Chapter 14: Setting Your Authentic Goals

Money Made Human Podcast · Oct 8, 2026 · 13m

If you've ever looked up how to set financial goals, you were probably handed a number that sounds responsible, and that is usually the problem. A goal you adopted out of obligation runs on willpower and willpower runs out. Once you budget by paycheck, a goal stops being a wish and becomes a line in the plan.

Chapter 14 is where you hear something you do not often hear from a financial professional. Money is not the most important factor in your financial goals. Buy-in is.

Here is the grocery version. Say you are spending $800 a month and traditional advice says cut it to $600. You meal plan…