Be clear on your dream
How much of everything will anyone do if they don't have something real pulling them to do it? Notice I did say not push... What are the dream that pull you?
So often in the how much money would you like to make questions there is this uncertainty, or a blanket statement of ideas that can mean anything and nothing. I read some of the bio's and it is the same open ended statements that allow you to fail.
If I asked you, how much would you like to earn, an answer like "just enough to get by" is no answer at all. You know what your monthly expenses are, you know what you'd like to accomplish every month, you need a definite amount of money.
We sit every day saying: I can't do this and I can't do that because I don't have enough money. This means you know exactly what the this and that costs, right. So this means you know how much money you need or would like to have.
If you make it real, if you say the number, it solidifies it in your mind, and in the minds of others, and this causes a psychological accountability. It is extremely powerful and it is the basis of goal setting.
How can you start a journey if you do not have a destination. It makes no sense at all to go through life like this. Ten years from now, where do you want to be? What do you want to have? How do you want to feel? What do you want to do? Answer these questions, get pictures, make a dream book, put it on a wall as a dream banner. Live these dreams, they will pull you forward.
Your situation now, might be the catalyst that gets you started in a direction to better your life. But not having enough money cannot be the reason for doing the work. You will always be focused on the negative of not having enough money.
Hating your job is a good catalyst to start the journey, but it won't keep you motivated to continue the journey, it is based on a negative premises, and negatives gives us reason to fail. These things are the pushing motivators, and it is easy to turn out the way when you are being pushed. It is easy to quit when someone or something is pushing you.
My advice to everyone is, stop using the negatives to try build your future, you will always complain, everything will always be too hard. Allow yourself to dream again, build your dream by answering the above questions. Set it in stone. Get excited, because whatever you put your mind and actions to, mixed with perseverance you can accomplish.
Understand that dreams are ahead of us, they pull us forward, we cannot get out the way. They make us excited, they are positive, circumstances cannot change them, and they are always there to give us a boost, to give us an injection of motivation.
Before you do anything else, become clear on what your dreams are, fill it in your profile, write it in a blog post stick it on the fridge, this is the basis on which you need to build your business. It is the thing that will give you passion, it is the the thing that will give you joy in the morning, to face your day, because it is another day that you will work to reach those dreams.
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Excellent post. A clear vision, not so easy for some of us, but so very necessary.
Have a great weekend.
Hi, Marius well said those dreams create our visions moving forward, something we all need to focus on.
I dream that my son will be happy and he will continue to be a good person. And to not look to money for his happiness. Rather follow his dreams and passions in life. Dreams for myself are to live until he well on his path to happiness independently. I dream of being able to live comfortable, stress free with zero debt and zero bills. I am already living that dream. Anything more is icing on the cake