Self Value

You Won’t Get Rich Working for Others- (if you want to be)

  Why # 2

You’re building someone else’s Dream –instead of your own

      Being employed to a company or an individual is actually helping them in their endeavours. There really is no problem with that as long as you believe in the cause, and only want to just get by in life for yourself –from day to day, week to week or month to month; but if you want to get rich, that’s not the path to get it.

       While providing help to others is good, but based on the fact that you intend to get rich in the process, is just not going to work you. If it is a case where you’re helping them to achieve where you’ve achieved, then go right ahead and help. If it’s a case where you are offering your services (from knowledge and experience or talent) e.g. as a consultant, then go right ahead; you’ll definitely be paid using a help-model like consultancy.

       Look at the reality; you’re spending at least forty (40) hours a       week focusing on someone else’s dream, purpose or goals. What    about you, what do you want to do? What is your dream?

       Let’s imagine a scenario here: say you’ll give 40 hours weekly to someone else so that they’ll be able to reach their dreams -granted; how much is left within that week for you to take and invest in yourself; in your dream? Think about that. And take into consideration: family, personal/leisure, spiritual, entertainment, rest and sleep time (to name a few). Truth be told, you don’t even have enough left to include all of these in your current job, so you know its impractical right?

        Understand that Life Coaching is a proven process that definitely has and can provide the results of helping people to reach their goals. Another scenario, consider this: a basic one month Coaching Session for 1 hour per week costs US$1,000.00. Now let me give you a heads-up; if you should provide assistance to your employer for 40 hours a week…. I think I’ll leave the rest up to your imagination of how much income you can create and how much time you’ll have for the things that really matter. Of course, it will depend on how good you are in providing the kind of Coaching that helps to bring results. Of course, that is if it would be in line with your area of expertise or gifting/talent. If not, offer yourself (expertise or gifting/talent) to others who need them in getting their goals fulfilled.

       So, if you have 40 free hours to work on something for yourself. It’s a lot of time, right? Once you get out of your comfortable position (whatever that is) or rut, you’ll have those forty (40) hours to invest in your dream, talent or asset (whatever it is that you can do). Everything you put into yourself and your dream/business will come right back to you, but obviously it’s not that way with working for someone else. The money you spend for the business (you), can be deducted from your taxes and any income is yours. Now how does all of this sound to you? Yeah, I know you might be smiling right now and that’s fine.

       So take control of your life, by starting to think about your future; your dreams and aspirations and how &/or what you need to do to fulfil them. Find out who you are and what you can offer the world based on who you are; and that’s a great place to start the transition. “Don’t wait until you are thirsty to dig your well.”

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WORK ON YOUR OWN DREAM: DO WHAT BRINGS YOU CLOSER TO YOUR DREAM!

THIS IS WHAT YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR…

You’re time is limited. So don’t waste it living someone else’s dream or life.

Don’t be trapped by Dogma –which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.

Don’t let the noise of others opinion, drown out your own inner voice.

And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

People somehow know what you’ll truly become. Everything else is secondary.

Many people are working really hard at work and hope that one day they’ll be really successful. If you’re one of these people, take a moment to think about what you really want and what you’re chasing for. Is working hard the key to success?

Of course, you need to work hard for whatever you want to achieve. But the key is, are you clear about your goals and your dreams? Are you fighting for what your heart wants? If the reason why you work hard is to earn more money or because others are also doing this, I’m sorry to tell you that working hard will not lead you to success. You’re fighting for nothing because you don’t know what you want, or worse, you’re fighting against what you truly want.

“Remembering that you are going to die one day is the best way to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. Follow your heart.” - Steve Jobs

Others will try to convince you to stop following your heart, but why should you listen to them if you’re clear about your dream? We don’t have very long lives, so instead of trying to please everyone around you, follow your instinct. It’s your journey and you do know what’s best for you. When you’re determined to do it, you’re not far from success.

-By Steve Jobs 

1. Take a personality test.

2. Find what makes you feel strong.

3. Find what you spend the most money on.

4. Ask your friends what your best and worst qualities are.

5. Ask your family what you loved as a child.

6. Look for talent in others.

7. Take stock of your book/music/movie collections.

8. Remember what you have been thanked for.

9. What is it that you feel great about when doing & time seems to pass (but you don’t get bored)?

  Are you at a point in your life where

something has to 'give' (be removed)

for you to get what you really

want in life, but you just can’t

get it done or get it going?

Then this my friend, is for you!

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  Your 'Passion' is a flame that is always burning on your inside, because it is a fire in itself. It serves to keep you going  while you are alive [even if you become insane] It will always keep burning -calling to your inner recesses- to come ablaze. It is like a piece of charcoal but that which cannot burn out. The interesting thing is, Passion can only be fulfilled in life, not after death -even though I believe it  keeps burning, calling to us to be fulfilled. Your Passion is who you are!  Not fulfilling your passion, is not  fulfilling who you are! Are you ALIVE, or just awake?

