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“By working faithfully 8 hours a day, you may eventually get to be the boss and work 12 hours a day. ~ Robert Frost”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane
It's Sunday night. I played a game with my youngest kid, then I settled in for a couple hours of getting a jump start on tomorrow before I am writing this post. By the time my competitors get up in the morning, I will have 3-4 hours worth of a head start on them.
“As Thomas Edison famously said, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”― M.J. DeMarco, UNSCRIPTED : Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
I did a quick Google search on this topic before I wrote this thread. There have been a few threads on the forum with this topic before. A few of the posters were like the rich guy that approached Jesus about how to get in heaven, and when he got the answer, he left. They didn't like the answer the forum gave them about their thread. They wanted the formula for how to "make it" while they "fake it."
There are a few thread starters here who solved the puzzle, and those guys are still here.
“Wealth eludes most people because they are preoccupied with events while disregarding process. Without process, there is no event.”― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane
Work life balance is a crock of shit. I work 24-7-365, and my priority is simultaneously my family and non-work priorities 24-7-365. I work at 2AM, and I attend my kids soccer game at 2PM. I check emails Sunday night, and I hit our favorite restaurant at 4PM for a drink when we want to. Work and life are vertically integrated and indistinguishable. There's no compartmentalization.
“The average American watches more than four hours of TV each day. In a 65-year life, that person will have spent nine years glued to the tube. Why? Simple. Life sucks. Life needs an escape. Life is no good.
Show me someone who spends hours online playing Mafia Wars or Farmville, and I'll show you someone who probably isn't very successful. When life sucks, escapes are sought. I don't need television because I invested my time into a real life worth living, not a fictitious escape that airs every Tuesday night at 8 p.m.
Again, majority thinking yields mediocrity, and for that majority, time is an asset that is undervalued and mindlessly squandered.” ― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane : Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime!
The concept of "work life balance" is not the language of CEO's. I think it's the language of workers who need to take a break from their slave wages. And for those who trade your time for income, you should be focused on doing the OPPOSITE of work/life balance. When the 5'oclock whistle blows tomorrow from your job, then start at 5:10PM working on your life. And your life... is your work. If you can't wait to watch a sitcom, play Xbox, or drink yourself into your next work day, then you're never going to make it. If you're working for the man, and you spend from 5:01PM until your alarm clock goes off at 6:01AM trying to escape work, you have no balance.
“Many people want to change their life, but they are not will to change their choices, and ultimately this changes nothing.”― MJ DeMarco
Balance comes from freedom. Freedom comes from independence. Independence comes from money. Money comes from providing value. You want "work life balance?" Get yourself in a place of financial freedom. Only then can you do what ever the F*ck you want. Until then, double down on work. Be present with family, but nobody's going to melt in the next 2-3 years. My last company took me maybe 6 years from concept through cash out. The company I am investing time in now will take even less. If your main goal is to figure out how to have more "family time" and less "work time" you may be at the wrong forum.
“All events of wealth are precluded by process, a backstory of trial, risk, hard work, and sacrifice. If you try to skip process, you'll never experience events.” - MJ DeMarco
The majority of people who opine about a work-life balance are those that are looking to de-emphasize the work.
"Create a life you don't need a vacation from." - author unknown
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane
It's Sunday night. I played a game with my youngest kid, then I settled in for a couple hours of getting a jump start on tomorrow before I am writing this post. By the time my competitors get up in the morning, I will have 3-4 hours worth of a head start on them.
“As Thomas Edison famously said, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”― M.J. DeMarco, UNSCRIPTED : Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship
I did a quick Google search on this topic before I wrote this thread. There have been a few threads on the forum with this topic before. A few of the posters were like the rich guy that approached Jesus about how to get in heaven, and when he got the answer, he left. They didn't like the answer the forum gave them about their thread. They wanted the formula for how to "make it" while they "fake it."
There are a few thread starters here who solved the puzzle, and those guys are still here.
“Wealth eludes most people because they are preoccupied with events while disregarding process. Without process, there is no event.”― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane
Work life balance is a crock of shit. I work 24-7-365, and my priority is simultaneously my family and non-work priorities 24-7-365. I work at 2AM, and I attend my kids soccer game at 2PM. I check emails Sunday night, and I hit our favorite restaurant at 4PM for a drink when we want to. Work and life are vertically integrated and indistinguishable. There's no compartmentalization.
“The average American watches more than four hours of TV each day. In a 65-year life, that person will have spent nine years glued to the tube. Why? Simple. Life sucks. Life needs an escape. Life is no good.
Show me someone who spends hours online playing Mafia Wars or Farmville, and I'll show you someone who probably isn't very successful. When life sucks, escapes are sought. I don't need television because I invested my time into a real life worth living, not a fictitious escape that airs every Tuesday night at 8 p.m.
Again, majority thinking yields mediocrity, and for that majority, time is an asset that is undervalued and mindlessly squandered.” ― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane : Crack the Code to Wealth and Live Rich for a Lifetime!
The concept of "work life balance" is not the language of CEO's. I think it's the language of workers who need to take a break from their slave wages. And for those who trade your time for income, you should be focused on doing the OPPOSITE of work/life balance. When the 5'oclock whistle blows tomorrow from your job, then start at 5:10PM working on your life. And your life... is your work. If you can't wait to watch a sitcom, play Xbox, or drink yourself into your next work day, then you're never going to make it. If you're working for the man, and you spend from 5:01PM until your alarm clock goes off at 6:01AM trying to escape work, you have no balance.
“Many people want to change their life, but they are not will to change their choices, and ultimately this changes nothing.”― MJ DeMarco
Balance comes from freedom. Freedom comes from independence. Independence comes from money. Money comes from providing value. You want "work life balance?" Get yourself in a place of financial freedom. Only then can you do what ever the F*ck you want. Until then, double down on work. Be present with family, but nobody's going to melt in the next 2-3 years. My last company took me maybe 6 years from concept through cash out. The company I am investing time in now will take even less. If your main goal is to figure out how to have more "family time" and less "work time" you may be at the wrong forum.
“All events of wealth are precluded by process, a backstory of trial, risk, hard work, and sacrifice. If you try to skip process, you'll never experience events.” - MJ DeMarco
The majority of people who opine about a work-life balance are those that are looking to de-emphasize the work.
"Create a life you don't need a vacation from." - author unknown
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