Been a few weeks since i posted or commented on something. It's not because i was just a drive by poster looking to get rich quickly, didn't find a way on the forum and went to the next whatever blog or maybe a guru. Also it wasn't because my surrounding lured me back to a scripted life.
To be honest it was reading the book Unscripted that woke me up and realized that although, by all means i don't live a scripted life (believe me i never did) i really don't have a meaning or a purpose to become financially independent, i don't have a why or just don't know how much i want it.
Yes i know this sounds incredible to some, but living in a first world country and being assured of a reasonable income, this because i was in the military and am a veteran who lost a leg, does that to you. (hmm, sounds scripted)
So it was Unscripted that opened my eyes and slapped me in the face that i don't really have a reason to become a millionaire (TMF ) because i don't have a goal. Of course i want to own a sport car, not a lambo though, i prefer a E-type. Of course i want to live in a 19th century townhouse but somehow there's no motivation.
Strange, maybe i don't want it bad enough? Well, i for one am a person very concerned with the declining of nature, biodiversity and climate change. Since i lived half my life in Brazil, especially the amazon forest and the people who live there and all of the problems they are facing are something i always was involved with.
Maybe another reason to become financially free and instead of buying a Lamborghini i can fund projects.
Don't get me wrong i'm really not a liberal treehugger, not that's anything wrong with that, but i'm simply not and you'll be surprised that although, i can't stand injustice against those who can't not defend them self, and how much i'm a real nature lover, i'm also somehow a redneck and a petrolhead.
But i 'm digressing here.
So i was reading Unscripted and it hit me in the head that i really don't have a meaning or a purpose to even start a endeavor and this while i'm still in the middle of one.
This is of course very harmful for my current business and the people involved. They all expect a lot of me, and not that i want to brag, but they somehow look up to me, always telling me that they like my ideas and how much they enjoy working with me.
Back to commitment and how much do i want it. I work everyday at my business but just don't give the full 100% i ought to give. I know it could be very successful since the CENTS principle does apply (@MJ DeMarco thanks for teaching that). It's s simply a matter that i don't really get motivated enough for whatever reason that is.
I'm 49 years old and know i have the next ten years to work to become successful. By successful i mean have the money and time to do whatever i want and be assured my son has something to fall back on after ten or more times a failure in whatever he is going to do in his life.
It's a matter of getting organized, to know what's my goal and what is needed to get there. Sounds simple but in my case it's not.
So that's the reason why i didn't post or comment on anything. I really had to do some soul searching at first. It's strange i have a business with enough potential, a lot of good contacts who are happy to work with me. I'm not stupid, i have ideas some suck some are pretty interesting. The only thing i need is what i read in TMF an Unscripted . Motivation!
In a week or two or maybe in just three day's from now i'll have finished Unscripted and will join the INSIDERS forum. By then i want to have a reason, motivation or purpose why i want to succeed in my endeavors. I really want to give a 110%, be totally monogamous about my business, study marketing techniques, try new things and get totally involved by simply being my business.
As i'm writing this i start to get enthusiastic and that's why i like this forum. It's the interaction with like minded people that's so important. It's also the same reason why i didn't post though, since there's no place here for people with lack of motivation who give only 40% at most, you know action faking.
Maybe other forum members have ideas about this somewhat abstract idea of the reason why, motivation, whats driving you and meaning or purpose.
Don't get me wrong i'm not asking other people to give me reasons or meaning. Every person has to find their own reasons why. Just like to know if there are others who did experienced lack of motivation and how they dealt with that.
To be honest it was reading the book Unscripted that woke me up and realized that although, by all means i don't live a scripted life (believe me i never did) i really don't have a meaning or a purpose to become financially independent, i don't have a why or just don't know how much i want it.
Yes i know this sounds incredible to some, but living in a first world country and being assured of a reasonable income, this because i was in the military and am a veteran who lost a leg, does that to you. (hmm, sounds scripted)
So it was Unscripted that opened my eyes and slapped me in the face that i don't really have a reason to become a millionaire (TMF ) because i don't have a goal. Of course i want to own a sport car, not a lambo though, i prefer a E-type. Of course i want to live in a 19th century townhouse but somehow there's no motivation.
Strange, maybe i don't want it bad enough? Well, i for one am a person very concerned with the declining of nature, biodiversity and climate change. Since i lived half my life in Brazil, especially the amazon forest and the people who live there and all of the problems they are facing are something i always was involved with.
Maybe another reason to become financially free and instead of buying a Lamborghini i can fund projects.
Don't get me wrong i'm really not a liberal treehugger, not that's anything wrong with that, but i'm simply not and you'll be surprised that although, i can't stand injustice against those who can't not defend them self, and how much i'm a real nature lover, i'm also somehow a redneck and a petrolhead.
But i 'm digressing here.
So i was reading Unscripted and it hit me in the head that i really don't have a meaning or a purpose to even start a endeavor and this while i'm still in the middle of one.
This is of course very harmful for my current business and the people involved. They all expect a lot of me, and not that i want to brag, but they somehow look up to me, always telling me that they like my ideas and how much they enjoy working with me.
Back to commitment and how much do i want it. I work everyday at my business but just don't give the full 100% i ought to give. I know it could be very successful since the CENTS principle does apply (@MJ DeMarco thanks for teaching that). It's s simply a matter that i don't really get motivated enough for whatever reason that is.
I'm 49 years old and know i have the next ten years to work to become successful. By successful i mean have the money and time to do whatever i want and be assured my son has something to fall back on after ten or more times a failure in whatever he is going to do in his life.
It's a matter of getting organized, to know what's my goal and what is needed to get there. Sounds simple but in my case it's not.
So that's the reason why i didn't post or comment on anything. I really had to do some soul searching at first. It's strange i have a business with enough potential, a lot of good contacts who are happy to work with me. I'm not stupid, i have ideas some suck some are pretty interesting. The only thing i need is what i read in TMF an Unscripted . Motivation!
In a week or two or maybe in just three day's from now i'll have finished Unscripted and will join the INSIDERS forum. By then i want to have a reason, motivation or purpose why i want to succeed in my endeavors. I really want to give a 110%, be totally monogamous about my business, study marketing techniques, try new things and get totally involved by simply being my business.
As i'm writing this i start to get enthusiastic and that's why i like this forum. It's the interaction with like minded people that's so important. It's also the same reason why i didn't post though, since there's no place here for people with lack of motivation who give only 40% at most, you know action faking.
Maybe other forum members have ideas about this somewhat abstract idea of the reason why, motivation, whats driving you and meaning or purpose.
Don't get me wrong i'm not asking other people to give me reasons or meaning. Every person has to find their own reasons why. Just like to know if there are others who did experienced lack of motivation and how they dealt with that.
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