The Art of Happy Money with Ken Honda

Today, we're diving into a topic that's close to my heart, the art of happy money with my good friend, Ken Honda. Ken is a pioneer in marrying the concepts of money and happiness in ways that transform lives. He’s a bestselling self-development author in Japan, with book sales surpassing over 8 million copies since 2001. His latest book is Happy Money: The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money. Ken has been a business consultant and a successful investor. His financial expertise comes from owning and managing several businesses, including an accounting company, a management consulting firm, and a venture capital corporation. Beyond just money and finance, Ken’s knowledge and writings bridge the topics of finance and self-help, focusing on creating and generating personal wealth and happiness through developing deeper self-awareness and self-honesty. His mentoring programs, business seminars, and correspondence courses have been called therapeutic.  Ken is also the first person from Japan to be voted into the Transformational Leadership Council, which is a group I started of professional and personal development leaders about 20 years ago. It includes people like John Gray, Men Are from Mars, and Lisa Nichols from The Secret. Mary Morrissey from the Brave Thinking Institute, Marci Shimoff, Dave Asprey, Eric Edmeades, Joe Vitale, and Vishen Lakhiani from Mindvalley. So good company.  Ken is fluent in Japanese, English, and Spanish, and currently resides in Tokyo, Japan Tune into this Episode of The Jack Canfield Podcast and get ready to learn how to heal your relationship with money, tackle financial stress, and infuse more joy into all your financial transactions. Learn how shifting your attitude leads to financial peace and prosperity and the lifelong happiness most of us are pursuing.  In this episode, you will learn about: Personal Journey: Ken talks about how his family’s business background taught him the success principles and inspired his decision to write about money and happiness (03:50) Happy Money and Unhappy Money: How approaching money with appreciation can open you up and heal financial irritation and stress (05:27) Arigato Your Money: How Ken learned the value of appreciation from his mentor Wahei Takeda, the Warren Buffet of Japan (07:44) Multiply Your Gifts: Ken explains how he helps people find their gifts and purpose for happy financial independence (11:49) Happy Money Accelerator. Ken touches on the ideas in his upcoming course on escaping the treadmill of financial stress into abundance and happiness (19:53) Money EQ: How low emotional intelligence leads financially savvy people to lose everything, and how to stay happy and grounded as you gain wealth (20:46) Final Words: Ken advises young people to observe what’s going on in the world and to pursue synchronicity (32:05)  Resources Mentioned: Happy Money: The Japanese Art of Making Peace with your Money Happy Money Accelerator Transformational Leadership Council Connect with Ken: kenhonda.com Twitter Facebook Instagram Let's Connect: Jack Canfield Podcast Website  Instagram Facebook YouTube Linked-In Submit your questions, feedback, topic suggestions, and future guest requests directly to Jack, here!

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Hi! I’m Jack Canfield, co-creator of the billion-dollar book brand Chicken Soup for the Soul series, author of The Success Principles, and founder of the Canfield Training Group where we help people achieve their goals and dreams faster than they ever thought possible!  As a pioneer in the field of self-esteem, personal development, and the law of attraction, I’ll show you how to become virtually anything you want to be as we explore the simple, time-proven strategies that anyone can use to overcome limited thinking and behavior to unlock their capacity for success.  As I always say, "You aren’t given a dream unless you have the capacity to achieve it.” So listen along and let's get started making your dreams a reality!