What's Your Money Mojo Type?
Are you a Star, Servant, Seeker, Spender, or Saver?
Take the quiz to discover your personal Energy Management Profile and gain insights on how it shapes you and your habits for using your personal energy in life.
If you received $40,000 as a gift, would you buy yourself something amazing and expensive?
Do you feel guilty or naughty when you spend a lot of time or money on yourself?
Do you always plan every detail and expense of vacations or trips?
Do you always live within your income and resources range?
When you were growing up did you get everything you needed and many things you asked for?
Are you so busy making money that you either don't manage it or need someone else to?
Do you believe the love of money is behind all the trouble in the world and is generally bad?
At the end of each pay period or month do you know how much money will be left over, almost to the cent?
Do you set aside a set amount (say 5% to 10%) for savings or investments?
Were your parents comfortable with money, even when they didn't have much?
If a friend asked to borrow money from you, would you feel flattered and most likely lend it?
Do you spend more money or time on worthwhile causes than you do on yourself?
Would you rather save money than invest your money?
If you had a slogan it would probably be, "You only live once!" After all, tomorrow isn't promised.
Your parents spent money on necessities and rarely on pleasurable family activities.
Would this phrase sum up your view on researching for making important decisions - "Is this really the best? What am I missing since there MUST be more info?"
If you went out to lunch with a friend would you enjoy paying the bill?
Your needs are secondary to the needs of others.
You like to spend money on expensive gifts for your friends and family.
You received an allowance that let you buy want you wanted.
If you see something you like but can't afford, you usually buy it anyway. It's why you make money, right?
You live modestly because it's the only way to be in alignment with values important to you.
Spending money helps me feel better when I'm down. It's not called retail therapy for nothing.
I make multiple trips to the grocery store, department store, or place multiple online orders each week.
Growing up your parents regularly said "we're broke" or "we can't afford" something.
Do you set aside time each week for yourself (for hobbies, rest, fun, self-care, etc)?
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STAR: I work hard. I deserve it.
"I work hard. I deserve it."
Everybody knows when you walk into a room. You’re smart, determined, dependable, and professional. You generally have your stuff together so you can shine like the star you are.
The Energy Dynamic: You lead with excellence, but all that glitters may not be your gold. Taken to the extreme, your desire to "look" the part might actually be stealing your chance to really live the lifestyle you desire.
To really step into your STAR power and leverage your potential to earn money and get the things you want with the desire to actually keep all you've earned, you'll need to watch out for the landmines and know which lifeboats to use.
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Landmines: Entitlement, frustration, and an "in-and-out" energy mindset. You might over-commit or over-spend energy to maintain an image, leading to stress and anxiety. You may also experience depression.
Lifeboats: Pace your output. Give your energy a purpose beyond the "show." Set up separate "accounts" for your time and resources so you can see your personal dreams come alive, not just your public ones. Pace yourself so you don't burn your star doesn't burn out.
Learn about your Lifeboats and Landmines as well as the other Energy Profile types in The 1-Thing Way. This is especially helpful if you have strong secondary types.
SERVANT: Energy is only for giving.
You’re generous and full of virtue. You're generous and full of virtue, willing to work hard and hold inner peace. Yet, there is so much need in the world. How can you possibly enjoy what you've earned and your own energy when so many others are in need or hurting? You would rather sacrifice comforts because a part of you feels guilty for enjoying them.
Somewhere along the line you may have even picked up this belief about money, power, and even good looks (including good health) and it being connected with evil and those who are sinister. You don't want to be that.
Still, you're at a point, when having enough resources to meet your personal needs, whether it be financial, health, enjoyment, relationships, or something else (and still help others) are now all important.
I know it's hard when your heart is so big, but you can't help anyone else if you're drowning yourself. Get securely in your own lifeboat and then you can cast a lifeboat to your neighbor in need.
The Energy Dynamic: If you could give your way to the creation of a better world, you would. You risk your own physical and financial health to help others. But remember: you can't serve from an empty plate. You can’t help anyone else if you’re drowning yourself.
Landmines: Being overly accommodating, forgiving those who drain you without repayment or real acknowledgement, and constantly giving your resources away even when you have nothing to spare. Giving from your limited reserves to 'save' others from themselves or the emergencies they've created.
Lifeboats: Secure your own mask first. Understand that your well-being connects to your capacity to give. Use lock-away plans for your energy. These are commitments to your own restoration that you cannot "give away" in someone else’s non-emergency.
