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Summer Series: The 3 Money Beliefs That Build Wealth

Summer Series: The 3 Money Beliefs That Build Wealth15 Jul17 min

<p>Summer Series: Your Mindset Is Everything: The 3 Money Beliefs That Build Wealth </p><p><br></p><p>You can have all the strategies in the world. You can know the wealthy framework inside and out. But if your mindset isn&#39;t aligned, nothing will change. </p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Stephanie breaks down the exact mindset framework that separates wealthy people from everyone else. She calls it &quot;The 3 Money Beliefs,&quot; and it&#39;s foundational to everything. </p><p><br></p><p>THE 3 COMPONENTS OF WEALTHY MINDSET: </p><p>1. They believe they DESERVE to be wealthy</p><p>2. They are CONFIDENT in their ability to create wealth</p><p>3. They understand the ROLE THAT RISK plays in building wealth </p><p><br></p><p>THE REAL TALK:</p><p>Stephanie shares a powerful skiing story that changed everything. She was rolling down a slope, tumbling uncontrollably. But instead of bracing for impact (which would have caused injury), she stayed open and fluid. She got back up with virtually no pain. That&#39;s the metaphor for wealth building: stop tensing up trying to avoid pain, and stay in flow. </p><p><br></p><p>She also talks about:</p><p>• Why she went to Kellogg (a top 5 business school) to &quot;be where the money resides&quot;</p><p>• Why systemic messages counter our &quot;deserve wealth&quot; belief</p><p>• Why you don&#39;t need to know everything—you just need to be resourceful</p><p>• Why risk means something different for Black &amp; Brown people</p><p>• Why most millionaires are made in their late 40s-50s (when evidence builds confidence) </p><p><br></p><p>WHAT YOU&#39;LL LEARN:</p><p>✓ The 3 money beliefs that wealthy people have</p><p>✓ How to identify and shift your own limiting beliefs</p><p>✓ Why &quot;bracing for impact&quot; prevents wealth building</p><p>✓ How to build genuine confidence in your wealth-creating ability</p><p>✓ Why getting comfortable with calculated risk is essential</p><p>✓ The specific reflection questions that shift everything </p><p><br></p><p>KEY INSIGHTS FROM THIS EPISODE:</p><p>• Your mindset is everything—shift it, and your whole life shifts</p><p>• Systemic messages run counter to &quot;I deserve wealth&quot; (and that&#39;s part of the work)</p><p>• Your &quot;inner over-protector&quot; is trying to protect you but actually limits you</p><p>• You&#39;ve overcome hard things before—use that as evidence of your ability</p><p>• Risk historically meant something different for Black/Brown people (survival vs. financial)</p><p>• But wealth is built through strategic, informed risk-taking</p><p>• Confidence comes from accumulating evidence of your capabilities </p><p><br></p><p>RESOURCES MENTIONED:• Sovereign Collective (Black women building wealth together): <a href="joinsovereign.co" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">joinsovereign.co</a></p><p>• Kellogg School of Management (where wealthy people gather)</p><p>• Margins Capital (this framework in action)</p><p>• WTWD Episodes Tracker: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TaUUVivqfjSckA1oyhbjNRlbY_m0DMPLWbfH-eoHnDY/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TaUUVivqfjSckA1oyhbjNRlbY_m0DMPLWbfH-eoHnDY/edit?usp=sharing</a> </p><p><br></p><p>COMING SOON IN THE SUMMER SERIES:</p><p>New episodes every Wednesday covering:</p><p>• Consumer vs Investor mindset shift</p><p>• Inside the rooms (Black women in private equity)</p><p>• How to analyze stocks like the wealthy</p><p>• 401k reality check (and what&#39;s missing)</p><p>• Future of private markets (where real wealth is built) </p><p><br></p><p>New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe and share with someone ready to reprogram their mindset. </p><p><br></p><p>What the Wealthy Do is the podcast where we break down the concrete, actionable strategies ultra-wealthy use to build wealth—and apply them to busy, brilliant Black women building wealth from the ground up. </p><p><br></p><p>Host: Stephanie Dorsey, CEO &amp; Co-Fo