Fear of failure is something I hear about a lot from my clients. If they get out of debt, they’re afraid they’ll get back into it. They overdrafted before, maybe they’ll overdraft again. They feel like making a misstep means starting back from square one.

This fear could be why you haven’t started a budget or revisited your money goals or started tackling your debt. Like many of my clients, you might be scared that the process won’t work. Scared you’re going to have to start over.

But success isn’t linear. The ebbs and flows of your money are data points. They serve as information, not an opportunity for judgment. Every misstep provides an opportunity to reflect and ask yourself how you can move forward differently in the future. It offers you a moment to ask yourself how you define failure and if you truly failed in this moment, or if, perhaps, you’ve just been given an opportunity to use the skills you’ve learned from your past experiences to make better choices going forward.

In this episode, I want you to think about why you haven’t started over (or started at all) when it comes to your financial success. You’ll learn questions to ask yourself that will help you get curious about your relationship with money. You’ll learn to rethink the way you look at financial failures or new financial circumstances so that you can apply the experience you’ve gained to have your own back when it comes to making better decisions about your money. You can always start over. Don't be afraid to begin again. And I want to empower you with the confidence to do that.

Tune in to learn how to build financial confidence and awareness that will last a lifetime.

In this episode, you’ll learn...

• How we often let fear of failure get in our way of starting over [03:08 ]


• The importance of monitoring your self-talk [04:39 ]


• Why you should approach financial shifts with curiosity and questions to ask yourself about starting over and failure [05:56 ]


• How your thoughts about failure hold you back and how data points help you make sense of your numbers [08:29 ]


• How “starting over” is actually just a different starting point that gives you the tools to stay on track [10:03 ]


• How a financial coach serves as a support system for your progress [10:53 ]


• How to ask yourself critical questions [12:16 ]


• Why you need to be honest with yourself and acknowledge why it’s hard for you to start over and the different tools you’re bringing this time around [14:01 ]

Tune in to this episode to learn how to build your financial confidence and achieve your money goals.

Get full show notes and the episode transcript: https://wealthovernow.com/starting-over-is-just-another-step-toward-financial-progress

Links mentioned in this episode…

Money Files Episode 7: Moving Forward After Financial Failure