Learn about your Lifeboats and Landmines as well as the other Energy Profile types in The 1-Thing Way. This is especially helpful if you have strong secondary types.
SEEKER: Is this really the best? I still need more info.
You're detail-oriented and analytical. You love diving into the details, perhaps too much. You want to trust that you’re making the absolute best choice at the best price or the best time.
Your penchant to seek out more information may have been the cause of frustration by others and even yourself, a few times in your life. But seriously, who can blame you? What if that other laptop, or cellphone, or canopy tent has features you'd like that the one you're looking at doesn't?
What if you're missing something? What if the timing isn't right? Or there's about to be a sale? How can you trust this is the best product at the best price? What did others say about it? Have you scoured the entire internet?
Okay, maybe that's a bit dramatic towards the end, but given I have a tiny bit of seeker in me, I can laugh at my quirks and can also say that sometimes that seeker skill pays off!
And sometimes, I've missed opportunities.
The Energy Dynamic: Your gift is your wisdom, but what is the "seeking" costing you? If you’ve scoured the entire internet but still haven't moved, your energy is stagnant.
Landmines: Indecisiveness, procrastination, failure to act, self-doubt, and an obsession over perfection.
Lifeboats: Intervene on yourself. Set a firm deadline to decide so you don't stagnate from indecision. Allow some decisions to end when they are "good enough" so that you can actually take action.
Learn about your Lifeboats and Landmines as well as the other Energy Profile types in The 1-Thing Way. This is especially helpful if you have strong secondary types.
SPENDER: Make it rain, baby!
You love to help others, give great gifts, show up to impress, and are a great networker and communicator. It's in your nature! You've also got some big ideas and are a natural innovator who spreads goodwill.
But it often comes at a cost.
You've got expensive tastes and can easily 'forget' about your limits (what are those?) might be. Your pleasure to please can get you in serious trouble that only you can get yourself out of.
The good thing is, you have a knack for innovation, creativity, networking and even making money so with a few tweaks and some guardrails, you can get out of whatever trouble overusing your energy and resources may have gotten you into. For you, it's about having things in place to keep you from going overboard.
The Energy Dynamic: It is expensive to keep up with this generous, fast-moving lifestyle. You may feel guilty about over-extending yourself, or you might pretend those "energy bills" (exhaustion or debt) don't exist.
Landmines: The need to please or prove your worth, impulsive "shopping" for new projects, spending to gain attention, not having a plan for your resources, and living in denial of your limits.
Lifeboats: Guardrails. Limit access to your "stash" of energy and resources. Have a quick check-in method for new commitments to determine if you actually need them and if they are worth the price tag of your peace or bank account. Have a general plan for managing your energy.
Learn about your Lifeboats and Landmines as well as the other Energy Profile types in The 1-Thing Way. This is especially helpful if you have strong secondary types.
SAVER: A penny saved is a penny earned; and we need to protect that energy.
The bottom line is you are responsible and have a serious eye on YOUR bottom line. You are driven to make sure you and your loved ones are safe against possible disaster.
There isn't room to wiggle and you will be efficient and save whatever isn't absolutely necessary.
Of course, this means you may be painfully responsible at times and overly cautious. You may leave your loved ones feeling a little less than loved because they come second to the lights being turned off in every room or the thermostat setting, or even keeping fifty dollars in savings rather than spending on an activity that would bring them great joy and experiences.
I'm not naming names, but I know one or two savers and love them dearly. The world needs people like you (us), but not all of the time.
Being a saver is something few people will understand, but I get it. You are driven to make sure you and your loved ones are safe against possible disaster and emergencies.
You are responsible to make that happen and as long as you have anything to do with it, you will have money for that rainy day.
My friend, even with the best of us, there's gotta be a chill button. Or in the case of some of you, a heat button because your family dresses like they live in Alaska in the winter, inside your home.
The Energy Dynamic: The world needs your stability, but not all of the time. Your caution can leave loved ones feeling "chilled" because you prioritize security and certainty over joy or experiences. You might be squirreling away your energy so tightly that it loses its value.
Landmines: Protective stagnation, having no purpose for "saving" your energy, time, or money, other than fear, and being painfully responsible at the cost of fun.
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Lifeboats: The "AND" in Life. Save AND have a purpose for joy. Give a portion of your energy a "Fun Purpose." Invest your time in secure but rewarding experiences with your family.
Learn about your Lifeboats and Landmines as well as the other Energy Profile types in The 1-Thing Way. This is especially helpful if you have strong secondary types.