What role does money play in your life? Does it play the role of fuel or friction?
Written by:
Justin Walton
Date:
June 27, 2025
What role does money play in your life? Does it play the role of fuel or friction?
When money feels like a constant source of stress, it becomes hard to focus on anything else. When it functions as a tool, it enables freedom, generosity, and peace of mind.
This shift does not come from a specific number in the bank. It comes from mindset, planning, and alignment.
Change your mindset, adopt a planning approach, and gain alignment. These take time but are worth investing in so your relationship with money becomes a support structure, not a pressure point.
Time to take a moment:
• When you think about money, what is your most common emotional reaction, and what would you like it to be?
Please take my free ALIGN Scorecard if you are unsure where you stand. It is a structured self-assessment across six key pillars of life and leadership. It only takes five minutes to complete, and when you finish, you will be sent a personalised report that sets your baseline alignment.
Your next 10 years start today.
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Justin Walton is an Executive and Financial Coach, and Consultant working in Essex and London. He writes regularly on financial well-being and brings his lived experience and professional expertise together to benefit clients and partners.
Don’t hold onto what is holding you back.
My work sits at the intersection of leadership, finance and personal wellbeing, helping business owners, professionals and leaders align work, wealth and wellbeing so they can create lives that feel successful, not just look successful.
I am the founder of the Life Beyond Success platform and creator of ALIGN - Achieving Lasting Impact, Growth and Nexus ® ("ALIGN") methodology, a framework shaped by three decades of experience across professional services, business ownership and property investing, alongside formal training in executive and financial coaching.
