Brianna Wiest - The Mountain Is You_ Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery (2020)

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This feeling often comes up when we start to earn more
money or have nicer things. Often, people will sabotage
their higher incomes with reckless discretionary spending
or by being less vigilant about their clientele or workload,
because they are not quite comfortable having more than
the basic necessities, and so they put themselves back into
a comfortable feeling of lack.
When it comes to success, guilt is an unfortunately common
emotion, especially for good-hearted people who
want to do the right thing and live authentic lives.
HOW TO RESOLVE THIS
Please realize that most extremely successful people have
no guilt whatsoever. In fact, this feeling usually only comes
up when you’re stepping between not having enough and
finally having enough.
What you have to realize is that money and success are
tools. They buy you back time and offer you the opportunity
to help, employ, influence, and change the lives
of others. Instead of looking at your success as a status
differentiator—which will always make you feel bad and
uncomfortable—see it instead as a tool with which you
can do important and positive things in the world and
your own life.