Understanding Financial Control Through the Locus of Control

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Episode 3108:

Emily Guy Birken explores how growing up poor can shape a limiting money mindset through a diminished sense of control, leading to reactive financial habits and difficulty delaying gratification. By learning to shift from an external to an internal locus of control, listeners can rewire old belief patterns, reclaim agency, and start making empowered financial decisions rooted in self-awareness.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://ptmoney.com/overcome-money-mindset-issues-grew-poor/

Quotes to ponder:

"Feeling as though you have control over your life is a big factor in making good financial decisions."

"Waiting patiently for a larger, later reward is what investing is all about, after all."

"Successful people know that looking within is the only way to realize your dreams."

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