How Open Are You About Money?
In a decent society, the topic of money is taboo. You don’t ask your friends how much they pay for rent, and you don’t have to discuss how much you make. However, in recent years, more and more people have argued that politeness has a price: namely, we are all very bad about money, because we are afraid to talk about it.
I totally agree with this point of view, but I am also a hypocrite. I do not necessarily as openly discuss how much I do, and I still cringe when someone asks what I pay for rent. When I think about it, I suppose it is partly due to the fact that I am worried that they will judge or think differently about me, so my intuition is that my finances are not their business. Should they be? And is financial transparency always a good thing ?
This is more or less a question I would like to ask: how open are you about money? Are you comfortable with openly discussing your salary, how much you charge clients, the cost of your mortgage, and so on? Why or why not? Let’s discuss the taboo on money, whether you think it is holding us back or if you think there is a reason for it.