For The Love Of Money Podcast | Business | Philanthropy | Entrepreneur | Lifestyle And Success With Chris Harder

When you’re turned off by rich people displaying their wealth, all that's doing is solidifying the fact that you’re going to live a life of mediocrity or ongoing financial struggle. If you’re listening to this show, I know that you’re kind, generous, creative, and uniquely you. Having money is going to allow you to amplify those traits and make the world a better place. I’m sharing a great exercise that’s going to reframe how you think about wealth and really imagine your dream life. Remember, when a good person like you becomes wealthy, other people’s lives get better as a result.    IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: Why repelling wealthy people is actually counterproductive to your financial growth Getting really clear on what your version of rich is  Silencing all that social media noise of people flashing their money around  Making a list of people who are examples of what you want your life to look like    RESOURCES I've got a course that'll change the way you think about money and behave with money. Ch

Lori and I have always created what we wished existed, and masterminds are no exception. Lori just got back from a life-changing trip with two women that she formed a mini mastermind group with, and we wanted to break down how you can do the same. Lori explains where this idea came from, how she built the container to do it, and the non-negotiables that the group has set for each other. Lori and I also discuss why masterminds are crucial for both personal and business growth, and how to take the first step to create or join one today.    IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: Imagining what’s possible when you create your own mastermind container  Why we recommend connecting with your group in-person  The best habit to get into for forming long-lasting relationships  The power of having checkpoints for accountability    RESOURCES Learn more about our Elite Mastermind at chrisharder.me/mastermind! The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Jack Canfield   Text DAILY to 310-42

I’m joined by Ariel Carr, a social media monetization powerhouse, to discuss everything from growth strategy, online sales tactics, and what’s going on with TikTok right now. She shares her secrets to finding success in the e-book industry, including exactly what topics, lengths, and price points are selling right now.    She expands on why she’s so passionate about teaching people how to create multiple streams of income and highlights some of her clients who have transformed their lives by monetizing their social media. I also ask her about the takeaways she has from two failed business launches and what she has planned for the future of her consulting and coaching venture.    IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: Advice for every online content creator  Current trends and future trajectories of social media  Products that everyone should be monetizing right out of the gate  The most common mistakes Ariel sees when people try to make money from their social media channels  Tips for being effective at sales on so

The billionaires and business legends of the world have one thing in common: they have impossible-sized dreams that lead to their incredible wealth. Lori and I have always been unapologetically big dreamers and I truly believe that’s a huge reason behind our financial success. Where I see most people get stuck is that they limit their vision to what their current financial situation convinces them that they can achieve. I’m sharing how you can get out of that mindset and step into a self-empowering cycle instead.    IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: How Lori and I have made our dreams into our reality  Ways to trick yourself into believing your dreams  Simple strategies to stretch yourself in the environment you want to be in  Letting go of people in your life who don’t support your dreams  Why you should make dreaming a daily habit    RESOURCES Join my Money Principles course to maximize your earning potential by mastering your relationship with money: thetruthaboutmoney.com.   Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to

Every little decision you make in a day is either stealing from your future or fueling it. Everything from what’s on your plate, how you move your body, who you spend your time with, and what tasks are in your schedule affects your future self. Lori and I share examples of how this concept has shown up in our lives and how we know when something will expand or deplete us in the future. So, what decision are you going to make today that your future self will thank you for?    IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: Understanding when a decision is borrowing from your future  Certain trips and masterminds that have majorly impacted who we are today  The questions that we ask ourselves before we make a big investment  Developing your intuition around decision-making    RESOURCES Learn more and apply for a spot in the 2023 Elite Business Mastermind at chrisharder.me/mastermind  Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to get daily Money Mantras to boost your day.    CONNECT WITH LORI Follow Lori: @loriharder Follow Lite Pink: @dr

Publishing a book is one of the best ways to create impact and income, and no one knows that better than today’s guest, Jake Kelfer. He became an Amazon bestseller at the age of 23-years-old, and he hasn’t slowed down since. We talk about the power of the come-with-me genre, his formula for creating the highest quality work in the shortest amount of time, and why books are the best lead-generator tool. Jake also describes his latest endeavor called “Project Bestseller'' where he’s going to write, publish, and launch a bestselling book in less than 90 days. Everyone has a story to share, and I hope this conversation lights the spark to start putting pen to paper.    IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: Understanding that you don't need to achieve a certain amount of success to make a positive impact on the world  The two key questions to ask yourself when you’re struggling with imposter syndrome  Who should consider writing a book, and why  Characteristics of the most successful books on the market right now  Five

Over the long Labor Day weekend we had a few guests out at our lake house in Wisconsin. During a beautiful walk on our favorite path that Lori and I call “The Loop”, it became apparent to me in conversation how few people know these mind-blowing truths about money. This episode is one you’ll want to listen to a few times over because if you can really start to wrap your head around these three mind-blowing truths, you will be able strategically generate more and more wealth for yourself using these mantras––or rather, FACTS.    IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: How $500 can turn into $1 million. The importance of understanding that money is fictional. My thoughts behind the quote, “A rising tide lifts all ships.” Why it’s better to be a lender than a saver. A deep dive into the bank lending system.   RESOURCES Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to get daily Money Mantras or Business Perspective messages to boost your day.     CONNECT WITH CHRIS Follow Me: @chriswharder Visit My Website: https://chrisharder.me 

