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The Real Reason You Stay Stuck Financially

Myron Golden

1.45M subscribers

63.6K views · 1 week ago

JUST GROW A MONEY TREE | The Real Reason You Stay Stuck Financially What if the reason you are struggling financially has less to do with how hard you work and more to do with how you think about money? Many people spend years working harder, trying to save more, and looking for ways to increase their income, yet they continue to struggle to build lasting wealth. The key to changing your financial future may be understanding the principles that make wealth creation possible. In this message, Myron Golden explores the real reasons people remain financially stuck and how changing your approach to money can open the door to new opportunities. Building wealth is not simply about earning more. It is about learning how to create value, solve problems, recognize opportunities, and develop the skills that allow you to generate greater income. The core idea is simple but powerful: if you want to change your financial results, you must change the way you think about creating wealth. You’ll learn: Why working harder does not always lead to greater wealth How your beliefs about money can influence your financial decisions The difference between earning money and building wealth Why cre

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Overwhelmingly appreciative and faith-flavored, with fans quoting the tree and money-tree metaphor back and only a couple of light nitpicks.

armando.trevino

1 week ago

Myron has the spirit of God oozing out him🙌❤️

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you.are.precious2962

1 week ago

By God's grace. I am strong, I am intelligent, I am succesful. Praise You Jesus 🙏 1. IDENTIFY WHAT THE MARKET WANTS 2. OBSESS OVER SOLVING PEOPLE'S PROBLEM 3. BE READY TO GO DOWN INTO DARK, DIFFICULT MOMENTS 4. BUILD A SYSTEM OF ROOTS, STEMS AND SHOOTS 5. GO EVEN STRONGER 6. DONT GIVE UP 7. TAKE BASKETS OR TRUCKS TO COME AND RECOLT YOUR FRUITS LASTLY, REMEMBER THAT YOU BEAR FRUITS FOR OTHERS *** NOT ONLY FOR YOURSELF STAY BLESSED AMEN

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tammycowans

1 week ago

The only way to solve my problem is to solve someone else’s. Thank you MG for another Golden nugget saved to my playlist! 😊

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evewamuyu8724

1 week ago

Can I plant flowers

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mikemalagies

1 week ago

IM TRACKING!!

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chrisferchaud9148

6 days ago

“You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.“ Zig Ziglar. Myron bringing out the old school gold! 🔥

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yankeegutters8772

1 week ago

As a carpenter, money MAY grow on trees😂

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lutherotis3538

1 week ago

Pastor Dr Frederick Douglas Haynes III said " when life throws you down (bottom), be like the rubber ball, the harder it goes down the higher it bounces up" in reference to being afraid of the bottom

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Evroyal

6 days ago

This reminded me of the quote "Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago"

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taerene

6 days ago

So when God said be fruitful and multiply it wasn’t for ourselves! Mind blowing 🤯

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stanleyipkuss

1 week ago

Plant seeds! 🌱 ✨

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g.gotkeys

1 week ago

Taking mental Notes, need to rewatch and write these principles down 🙏🏾🔥🙏🏾

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youluv_precious

1 week ago

Money grows on trees..Now I gotta go grow a Money tree!! great lesson Mr Golden ❤

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NetworkMarketingCowboy

5 days ago

Working harder doesn’t always mean building more wealth. 💯 Sometimes the real shift comes from learning how to create more value and solve bigger problems for others. What do you think holds people back more financially: their mindset or the skills they haven’t developed yet? 🤔

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Nagujjajamilah

6 days ago

Love from Africa uganda❤❤❤❤❤❤

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stanleyipkuss

1 week ago

Good Morning Myron!

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FUNKYFRESH707

1 week ago

Bigger the root means bigger the fruit!

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jackiek4159

6 days ago

This truly was Golden! Thank you uncle Myron! 🙏🏻💞✨

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GARDEN_ARCITECTOR

1 week ago

Подтверждаю, Брат Майрон - деньги растут на деревьях! Я ежедневно стригу деньги с деревьев. 🌳

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haroldiwalters

1 week ago

lol it is has 25,000 views by tomorrow morning. 💯💯

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2PieceandABiscuit

5 days ago

Myron you were wrong about one thing in this video....It has 40K views this next morning and not 25K. Amazing teachings as always!

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SimonJijiri-p3m

5 days ago

In fact, this video opened up more possibilities to me ❤❤❤. God bless you Myron

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SimonBartlett-SJB

1 week ago

So true. We need to focus on become the person. Need to focus on solving other peoples problems

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michaelfabulous

1 week ago

Learning from Jamaica Epic vibes

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Felix_Calibre

6 days ago

If you resist down, up resists you.

