Nice Girls Don't Get Rich
Chapter One
Women and Wealth
Women have been so brainwashed by the destructive female culture
that taught them to associate money with sin, evil and everything
crude, that it would take an entire book to disentangle the
subconscious fears and incredible fantasies that the simple noun
"money" evokes in most women.
BETTY LEHAN HARRAGAN,
Games Mother Never Taught You
Women and money. What a complex relationship. We bemoan the fact
that we don't have enough of it. We don't save as much as we know we
should. And we too often rely on others to manage it for us. Despite
the fact that in childhood most of us get all the right messages
about the importance of being financially independent, we do all the
wrong things when it comes to accumulating the amount of wealth we
need to be truly financially independent. Why? Because throughout
our lives we're given multiple, often conflicting, messages. On the
one hand, we're taught about the value of money and the need to
spend and save it wisely. On the other, we're implicitly or
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