Money Mindset

A few years ago, I was standing on a rooftop bar, half-listening to my buddy talk about his third real estate deal while trying to casually hide the fact that I was sipping the cheapest beer on the menu. He wasn’t bragging—just sharing. But still, the knot in my chest was impossible to ignore. I smiled, nodded, and laughed at the right moments. Then I went home, lay on my couch, and did what too many of us do: I spiraled into a private shame session.