Do you realize it’s been 20 years since The Secret was released. I’m still a big fan of the movie and occasionally watch the video.

Thanks to this wildly popular movie and subsequent book by Rhonda Bryne, the Law of Attraction is part of our vocabulary. And that’s a very good thing…to a point.

The Law of Attraction states that you attract whatever you want into your life through your ability to feel good, think positively, and focus only on the desired outcome. Simply put, if you want to be rich, don’t focus on lack.

But here’s the problem.  How many times have you said you really want wealth, believe riches are on the way, refuse to focus on anything but abundance….and still, nothing happens?   Your bills go unpaid while your bank balance dwindles.

What the Secret failed to mention is that the Law of Attraction is only part of the equation. There is also The Law of Congruency.

For over 20 years, I’ve been baffled.

Sure, we women have become excellent dollar watchers and bargain hunters. But investors? Forget about it. We want to learn, but lack the confidence to act.

And here’s what’s really baffling. Once women enter in the market, we’re actually better investors than men.  Key findings in a recent article on The Motley Fool, (https://www.fool.com/research/women-in-investing-research/) show that female investors earn better returns than men—up to 1.8% in some studies.

But only 9% of women think they make better investors than men according to a Fidelity report.

I’ll never forget reading an Allianz Study on women that came out after the financial crisis of 2008.

It made an exciting discovery. A new demographic was emerging—Women of Influence. These women aren’t necessarily high earners, or even gainfully employed, though many are.

What sets them apart is how financially savvy they are. In other words, as Allianz reports,  this new breed is “more confident in their ability to spend, save, and invest wisely than the average woman.”

And what’s really exciting—These Women of Influence are becoming global change makers, claiming their power, owning their greatness, making an impact.

I call it the Click. It’s that ‘aha’ moment when you recognize, with every fiber of your being, that you deserve to earn more for no other reason than you’re worth it

Without the Click, upping your income can be an uphill battle. But once you realize how capable you are, how much value you offer, barriers that once felt insurmountable will begin to disappear.

You see, there is a direct correlation between your level of self-esteem and the amount that you earn.

Virtually every high earner I interviewed for my books swore money was not her primary motivation. But at the same time, she fully expected to be highly compensated because she knew she was worth it.

How do you build that kind of self-esteem? How do you access the Click? Simply put: Do what you dread.