The Test of Little: If Your Money Could Talk, What Would It Say About You?

I recently hosted my first YouTube Live. The lead-up was exciting—we had nearly 200 people registered and notified about the training!

I envisioned 50, maybe 60 people jumping in the chat, ready to engage.

The reality? The total live audience hovered around 15.

In that moment, a feeling of disappointment surfaced. It’s easy to let the mental narrative take over: “This isn’t important. I should rush through this. It’s not worth the energy when the audience is this small.”

But that’s where the coach within me stepped in with a profound reminder, echoing a timeless principle: How you show up with little is going to determine your platform for more.

Your Capacity is Always Tested at the Smallest Scale

I decided not to cancel the live. I decided not to rush. I chose to run the session with the same energy, engagement, and intentionality as if there were 100 people in the room. I asked for chat responses, shared the value, and maintained the commitment I made.

Why? Because my commitment wasn't to the number in the audience, it was to the standard of my service.

This is the same failure point I see in people struggling to achieve a financial breakthrough. We pray for increase, we strive for a bigger salary, and we want "more money to come." Yet, we often have a bad attitude and a toxic structure for managing the “little” we already possess.

The Question of Stewardship

Many professionals want a six-figure salary, but they haven't mastered the five-figure salary they currently earn. They dream of investing thousands but can't manage the $100 left over after paying bills.

If you are disorganized, impulsive, and avoid accountability when managing $5,000 a month, why would the universe or the market entrust you with $15,000?

The way you steward little is the way you will steward more.

Your money, if it could talk, is currently telling a story about you. Is that story one of clear instruction, respect, and growth? Or is it one of chaos, evasion, and neglect?

Stop waiting for the increase to solve your management problems. True Financial Leadership begins with cultivating the conditions for your current money to want to produce and attract more for you. It requires integrity, accountability, and the same high-level effort you would deploy if your account balance were ten times larger.

3 Questions to Assess Your Current Financial Stewardship

Don't wait for the promotion or the big contract. Start building your capacity for "more" today by proving your mastery over "little." Ask yourself these three transparent questions:

1. If My Money Could Talk, What Is the Primary Complaint It Would Have About Me? (E.g., "She constantly leaves me sitting idle and disorganized," or "He spends me impulsively out of stress.") Identify the main friction point that is sabotaging growth.

2. Am I Applying the Same Level of Intentionality to My 'Leftovers' as I Do to My Paycheck? When you are paid, you immediately pay bills. But what about the $200 left over? Do you assign it a purposeful job (investing, savings, fun), or does it drift away? Your intentionality with the smallest amounts is the strongest indicator of your capacity for massive wealth.

3. What One Money System Will I Commit to Run Like I have 100 times more? Just as I ran my live event for 15 people with the energy of 100, identify one financial habit—daily tracking, weekly check-in, or automated savings—and commit to executing it flawlessly for the next 30 days, regardless of the size of your current bank account.

The breakthrough isn't always in getting more money. It's often in mastering the art of the resource you already have. Start showing up for your finances like the leader you want to become.

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