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Saypreach_topic

1 week ago

Always an amazing message 💪💪💯

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fundthefamily

1 week ago

Love this I chose a tree to reflect my brand 🌳

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AchsahBandawe

1 week ago

Amazing message 🎉

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techskillsbaddie

1 week ago

Wow this was a sign from God

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40akrgcfhjb

1 week ago

Excellent word!

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In short

Myron Golden argues that money does grow on trees, but only on money trees, and he spends the session drawing one out: a taproot system (the market's desired outcome), a root system that grows downward in the dark, a shoot system that grows toward light, and a fruit system whose seeds reproduce. His central claim is that most people stay financially stuck because they build what they value instead of what the marketplace values. He closes with the three questions that stop people (cost, time, difficulty) and his answers to each, plus examples of his own books as money trees still producing years after planting.

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Key points

01
Start with the market, not yourself
The taproot of any money tree is the marketplace's desired outcome; starting a business or a book with what you want to create is "the mistake of mistakes."
02
Value is what they value
Something can be of value and still not be valued by the person you're selling to, so you must discover what the market actually desires before developing anything.
03
Three sources of what people value
Past perceived voids, present perceived virtues and future perceived visions all create present pursued values you can sell into.
04
Down always precedes up
The root system is gravitropic, growing toward gravity and away from light, so the dark, dirty, difficult work nobody sees is what makes you worth looking at.
05
Trees never eat their own fruit
Apple trees don't eat apples, which means everything you desire sits on the other side of producing provision for someone other than yourself.
06
Consumption exposes the seed
When fruit is consumed, the seeds are exposed and can be planted, so in a money tree business consumption never creates lack, it creates the opportunity for production.

Lines worth keeping

“You don't want to give the marketplace something of value. You want to give the marketplace something they value.”
The distinction the whole talk hinges on.
“It's the stuff you do in the dark, damp, difficult, dirty, dense earth that makes you worth looking at when the sun comes up.”
Sums up why the unseen root work cannot be skipped.
“I've never seen an apple tree eat an apple. I've never seen an orange tree eat an orange.”
The image behind his argument that provision for others precedes provision for you.
“You need to focus on your audience attraction even when you feel like you're not getting traction.”
His answer to people who quit content before it compounds.
“How hard is it going to be? I'll tell you how hard it's going to be. Not as hard as you are strong.”
The closing reframe of the three questions that stop most people.

What to do next

1
Ask people what their single biggest challenge is in a specific area.
Asking a hundred people and counting the repeated answers tells you what the marketplace actually desires before you waste time building.
2
Build your offer around the market's stated desired outcome, not your own idea.
Any business founded on what you want to create comes up crickets because the fruit always matches the root.
3
Do the unseen root work: read, study, take notes, obsess over other people's problems.
The obsession nobody can see you doing is what makes people desire to see you do anything.
4
Keep doing audience attraction even when you feel like you're not getting traction.
The six months is going to go by whether you do it or not, so you might as well be planting.
5
Stop attaching "I am" to broke, sick, weak or poor.
Saying I am broke attaches your limitation to God's identity in you, so use I am for what empowers you.

Mentioned in this video

PersonZig ZiglarCredited with the line that if you help enough other people get what they want, you can have everything you want.
ScriptureGenesisUsed for the trees of abundance in the garden and for the definition of fruit as a living organism whose seed is in itself.
ScripturePsalms (tree planted by the rivers of water)David said that meditating on God's word day and night makes you like a tree planted by the rivers of waters.
CompanyAnthropicHe cites a video about four college students who built an AI application and sold it for billions after obsessing over a problem.
PersonLewis HowesHe appeared on Howes's podcast in March and was invited back in November because the conversation clicked.
PersonBrian MarkA new friend who frames content as connection content and conversion content.
BookFrom the Trash Man to the Cash ManHis book planted 20 years ago that still makes just under six figures a year.
BookThe AI Business PlaybookA book he wrote with Miguel about a month and a half ago that is already making seven to eight thousand dollars a month.

This video answers

?Why do I stay financially stuck even though I work hard?
?How do I know what to build or sell if I don't have an idea yet?
?Why isn't my content or business getting any traction yet?
?How do I answer the fears about what it will cost, how long it takes and how hard it will be?
?What does it actually mean to build something that keeps paying me years later?

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“I bought a house for $1,027,000 and sold it for $634,000”
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The million dollar mistake that taught me never to upgrade my life faster than my income.
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“Nobody cares about your story. And I love you, but I don't.”
A blunt, slightly offensive truth bomb aimed at aspiring authors and founders that sparks instant debate.
Helpful doesn't care how you feel. Start with what the market wants, not what you want.
YouTube Shorts43:40–44:23 · 43s
“The six months is going to pass whether you do it or not.”
A short, quotable time-perspective reframe ending on the classic tree-planting line makes it endlessly shareable.
The best time to plant a money tree was 20 years ago. Second best time is today.