"We learn by doing." - Aristotle

You Won’t Get Rich Working for Others-

(if you want to be)

Why #1 Taking Risks

Let’s talk people. Right now most humans have big dreams of owning their own business, especially in this kind of economy where small businesses are becoming prevalent and are flourishing. I may not have to ask if you have an idea for a regular or irregular type of business,[by having a store, or providing a service(s)] that you’d like to start? Personally, I’ve had and still have many ideas about doing my own business, but isn’t there something that is always keeping you from acting on them? Usually, and everyone may agree, its initial capital or start up money –Yikes! Is it that you always thought or felt (still thinking or feeling) like you needed to first spend your time working at your current job -in the mean time, while saving as much as you can, then to try launching your own business once you you’re your savings built up enough.

This seems like a practical approach, right? So answer me this question, why am you still not working for yourself? Wait, I’ll tell you, because you’re not taking risks –for one. To get rich (have enough money for the things you use money for & need money for), you have to be your own boss (boss is relative here), and to be your own boss, you must take risks, put yourself out there, and make money.

  Hey, everyone would now know the story of Bill Gates, who became one of the richest, most successful men in the world, all because he took a risk initially. He left one of the best universities in the world to start a business, and look how that paid off!

Here’s a nice little story that is geared towards helping you to think differently about getting out there and doing something lucrative:

“Amanda Hocking wrote novels in her free time, and had 17 written by 2010. Instead of just letting these idle on her hard drive, she started self-publishing them as e-books. In just a year, she had sold over one million copies of nine books, and had made over two million dollars. This was unheard of for a self-published author! She sold an average of 9,000 books a day, which caught the attention of a big publishing house, who signed her. All of this happened because she just decided to take a risk and put her writing out there. Pretty inspirational right? What can you do to make this type of success happen for you?”

http://www.lifehack.org/

Let’s look at the other end of the spectrum, where you are fine with your job: good pay, good benefits, etc.

Becoming too comfortable to take any risks.

Ok, so you can pay your bills, buy gas, clothes, shoes, put savings in the bank and on my investment and all other different legitimate stuff, you name it. Yet after doing all of that you still have a little left to do whatever you want with it. “I’m fine,” you say. “I don’t need to change my job, and which is why I haven’t.”

I have a question for you though, is that ‘job security?’ Let me think…mmm. Here is something you need to think about or even ask yourself. If you lost your job, where would that put you? Frankly, you’d have no choice then, but to put something different in place in getting another job or kick-start your passion/dream in order to create income! So start doing something now that will: shake up your life, put you in a better position to have income-security (which only lies in your own hands, not someone else’s) and you will see how much this one change (starting it mentally), can push you to take charge of your life (you’re future) and begin to create a ripple effect in every aspect f it.

Talk to you soon. Dont miss the next blog in the series: 

FOR YOU: SUCCESS SEEKERS Some people are not going to think you deserve success when you achieve it. But before that, they will wish you the best, like "All the best Jack!"

Here are a few slide info from my live event which is planned for every Wednesday evening @ 7 pm.

Use these to prepare yourself for being Coached.

Seven points to starting your journey in fulfilling your goals.

#1 WHO ARE YOU? IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION, YOU ARE READY –IF NOT ALREADY ON YOUR WAY-TO SUCCEED.

#2 YOUR MENTALITY IS YOUR GREATEST ROADBLOCK, BOTH FROM STARTING OR CONTINUING ANYTHING YOU DESIRE TO ACCOMPLISH.

#3 IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MUCH YOU ARE IN NEED, IF YOU DON’T ACCEPT HELP, YOU CANNOT MAKE YOUR SITUATION BETTER.

#4 IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT OTHER PEOPLE DO FOR YOU TO MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER, NONE OF THEIR EFFORTS WILL WORK IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTING IN MAKING YOUR LIFE BETTER.

#5 ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION, “AM I LAZY?” MOST PEOPLE SLUMP IN THEIR MINDS AT THE THOUGHT OF PURSUING THEIR DREAMS OR A SIMPLE GOAL.

#6 IF YOU ARE NOT MENTALLY WILLING TO GO ALL THE WAY IN ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS, THEN STARTING MAY NOT BE A PREDICTION OF THE OUTCOME.

Podcast #2: This is amazing! You guys are Really Success Seekers. Thanks for the encouragement in your anticipation of the second podcast. I trust (& believe) that it is worth the wait and that my difficulty in posting it served as an opportunity for you guys to improve on your mental prowess. Here goes!

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