05/29/25 - Wakie Wakie 4:44

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Mark Evans DM
May 29, 2025

Welcome to Your 444 Newsletter!

Where identity, ownership, and wealth collide.

Today’s topic?
What money really does to people.

Not what you think it does.

What it actually does.

Money doesn’t change you. It just makes you more of what you already are.

If you’re a leader, money gives you more reach.
If you’re insecure, money makes you louder about it.
If you’re irresponsible, money speeds up the damage.

If you don’t fix the patterns before the money comes, you’ll end up building a mess that looks like success from the outside but feels like chaos on the inside.

4 Thoughts to Reflect On

  1. Success doesn’t fix your habits. It exposes them.
    The cracks show up fast when the pressure hits.

  2. Money reveals identity.
    Not what you say — what you do when no one’s watching.

  3. You don’t rise to wealth. You revert to preparation.
    Who you are now is who you’ll be with more money.

  4. You’re either becoming more capable… or more exposed.
    There is no neutral.

4 Lessons I’ve Learned

  1. Wealth without wisdom is dangerous.
    Ask anyone who had money and lost it.

  2. More money doesn’t make you more focused.
    It makes distraction more expensive.

  3. If you’re sloppy broke, you’ll be sloppy rich.
    Tighten your systems before you scale.

  4. Character gets tested when the stakes go up.
    That’s when the real version of you shows up.

4 Challenges for You This Week

  1. Audit how you show up when no one’s watching.
    That’s who you’ll be with more money too.

  2. Look at where your current behavior would lead if you had 10x more cash.
    Would it build something lasting or blow it all up?

  3. Ask yourself who’s driving the business. The magician or the mule?
    Be honest.

  4. Get the book Magician vs Mule.
    It’ll show you exactly how to stop being the bottleneck in your business and start operating from power not pressure.

"If you're not careful, money will only make you more of what you already are.”
— T.D. Jakes

The money’s coming.

To building with clarity and control,
Mark Evans DM