Happy money

Happy Money:
The Japanese Art of Making Peace with the Energy of Money

The #1 personal development author in Japan, [Ken Honda](chatgpt://generic-entity?number=0), teaches us how to build an ideal relationship with money.

Very often, money is a source of fear, stress, and anger. It can strain relationships and even destroy lives. Most of the time, we think of money simply as a number in our bank account or a piece of paper.

In reality, however, it is much more: money is energy. It has the ability to “smile,” it changes when it is given with positive emotion, and the energy it carries benefits not only us but others as well. Although Ken Honda is often referred to as a “money guru,” his true work is helping people discover the inner tools they already possess to improve both their lives and their relationship with money.

Learn how to treat money as a welcome guest—allowing it to come and go with love, joy, respect, and without bitterness. Understand and improve your emotional intelligence around money. Break free from the myth of scarcity. Make peace with giving, not just receiving. This book doesn’t aim to “fix” you—because, as Ken Honda says, you are already enough!

“Ken’s book will radically change your relationship with money.”
— [Jack Canfield](chatgpt://generic-entity?number=1), #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series

Excerpts from the book

Do you feel blessed and aligned with life when you think about money? Or do you feel disappointed with your relationship to it? Here’s a secret: it doesn’t matter how much we have or earn. It’s our feelings about money that determine our wealth. The energy with which we receive or spend money shapes our flow. We are always in a flow—either of Happy Money or Unhappy Money. If we feel negatively about money, no amount of it can change our relationship with it.

The Zen approach to happiness invites us to see ourselves not based on what we do, what we own, or what we achieve—but on who we are. Our purpose as human beings is to “be.” And what does that mean? It means being present. When we are present, we are not trapped in the past—our mistakes or pain—nor are we anxious about the future. We simply exist in the now.