21 Feb Why Quality Matters!

Hello everyone, I’m Jacquie Somerville, Founder of the Be Your Own Soul Mate movement. Welcome to this week’s broadcast of Jacquie Straight Up, the place to be if you want to live a kick-ass life of love, wealth, happiness and freedom.I want to talk to you today about quality over quantity. Mies van der Rohe’s famous quote “less is more”. I love that. Simplicity, it says so much doesn’t it? And why does that even matter? Why does buying the best quality we can afford even matter? Here’s why- those of you that are loyal Jacquie Straight Up viewers have heard me say this so many times but it’s the absolute truth. How you feel about yourself determines your entire life. And how you treat yourself determines how you feel about yourself. And visa-versa! So when you try to cheapen out and buy the cheapest that you can afford as opposed to the best of something that you can afford, it effects how you feel about yourself. It speaks to the worthiness that you give yourself. It speaks to a poverty mentality when we’re trying to always buy the cheapest. When you buy the best that you can afford, it makes you feel better. It really does! And how you feel about yourself determines your entire life. That’s why it’s so important.

I’m running into this quite a bit right now because I’m buying all new furniture for my new place and every now and again I’m very tempted to think “Wow, that Italian sideboard is so outrageously expensive maybe I should try and find something a little cheaper”. And then when I do, I end up canceling the order because it just doesn’t give me the same feeling then the one that was hand crafted in Italy by the Artisans. So it got me thinking about all of this especially since a few weeks ago we spoke about de-cluttering. So if you have de-cluttered and you are starting to replace some things, always remember buy the best that you can afford and if that means one versus three, go with the one. I’d much rather have an Italian purse handcrafted by Artisans than 100 pleather purses in different colors from China. That’s just me but I do believe that affects most people. If you cheapen out it really does speak to how you feel about yourself, so don’t. Always buy the best that you can afford. And remember that this is an individual thing. Obviously we don’t all fall into the same financial category, none of us are the same in this Universe but that’s the beauty of it. We are all different. But buy the best that you can afford. But what makes you feel good. Don’t cheapen out.

That’s my message for you this week! If you’ve liked the video please click the like button and please share it with others. And leave me a comment, let me know when this has affected you. Have you bought something cheaper and then ended up giving it away or even sending it back because it didn’t make you feel good so you went with the more expensive thing and that worked? And it’s not about it being expensive it’s about it being beautifully made. It’s about something that really speaks to you as opposed to a giant compromise. Leave me a comment and let me know! I will see you next time on the next episode of Jacquie Straight Up- Bye!