are an elite athlete, to the outside world, you are moving so fast. You have trained your whole life to get to the upper echelon level that seems impossible for others to duplicate. To you, it is just a normal way to be.
I need to play locked down defense, steal the ball and go down and dunk.
What!? You did it so fast that some people are still trying to figure out what just happened. They looked down to check notifications on their phone and boom you are screaming while hanging from the basket after that masterful dunk.
What if you could see money in a different way?
What if it isn’t just inflow and outflow but something that could positively affect everything around you? I am not just talking about driving the fastest cars or having the biggest house. I am talking about being in a position to be able to see everything for what it actually is. A bunch of moving pieces in constant motion around you. You finally notice things in your life that you weren’t aware of before like arguing about things that don’t matter. You see yourself stressing about things that will not significantly impact your future. Maybe you finally figure out a piece of a puzzle that you literally have no control over.
It’s like a bunch of ants diligently working and crawling all over each other trying to prepare for the immediate future but can’t see the big foot that is about to step on them.
Do you think this fourth dimension exists?
Do you think the Money Dimension is a real thing? I think that it is. Just like an athlete, I believe you can train yourself to see money differently. I think you can release yourself from the shackles of material things. This is giving you the space to think. You’ve opened a new door and now realize something that is very true. There are very few things in this world that are absolute. Which means that there is a good possibility that you and even me, could be wrong.
Hear me when I say this, “you need to be OK with being wrong”. There is a sense of calmness in knowing that you could be wrong. In the book, A More Beautiful Question, Warren Berger states, “The myth lingers that business leaders must be all-knowing, decisive, and in possession of infallible ‘gut instincts,’ all which leaves little room for questioning.” When you are OK with being wrong about life, including money, you are OK with being wrong. When you are OK with being wrong, you are looking for a new data point to tell you that you should go in a different direction.
While the world is racing around you trying to figure out who is right, you are focused on what is really important to you. When you figure that out, that is when you hit the Money Dimension.
That is when you become a true financial leader.
So, here’s the question; what is really important to you? When you are 90 years old, what are you going to think about? What regrets, if any, will you have? I recently read an article called “How to avoid life’s biggest regrets, enjoy the best years: Advice from 90-year-olds”
In this article, she stated 5 things most commonly stated as a ‘regret’ to someone in their 90’s looking back on their life:
- Cultivating closer relationships with their children
- Helping to guide their children on the right path in life
- Taking risks to be more loving, such as being more open about their feelings for new people or more affectionate with those already in their lives
- Not being better listeners; they wish they had been more empathetic and considerate
- Spending more time with the people they loved
What is important to most people is spending time with their family and friends. That is it. Soaking in that wonderful feeling of love. If I could put that in a jar and sell it I would.
Step right up and get your Jar of Looooove! Ok…I just made it weird.
Point is, nobody wanted to have a bigger home, nicer car or their own private jet. What they wanted was more time to cultivate relationships. My only argument to you is, when you are a good steward of your money, you’ll have the time to cultivate those relationships. You won’t feel as if you have to work all the time. You won’t be stressed about money so you’ll have ample time to invest in those relationships around you.
What does it look like when you are in that money dimension?
That place where everything slows down and you are watching everybody slowly pass you. When you become that athletic star of your own domain. Wearing all black and poppin’ sunglasses. No magic pill needed because you worked to get here. The Money Dimension is when you reach a place where you are clear about your goals and your values. You’ll know exactly the direction you’re headed in and why. You have set yourself up in the right position to handle new problems, giving yourself enough room to maneuver.
The conversation I have with my clients all the time is that Financial Planning exists so you’ll have Financial Options. When you have financial options, you’re free to do what you want. However, you need to take time to think about what is really important to you and how exactly you’ll cultivate those relationships. And once you do that, things just slow down. Your decisions become easier. You already stole the ball ran down the court, jumped into your new dimension and dunked on everybody. Everybody is going crazy around you and you have a sense of calmness as if it’s normal behavior.
