04/10/2026
Hard work does not guarantee prosperity.
That can be an uncomfortable sentence to read.
Most of us were taught some version of:
Work hard.
Be responsible.
Keep pushing.
Earn more.
And eventually, you’ll become wealthy.
But look around.
Some of the hardest-working people you know are financially stressed.
And some extraordinarily wealthy people have learned how to create value and opportunity without endlessly exchanging more of their time for money.
So perhaps the question isn’t:
“How can I work harder?”
Perhaps it’s:
“What is my current capacity for prosperity?”
I believe we all have what could be described as a prosperity ceiling — an internal level of wealth, success and abundance that feels normal to us.
Go significantly above it and something interesting can happen.
We procrastinate.
We undercharge.
We make poor decisions.
We spend unnecessarily.
We turn down opportunities.
We tell ourselves we’re “being realistic.”
And sometimes, without even recognising it, we find our way back to what feels familiar.
This is why wealth creation cannot only be about tactics.
Yes, learn business.
Yes, understand money.
Yes, invest intelligently.
Yes, build valuable relationships.
But we also need to examine the person who is creating the wealth.
Their beliefs.
Their identity.
Their expectations.
Their relationship with receiving.
Their relationship with risk.
And perhaps most importantly…
How much prosperity have they actually given themselves permission to experience?
So here’s today’s Prosperity Circle question:
If your financial life became 10X bigger over the next three years, what part of YOU would have to change to comfortably hold it?
Not your business.
Not your job.
You.
I’d love to hear your answer below. 👇
Joel Salomon and I created The Prosperity Circle to explore precisely these conversations — combining the inner work of abundance with the practical disciplines of creating and magnifying wealth.
Our first private, invitation-only experience takes place in New York in January 2027.
If something in these posts is speaking to you, DM me “PROSPERITY” and I’ll tell you more.