When you sign up at Geezeo you have a couple of options from which to choose that sum up your outlook on money. But did you know some go deeper? Many money coaches identify eight major archetypes.
Which one describes you? Knowing your “money style” will help you identify your attitudes about money. Using this list or working with a money coach can help you identify weaknesses and work to better your relationship with the money in your life.
Here are the eight “money types”:
The Innocent
The Innocent takes the ostrich approach to money matters. Innocents often live in denial, burying their heads in the sand so they won’t have to see what is going on around them.
The Victim
Victims are prone to living in the past and blaming their financial woes on external factors.
The Warrior
The Warrior sets out to conquer the money world and is generally seen as successful in the business and financial worlds. Warriors are adept investors, focused, decisive, and in control.
The Martyr
Martyrs are so busy taking care of others’ needs that they often neglect their own. Financially speaking, Martyrs generally do more for others than they do for themselves.
The Fool
The Fool plays by a different set of rules altogether. A gambler by nature, the Fool is always looking for a windfall of money by taking financial shortcuts. Even though the familiar adage “a fool and his money are soon parted” often comes true, Fools often win because they are willing to throw the dice; they are willing to take chances.
The Artist/Creator
Creator/Artists are on a spiritual or artistic path. They often find living in the material world difficult and frequently have a conflicted love/hate relationship with money. Their negative beliefs about materialism only create a block to the very key to the freedom they so desire.
The Tyrant
Tyrants use money to control people, events, and circumstances. The Tyrant hoards money, using it to manipulate and control others. Although Tyrants may have everything they need or desire, they never feel complete, comfortable, or at peace.
The Magician
The Magician is the ideal money type. Using a new and ever-changing set of dynamics both in the material world and in the world of the Spirit, Magicians know how to transform and manifest their own financial reality. (Editor’s Note: Some might even use Geezeo.)
This list courtesy of Money-Therapy.com, where you can read more in-depth descriptions of the eight “money types”. This website is one of many similar organizations who use these “money archetypes”.
Note: Have a look at Geezeo’s live Money Confessions. Do some of these confessions sound like one of the above archetypes?
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