Lori just got back from the Powerhouse Women event and it was amazing. She had so many moments where she had tears in her eyes watching others rise and be the person that they came here to be. One speaker stood out to her with something she said, so she came home and immediately shared it with me, which inspired us to talk about it in today’s episode. Jasmine Star blew her mind when she said “Overwhelm is the abundance of everything you ever wished and prayed for coming in all at once.”   IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: The different kinds of overwhelm How to become a different person as you adjust to having more things come to fruition How to practice gratitude in times of overwhelm How to frame your next hour, day, week or month when overwhelm hits   RESOURCES Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to get daily Money Mantras to boost your day.    CONNECT WITH LORI Follow Lori: @loriharder Follow Lite Pink: @drinklitepink Follow Earn Your Happy: @earnyourhappy Follow Girlfriends & Business: @girlfriendsandbusi

A lot of people come to me with awesome business ideas, but tell me that they don’t have the experience to get it off the ground. I’m here to tell you that your grit, hard work, and ability to overcome challenges are way more important than any college degree or job title. I’m living proof that being a creative and resilient person will help you reach your goals, no matter how crazy they might seem to other people. So, let me know in my DMs what that business idea is and the first action step you’re going to take to make it a reality.    IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: A story about resourcefulness from The Comfort Crisis that really stood out to me  Characteristics of the best entrepreneurs  Developing your problem-solving skills and getting comfortable with the unknown  Reflecting on my experience so far building the peer-to-peer lending app    RESOURCES Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to get daily Money Mantras or Business Perspective messages to boost your day.     CONNECT WITH CHRIS Follow Me: @chriswhar

Today I got to chat with my good friend, Mel Abraham. Mel is a CPA by trade, but really at the core, he's an entrepreneur. You rarely get people who have the technical mind of a CPA, but also the entrepreneurial mind that wants to create things and build things — that's exactly how Mel is created. He has a unique insight for us on not how to just earn and save money, but what we should be doing with the money that we're earning. This episode is going to teach you how to earn money in a way where you're not sacrificing as much life as you are right now.   IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: How you can monetize anything you're good at no matter how obscure you might think it is How to use passive income that will recreate income on an ongoing basis How to earn money in a way where you're not trading away your precious time   RESOURCES Access Mel’s FREE training, The Affluent Entrepreneur at melabraham.com/chris Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to get daily Money Mantras or Business Perspective messages to boost your

Lori and I are currently reading Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout by Alan Stein. In this week’s He Said She Said, Lori and I share our takeaways from this book and share with you our feelings on stress and how to manage it to create a winner’s mindset. With every decision to let things bother us and weigh us down, we are robbing our future selves of where we're supposed to go because we're robbing the present moment where things can actually happen. The present is where all creativity, ideas and forward momentum come from.   IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: Defining stress and how to prevent it from manifesting into pain and resistance How to get success in your life, and how to stay there once you get it Our best practices and how we shift gears in moments of stress   RESOURCES Sustain Your Game: High Performance Keys to Manage Stress, Avoid Stagnation, and Beat Burnout by Alan Stein Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey Text DAILY to 310-421-041

I had an awesome conversation this past week with somebody who wants to start a business. They're new to starting and owning a business and so of course, they picked my brain and I was more than happy to have this conversation with them. They were shocked at how much it costs you to attain or earn a customer, and they were shocked at how much it is going to cost for them to get their business up and going in the first place.   As I shared with them, I want to share with you that there are always three ways to pay or to invest. You're going to have to pay to get your customer one of these three ways but in today’s episode, I will help you decide what is the best choice for you based on your budget and your circumstance.   IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: How much it costs you to attain a customer How and why your customer has a lifetime value Figuring out how you're built and using the option of my three, that best suits you   RESOURCES Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to get daily Money Mantras or Business Perspe

This week I chatted with my personal trainer at the local gym here by the lake house about career options and money. He expressed that he would love to find a way to make more money than he does right now and that he's been tempted to pursue other jobs. The other jobs he spoke of were unrelated to his area of expertise or anything that he would enjoy doing, but he was thinking about them purely because they pay more. I shared with him that there are two truths about making money and I want to share them with you in today’s episode.   IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: How it is not worth ever doing something just for the money if you know you're not going to enjoy it Discussing the question: If it doesn't exist already, how can I make it exist? That anything you enjoy doing can be monetized   RESOURCES Text DAILY to 310-421-0416 to get daily Money Mantras or Business Perspective messages to boost your day.     CONNECT WITH CHRIS Follow Me: @chriswharder Visit My Website: https://chrisharder.me 

