If You're Struggling To Build Wealth, Stop Capturing Money | Rory Vaden
Jul 9, 2025
Rory Vaden shares a revolutionary insight: capturing money is a trap. Instead, he encourages viewing wealth as a flow, emphasizing that the ultra-rich thrive by becoming conduits for money. This shift not only transforms finances but also enhances our relationship with abundance. The conversation dives into how scarcity and fear can block our ability to receive, while generosity fosters a healthy detachment. Vaden illustrates how aligning your unique gifts with service can make earning feel natural and fulfilling.
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Rory's Money Capturing Story
Rory Vaden tried capturing and hoarding money early in life but it slipped through his fingers.
He learned ultra-rich people act as conduits letting money flow through rather than capturing it.
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Use Generosity for Detachment
Practice generosity to develop healthy detachment from money.
Giving money shows you control it rather than it controlling you.
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Money as Flow, Not Capture
Capturing money blocks its flow and limits abundance.
Seeing money as a vehicle to flow through you expands your financial potential.
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"Money captured is useless. Money only has value when we use it - when we give it to somebody, when we invest in an opportunity. Rich people don't try to capture money, they try to be a conduit of money." - Rory Vaden
Rory Vaden spent years doing what most of us do - desperately trying to capture and hoard every dollar that came his way. The irony? The harder he gripped, the more money seemed to slip through his fingers. Then he discovered something that completely flipped his understanding of wealth: ultra-rich people don't try to capture money at all. They become conduits for it. Instead of building walls around their cash, they expand their capacity to let money flow through them like water through an ever-widening pipe. This single shift in thinking transformed not just his bank account, but his entire relationship with abundance.
What makes this conversation so powerful isn't just the money strategy - it's the deeper spiritual principle behind it. Rory reveals how our nervous system literally blocks our ability to receive when we're operating from scarcity and fear. You'll discover why giving money away actually creates a healthy detachment that allows more to flow in, and how to align your unique gifts with service so that making money feels like a natural expression of who you are, not something you're desperately chasing.
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