Cheap thinking:
“The Hotel room was expensive, so let’s stay until the very last minute.”
“These are nice clothes so I can’t wear them at home”
“I will spend 20 minutes searching this movie for free instead of paying $2.99 for it”
“I don’t like the $5 product I bought on Amazon. I spend an hour packaging, tag printing, driving to UPS and sending it back for a refund instead of letting it go because my time isn’t worth 5 Dollars”.
“I purchased a coaching Day with Fred. I want to skip coffee and lunch breaks so that I can milk the session for all it’s worth”.
Cheap thinking comes from constriction, tightness. It’s the opposite of
generosity,
openness,
spaciousness and
abundance.
Stinginess seems to save money but it doesn’t serve you (and the opposite pole – wastefulness – doesn’t serve you either) because like-energy-attracts-like-reality.
Prosperous thinking attracts a prosperous life.
Examples:
If your clothes make you feel poor, discard them.
Why not add an extra hour to your lunch break, like the southern Europeans?
Next time you want to order an Uber, order a Limo instead. Just for fun, no reason. To see what it feels like.
Can’t sell the item online? Give it to charity.
Trying to stiff a contractor? Give him the money he is asking for and tip him generously.
Abundance raining into your life is about moving from being a cheap person to a generous person. Not wasteful, not unconscious, but appreciative. Live in the assumption that there is enough for everyone.
