Poverty feels structural, and often it is—real barriers exist. Yet even within barriers, many people carry internal programs that limit risk-taking, creativity, and claiming resources. Believing scarcity is permanent reduces experimentation and narrows options.
Begin by separating external constraints from internal constraints. What are real obstacles you can change? What are internal rules you've accepted without testing?
Then, create a curiosity experiment. Choose one belief about scarcity and test it: price a service differently, apply for an opportunity you usually skip, or save a small percentage of income. The goal is data — not proof of immediate abundance, but evidence that your internal model can be challenged.
Equally important is language. Replace "I can't" with "I haven't yet" and narrate small progress. Upgrade rituals: learning, networking, and tactical financial habits that send new signals to your system.
Prosperity often begins with a belief update — an OS-level permission to try, fail, and iterate. That permission grows through small experiments and new stories until it becomes the new default.