{"id":86635,"date":"2022-12-17T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=86635"},"modified":"2022-12-30T10:42:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T14:42:43","slug":"financial-mindset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/financial-mindset\/","title":{"rendered":"The 3 Financial Mindsets: Consumer, Employee, &#038; Entrepreneur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What role does mindset play in acquiring wealth? How can you overcome your self-sabotaging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/limiting-money-beliefs\/\">beliefs about money<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to MJ DeMarco, the state of your finances is determined by the mindset you hold about money. According to him, beliefs about money tend to fall into one of three financial mindsets\u2014consumer, employee, and entrepreneurial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s explore each of DeMarco\u2019s three mindsets in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mindset-1-consumer\"><strong>Mindset #1: Consumer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to DeMarco, having the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/money-mindset\/\">financial mindset<\/a> of a consumer means <strong>believing that it\u2019s more important to present the <em>appearance<\/em> of wealth than it is to actually <em>acquire<\/em> wealth<\/strong>. As a result, you mismanage your money, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/spending-more-than-you-earn\/\">spend more than you earn<\/a>, and create debts that prevent you from accumulating wealth. DeMarco argues that <strong>buying things you can\u2019t afford without considering the impact it has on your financial security always leads to poverty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: According to Jonathan Haidt (<a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-happiness-hypothesis\"><em>The Happiness Hypothesis<\/em><\/a>), people are motivated to <em>look<\/em> wealthy because they assume it will make them happy. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-happiness-hypothesis\/chapter-4#conspicuous-vs-inconspicuous-consumption\">the desire to project wealth limits your ability to feel <em>intrinsically<\/em> happy<\/a> because it leads to an endless competitive cycle. You feel happy when you buy something that projects wealth. But, when someone else buys something more expensive, it devalues your purchase and leaves you dissatisfied. The only way you can maintain happiness is to continue purchasing increasingly expensive things so no one outdoes you.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mindset-2-employee\"><strong>Mindset #2: Employee<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>DeMarco claims that having an employee mindset means <strong>believing that you should sacrifice pleasures <\/strong><strong><em>now<\/em><\/strong><strong> so that you can acquire wealth in the <\/strong><strong><em>future<\/em><\/strong>. As a result, you work for others for <em>restricted<\/em> income, budget every cent, and funnel all surplus money toward pensions, investments, and savings accounts. But, according to DeMarco, <strong>working for others and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/being-frugal\/\">living frugally<\/a> doesn\u2019t help you acquire wealth <\/strong><strong><em>now<\/em><\/strong><strong> nor guarantee that you\u2019ll be wealthy in the <\/strong><strong><em>future<\/em><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: DeMarco\u2019s conclusion about this mindset has three limitations. First, no mindset can guarantee a wealthy future because you simply can\u2019t <em>predict <\/em>the future. Second, though being an employee restricts income to a predefined salary, it also involves fewer costs and financial risks than entrepreneurship. Third, he doesn\u2019t acknowledge how this mindset <em>can<\/em> improve the quality of your life here and now: People who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/defer-gratification\/\">delay gratification<\/a> in favor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/saving-for-the-future\/\">saving for the future<\/a> tend to enjoy more happiness and satisfaction than those who don\u2019t\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/10\/10\/study-millennials-who-buy-less-and-save-more-are-happier.html\">taking proactive steps to secure your financial security increases your peace of mind<\/a> and decreases feelings of anxiety about what <em>may<\/em> happen in the future.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mindset-3-entrepreneurial\"><strong>Mindset #3: Entrepreneurial<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>DeMarco argues that having an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/entrepreneurial-perspective\/\">entrepreneurial mindset<\/a> means <strong>believing that you\u2019re both accountable for and capable of creating massive wealth<\/strong>. As a result, you work for yourself and create <em>unrestricted<\/em> income\u2014by developing recurrent passive income streams that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-increase-your-income-2\/\">maximize your income<\/a> and net worth. DeMarco insists that <strong>generating recurrent streams of income guarantees that you\u2019ll achieve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/achieving-financial-success\/\">financial success<\/a> in the short term and enjoy wealth in the long term<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: While passive income has the <em>potential<\/em> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-increase-your-income\/\">increase your income<\/a>, it\u2019s also at the mercy of various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/12\/19\/42-year-old-millionaire-failed-at-early-retirement-here-is-what-went-wrong.html\">uncontrollable factors that may impede your plans to accumulate wealth<\/a>. For example, at the age of 34, one entrepreneur had a net worth of $3 million and an annual passive income of $80,000. However, by the age of 42, he was again seeking the security of a job due to declining interest rates, rising health insurance premiums, and unexpected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/child-care-crisis\/\">childcare costs<\/a>. Arguably, unpredictable lifestyle changes and market fluctuations make it difficult to guarantee both short-term and long-term financial success no matter how much passive income you generate.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What role does mindset play in acquiring wealth? How can you overcome your self-sabotaging beliefs about money? According to MJ DeMarco, the state of your finances is determined by the mindset you hold about money. According to him, beliefs about money tend to fall into one of three financial mindsets\u2014consumer, employee, and entrepreneurial. Let\u2019s explore each of DeMarco\u2019s three mindsets in detail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":63761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,9],"tags":[832],"class_list":["post-86635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-money","category-psychology","tag-unscripted","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The 3 Financial Mindsets: Consumer, Employee, &amp; Entrepreneur - Shortform Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"According to MJ DeMarco, there are three types of financial mindsets: consumer, employee, and entrepreneurial. 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