When money is tied to safety, money comes through enormous labor. And in the psyche this is usually how it works: for most people, money = safety.
Only money does not give and cannot give the safety a person is looking for. It is a substitute. An empty place instead of something solid.
And that is the root of the problem: if the feeling of safety depends on the amount of money you have, you will be shaken the whole time.
When there is not enough money, a sense of threat switches on. The brain goes into survival mode, and in that mode the planning horizon narrows, tunnel thinking turns on, rigidity, hypervigilance, and avoidance of losses.
The problem is that growing in that linkage is very hard. Because scarcity thinking cuts off access to the opportunities the world opens. The brain simply does not notice them.
Ideally money should not be attached to anything at all except its direct function. Money is a resource for realizing goals and values, not an indicator of whether you are okay or not.
The paradox is that earning becomes easier exactly when that linkage is broken. When safety no longer depends on the amount in the account, money turns into points in a game.
Losing money in that position is unpleasant, but not destructive. It does not throw you down to the level of a surviving animal that needs to save itself here and now.
People who earn large sums are most often exactly in that position, because for them money is a game, not a question of survival.
And playing a game of chance where you are not afraid to lose works much better than a game where your safety is at stake.
