How to find that inner passion again after you get a bit too comfortable?

[Kasual]

Hi guys, I'm 23, coming from Europe and currently making about 6x the national average salary with web design services. Life has been good, business is also good and I think I started getting a bit too comfortable. I don't find that same energy for prospecting, cold calls, meetings and closing deals like I did before, because I know that in the end, I can still live very very comfortable comparing to basically everybody else in my country. I could try to reach 8, 9, 10x the national salary, but somehow I don't care because it's just numbers that I won't use anyway because I live frugally.

Were any of you in that same position? How did you find your inner passion again and what methods / tactics / books / whatever helped you the most to achieve that?

Best regards and have a great weekend!

 

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[MTF]

I can relate to that. I'm going to bed but wanted to post a quick answer before to get the conversation going.

If you don't care about making more money because you don't need it, then don't use it as a motivator.

Find another reason why you want to grow your business.

Maybe you could help your parents financially. Maybe you could hire some people and give them a job. Maybe you could support your favorite non-profit. Or maybe more money from your current business would help you start a bigger, more exciting project.

And if you don't want to grow the business but instead want to improve another aspect of your life, then go for that.

Also, maybe my website would appeal to you as its main theme is to never get too comfortable:

Home - Discomfort Club

Join a community of hundreds of men who are tired of status quo and want to push themselves through voluntary discomfort to get better.

www.discomfortclub.com

Here are two articles of mine that you may find relevant:

#2: Exploring the Comfort Crisis. Notes From Michael Easter’s Book "The Comfort Crisis" (Part 1)

I’m a sucker for a good book on discomfort. When I saw Michael Easter’s The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self I was instantly sold. In today’s article I’ll share with you my notes and comments on the book. Due to the length of the lessons I want to...

www.discomfortclub.com

#8: Discomfort Is Like Oxygen. Spartan Lessons From "10 Rules for Resilience" by Joe De Sena and Lara Pence (Part 1)

Joe De Sena is obsessed with discomfort like few people on the planet. He’s the founder of Spartan Races, a series of obstacle races ranging from a few miles for beginners to grueling marathon distances for elite athletes. He’s known for doing hundreds of burpees every day and pushing people to...

www.discomfortclub.com

 

[Kasual]

I can relate to that. I'm going to bed but wanted to post a quick answer before to get the conversation going.

If you don't care about making more money because you don't need it, then don't use it as a motivator.

Find another reason why you want to grow your business.

Maybe you could help your parents financially. Maybe you could hire some people and give them a job. Maybe you could support your favorite non-profit. Or maybe more money from your current business would help you start a bigger, more exciting project.

And if you don't want to grow the business but instead want to improve another aspect of your life, then go for that.

Also, maybe my website would appeal to you as its main theme is to never get too comfortable:

Home - Discomfort Club

Join a community of hundreds of men who are tired of status quo and want to push themselves through voluntary discomfort to get better.

www.discomfortclub.com

Here are two articles of mine that you may find relevant:

#2: Exploring the Comfort Crisis. Notes From Michael Easter’s Book "The Comfort Crisis" (Part 1)

I’m a sucker for a good book on discomfort. When I saw Michael Easter’s The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self I was instantly sold. In today’s article I’ll share with you my notes and comments on the book. Due to the length of the lessons I want to...

www.discomfortclub.com

#8: Discomfort Is Like Oxygen. Spartan Lessons From "10 Rules for Resilience" by Joe De Sena and Lara Pence (Part 1)

Joe De Sena is obsessed with discomfort like few people on the planet. He’s the founder of Spartan Races, a series of obstacle races ranging from a few miles for beginners to grueling marathon distances for elite athletes. He’s known for doing hundreds of burpees every day and pushing people to...

www.discomfortclub.com

Oh great, thank you for such an in-depth response. Will definitely check it out.

 

[Albert KOUADJA]

Hi guys, I'm 23, coming from Europe and currently making about 6x the national average salary with web design services. Life has been good, business is also good and I think I started getting a bit too comfortable. I don't find that same energy for prospecting, cold calls, meetings and closing deals like I did before, because I know that in the end, I can still live very very comfortable comparing to basically everybody else in my country. I could try to reach 8, 9, 10x the national salary, but somehow I don't care because it's just numbers that I won't use anyway because I live frugally.

Were any of you in that same position? How did you find your inner passion again and what methods / tactics / books / whatever helped you the most to achieve that?

Best regards and have a great weekend!

interesting, I want to become a web developer, I'm not still in this position. so tell me how did you get to this level? When did you start designing websites?
What plans do you have in place to gain recognition?.
Explain me your way to prospect, cold calls , meeting and closing deals. Thank.

 

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[Johnny boy]

So you're living your dream life?

Congrats.

No more goals left? You could die tonight and be totally cool with it?

Everything in the world is just fine and you wouldn't like to see anything any different?

Nice.

 

[msufan]

So you're living your dream life?

Congrats.

No more goals left? You could die tonight and be totally cool with it?

Everything in the world is just fine and you wouldn't like to see anything any different?

Nice.

In fairness, maybe he has additional goals but they don't require more income that what he currently makes?