For years Lori and I were yes people, and for years we have watched others “yes” themselves to death. Now, we practice not just saying no to things that do not serve our greater vision and purpose, but going beyond that and letting it be okay if we disappoint people by saying no. We have consistently learned from others who have beautiful boundaries to protect and who have thrived by doing so. When you say yes to everything, you water down your message. When you constantly say yes, you take yourself away from your primary vision and the message you want out in the world.   IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: Why you shouldn't say yes to every opportunity and should only say yes to what serves your agenda. We discuss the side effects of “yessing” yourself to death If you don’t get an immediate answer to a request, it doesn't mean to stop asking. We discuss how to not take it personally How and why it is harder for women to turn down opportunities and how women can overcome the fear of saying no How people react t

This week, I received a magazine from the Wisconsin Maritime Museum celebrating raising 9.5 million dollars to build a tower that houses all sorts of displays for the museum. This just happens to be the tower that my Dad designed and created when he was the President and Chairman of the Board. Until my Dad took that President's seat it was nothing more than a wish and he turned it into a reality.   I started reading the names of the donors and I realized that my community had donated a ton of money cumulatively to my father's dream. This is the direct result of building a community of people around you — friends, family, and acquaintances — who work hard to put themselves in a financially advantageous place, then pay it forward without the expectation of anything back.   IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: Dedicating time and energy towards making other’s lives better, and the ripple effect it causes for those to pay it forward making life better for others.  Reminding you of my promise that I will always keep p

Lori and I realized that we’ve gotten too comfortable, and it was making us mentally and physically soft. We’re working on getting our edge back and doing our best to dive right into the discomfort. We break down how we’re living out the message of Micheal Easter’s book The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self, and chat about the amazing results that we’ve seen so far. We’re making a conscious effort to become the type of people who embrace every challenge that life throws our way and stop sweating the small stuff.    IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: How we know when we've gotten too comfortable The consequences of never pushing yourself out of your comfort zone  Tools to become a more solution-based thinker   Embracing the variance of emotion Simple ways that we’re adding more mental and physical challenges into our lives    RESOURCES The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Robert Iger  Text EVENTS to 310-421-0416

This week I travelled to Denver to teach at Fast Foundations Mastermind. I planned to spend the lesson debunking the recent article I shared that said people are more afraid of a recession than ever before. To kick things off, I prompted the students to rate their confidence levels of their business succeeding. Their answers threw me a curve ball in the best way. They were all extremely confident people. The reason? Community. They knew they were surrounded by motivated people, therefore, they felt motivation. They didn't feel fear. It turns out if you assemble a bulletproof group of people then they are going to give you a bulletproof mind, making you as successful as your network.   IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: Debunking the idea that people are more afraid of a recession than ever before Building what you wish existed, for free, making it accessible to you and others to succeed How forming your own group of motivated individuals will ensure that you stay that way yourself Feeling supported will make yo

Lori and I recently went to visit her 95-year-old grandpa and we were lucky enough to ask him a few questions regarding money. In today’s episode, you’ll hear the story of how Grandpa Al was able to pull his family out of financial ruin after his business burned down 65 years ago, and what his biggest investment regret is.    His reflections illustrate that if you’re willing to do whatever it takes to boost yourself up and sacrifice your daily comforts for long-term prosperity, anything is possible. He also explains how if he had practiced delayed gratification and invested in some discounted land before building his dream house, he would’ve been $6.5 million richer today. Listen in to hear more of Grandpa Al’s wisdom and how we can all extract lessons from older generations.    IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: The two tools that Al used to dig himself out of debt and into absolute abundance Being honest with yourself if you’re truly doing everything in your power to improve your financial situation  Practici

We wouldn't be where we are today if it wasn’t for our incredible network of friends and business connections that we’ve cultivated over the years. We’re sharing our top three strategies for expanding your circle, including how to start your own meetups, the importance of attending in-person events, and why you need to prioritize people who provide equal energy exchanges. We get into real-world examples of how we’ve followed these three steps to reach our goals faster than we could’ve ever imagined. Plus, we have a special offer about a new event membership that we’re launching!    IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: Making a conscious decision to maintain the strategic relationships in your life  Early examples of how we created events when we were starting out in network marketing  The miracles, business opportunities, and breakthroughs have come out of having our lake house, aka The Mastermind House  Being honest with yourself about people in your life who don’t believe in you and create a sense of self-doubt

I got a question from a listener recently about how in the world Lori and I manage to run successful businesses, and also have time to live a fun, extraordinary life. I’m lifting the curtain on what works for us and sharing the five different strategies that we use to keep up with our income goals without sacrificing our free time. I get into why our morning routines are so crucial, how we determine when to cut out time-consuming income sources, and the three ways that we optimize our time. It’s all about understanding when to sprint, and when to flow. Tune in to learn how you really can have it all.    IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT: Establishing protected time for yourself every morning to get grounded and show up as your best version  Establishing what your revenue floor is and cutting out any activities that don’t align with that  How Lori and I manage to take most weekends off and have a summer slowdown  My top tips for building an efficient team that you trust    RESOURCES Text DAILY to 310-421-0416