Having Enough - Finding Your Balance

<p>As a life coach, I dislike - maybe even loathe - seeing business coaches talk about “making six figures off your first launch.” Or when they use cheesy marketing ploys that promise six-figures... but only if you study <i>their </i>blueprint, map, or 6-week program. Why?</p><p> </p><p>Well, who came up with 6-figure earnings being THE GOAL anyway?</p><p> </p><p>I recently took a good look at my own finances with the goal of finding out what my true minimum income would be for me to not just pay my bills, but to be happy and feel fulfilled with all the things I want to do in life! What was truly <i>enough </i>for me?</p><p> </p><p>All these 6-figure gurus have pushed this idea that once you make 6-figures, you will be happier and healthier and, let’s face it, some even give the vibe you’ll even be sexier. And of course if we look at this from a literal perspective, that money won’t <i>really </i>make you happy in the deepest sense of the word…</p><p> </p><p>But studies <i>have </i>shown that, contrary to earlier findings, happiness does grow the more money you make. Previous studies suggested a plateu of the relationship between happiness and money – somewhere around $75k a year. But more recent research shows income is “robustly associated” with positive feelings in day-to-day moments and overall life satisfaction.</p><p> </p><p>So can money buy happiness?</p><p> </p><p>Not exactly.</p><p> </p><p>I admit that I got sucked into this idea of 6-figure success and used this in my early days of coaching to measure my own success. What sucked was that using that goal negated all of the amazing work my clients and I were doing BEFORE that 6-figure mark.</p><p> </p><p>Nothing was good enough to me until I reached that goal, even though I used to live an amazing, fulfilling life, traveling the world and only making $14,000 a year as a climbing guide.</p><p> </p><p>Clearly I needed to take a look at that 6-figure goal and find out if that was truly my “enough.” I was aiming for that for all the wrong reasons.</p><p> </p>