In my last post I wrote that this is the year of money, which you can view here. I wrote that because at the age of 29 I want to see a change in my life that creates absolute freedom for myself. I know there are many people out there who want to create that freedom from the average 9-5 job that you trade your time for money.
I have been Recently listening to keynotes speakers and youtube videos such as Mike Vestil who is an online business entrepreneur.
Side note he has great content so I would recommend checking him out if you haven’t seen his stuff.
His content has been helping me to switch my mindset, or rather remind me of why I am doing this or want to do this. I felt as if I began to only chase the money, and although money is important it is not what I want to fulfill me, but help me get to my fulfillment.
It was about 3 years ago in the summer of 2014 when I truly began my journey of the mind. Improving and begin developing who I wanted to become. Jim Rohn once said…
“What You Pursue Will Elude You, Success Is More Of A Becoming Not A Pursuit”
and
“If You Want To Have More You Have To Become More.”
Those words resonated within my soul and I know, not only do I want to have more, but become more. It was around that time that I understood that my life and circumstances were not up to anyone else but the choices and decisions I made everyday. I want to live up to the full potential I know that resides inside me. And no its not for the big house and the fancy cars, even though getting a new car right now would be wonderful.
But…
For me it is about the freedom in having the option that I can buy whatever my hearts content may be. For example, I know this may sound weird but I’ve come to accept that I am a peculiar person and I don’t always fit in. However, If I were to get the money to buy whatever car I wanted right now I would probably buy a Nissan Titan before I buy a luxury car like a BMW. Why, because I believe thats just who I am. I just enjoy good quality things and stuff that functions properly. Keep it simple.
So with these words penetrating my mind again to build myself up. I am now committing to stick this thing out and become consistent and persistent in building, not only myself, but my business overtime. The funny thing with discipline is it’s never fun to do but the rewards are absolutely amazing. So I will ask myself everyday “is this who I want to become and will this choice help me to get to where I am trying to get to?” I am a pretty simple guy who is looking for a little more fun and adventure in my life while I develop some things I think is cool while reaching my childhood dreams.
I have a saying that I believe I got from a man who changed my life Earl Nightingale. “I want to be a part of the top 5.” What this means for me is being apart of the top 5 is dong more than what the majority of 95% are not doing. So when the average give up at a certain point, what little extra effort am I gonna put forth to make the difference and get higher on the pyramid where the air is much clearer and the view is much higher.
So I ask, who wants to be apart of the top 5? Up here where you get a much clearer and higher perspective to think and become. Remember it’s not a lot of people up there so there is plenty of room to grow and get a piece of the pumpkin pie. lol yes I said pumpkin pie. Hey it’s the fall season and I like pumpkin pie. I didn’t just want a piece of generic pie but pumpkin. When your Top 5 I believe you get to choose.
So the journey has begun and still continues. Lets build something great and watch our lives change.