Let’s face it, most personal finance advice has been centered around shame
and scarcity, and while it has worked for some people, it can also do a lot
of damage and discourage others. Human-beings have evolved to have a
negativity bias, which explains why we are more motivated by negatives than
positives. That’s why this blog post might have caught your attention as
opposed to a title like “How to create an abundance mindset around money.”
While the negativity bias was a helpful trait to have when we were running
from tigers in the wild, it can really hold us back in modern life.
Scarcity is related to our negativity bias because it is the belief that
there aren't enough resources to go around, money is a struggle to come by
and we have to scrimp to conserve and hoard what is ours. And scarcity can
make us do irrational things... like creating a non gas shortage into a
real gas shortage.
