You Have To Give Up Your Short-Term Freedom To Create Your Long-Term Freedom.
Are You Willing To Give Up Your Short-Term Freedom To Create Your Long-Term Freedom?
When it comes to chasing your dream or creating a better life or becoming an Entrepreneur, there is one thing that most people aren't willing to do and thats why they never succeed or never even attempt to have a crack at it. That thing is giving up short-term freedom.
Now what I mean by short-term freedom, is this.
If you currently work a full-time job, (let's say the 9-5 for most) you get weeknights, if you're lucky you get weekends which is your time to do want you want with. Most will either spend time with the family or partner, watch TV, lounge around, or go out and hit some clubs. Whatever you choose to do with your spare time, I want you to picture in your head now. This is your present freedom, something that I like to call your short-term freedom because it's current and all you are used to.
When you dream of having a better lifestyle, your own business, most dream of having more freedom. This is what I like to call your long-term freedom because it's something in the distance, down the line, end destination whichever you like to call it - it's something you haven't yet got but can have if you want.
Now most seem to relate freedom to more time, however time-freedom is only an element of the term freedom as it can also mean many other things. Freedom can be generally having control of your own life (no more being told what you can and can't or should and shouldn't do), having control of your own business and working hours (having the option to choose when you want to work, how long for, where you want to work etc) and the references go on.
So your short-term freedom is what you currently have, long-term freedom is what you could have.
Easy enough? Good.
Now let me ask you a question to those striving for success, chasing a dream or wanting to create a better lifestyle:
"How bad do you want it?"
Your response may be "Really Bad!"
The next question I want to ask if this: "Are you willing to give up your Short-Term Freedom to create your Long-Term Freedom?"
This is where a lot of people will struggle to answer, yes.
You see the reason there is a shortage of people that are creators and entrepreneurs nowadays is because it comes with a way of approach and that is determination.
A lot of people wouldn't say no to being given a better life, but a lot of people don't have the drive to go out and create it themselves.
The trouble is that people are too comfortable with their current lifestyles that they get so used to living their repetitive ways that they aren't willing to step out of the comfort zone or give up their short-term freedom to create something better, i.e. what they could have.
We have to give credit to the people like us that will do what it takes to create a better lifestyle for ourselves, especially by giving up our short-term freedom. It may take sleepless nights, it may involve skipping some family gatherings or even giving up your evening TV (we know some of you love your soaps!)
...but if you want something that bad, you will sacrifice what needs sacrificing because you'll have a vision of what the end result looks like, how the long-term freedom looks like in your head and that is what will keep you determined and driven to keep going.
So now you have probably digested this and thought it over in your head, I want to ask you something....
Are you willing to give up your Short-Term Freedom to Create your Long-Term Freedom?
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Great post, thank you :)
Thanks Judge! Glad it was of value :)