- INADEQUACY – Your needs (not even wants) outweigh your supply/income. You seem to always be in need and never seem to have enough. It can get into your head and become a mentality, where scarcity becomes your basic operating assumption. You often borrow or think of doing so. You think giving is for others, and only give when pressured.
- SUFFICIENCY – You are now making just enough to meet your needs. You’re not in panic mode but neither can you consider any luxuries. Giving is incredibly challenging, as it seems in the natural to push you back to inadequacy. You are still fighting the scarcity mentality, and most of your decisions are controlled by money. Saving? What saving? You run a tight ship!
- ABUNDANCE – You have shifted gears. You have more than enough. You are no longer worried about your survival. Giving is now a joy and you can see the impact it has in your life and others. You can afford some luxuries and life is good. You are saving and investing and are making financial progress that may impact the next generation. You often entertain ideas that you are rich or wealthy.
- RIDICULOUS – At this stage, you can’t hide it. You’re so wealthy, with multiple passive income streams because you’ve built systems that solve people’s problems. You view economics not through a personal/family lens but a macro one. You create opportunities for others and have community wide impact. Those who know how you got here love and respect you. The rest either hate or envy you and often come up with interesting stories about how you’ve made it. You take the criticism with grace coz you know it’s not about you.
Moses Mukisa