Lesson 2: It’s not all about the money
Author: Ely
When asked, most people will tell you that the reason for starting a business is to make money. But money by itself is not what motivates us – it’s what we can get with the money that we care about. If I was to tell you that I will give you a million dollars with the condition that you will be living alone on an island, would you take the money? I think not… The money by itself has no meaning. The money is only a means to an end.
I am not going to give you a million dollars but I am going to give you a million dollar advice. Get in touch with your desires, your dreams, your goals and your ambitions. Unveil them – blow the dust off those old childhood dreams, reconnect to the desires of your inner child. Allow yourself to picture your life as you would wish it to be 10 years from now. Make this mental picture as detailed as you can. Paint it in full vibrant colors. What would it smell like? What would it feel like to be you, then? Feel the peace of mind, the joy, the happiness, and the fulfillment…
Work on your goals, every day! Make it your north star, the lighthouse that shines from a far and guides you to your destination. Now, imagine what your life would be like 5 years from now… Pick a significant date (your birthday or the birthday of a loved one is a good date) a year from now. What would your life be like at that date? How much of your goals will you fulfill? How about 6 months from now… and 3 months… and one month… See yourself making the journey from where you are now towards reaching your goals. Define your milestones and create a plan for reaching them.
The goals are what drive us, what motivate us to work hard. The money is what enables us to make our dreams come true and the business is what enables us to make the money needed for that. There is no beating around the bush on that point: money is a powerful and needed tool. So, lets talk a bit about money. I would like to share with you what I’ve learned when I was working on my business. I was telling everyone how I wanted to make all that money and create wealth in my life. But when it came down to doing what is needed, I felt that something was holding me back. It took me some time to figure it out and to work it out with myself.
Growing up, as a child, I never knew anyone who was making a lot of money. Not personally, any way. I was told that: “money does not grow on trees”. “You have to work hard for your money and save it for a rainy day”. “You need to get education and find a good steady job in a large corporation”. “Money corrupts”. “Rich people are selfish, insensitive, bad people that take advantage of other people”. So many negative paradigms about money were imprinted on my young mind, no wonder I had to work hard to be free of them. I don’t blame anyone for teaching me that. They did not know any better – they were brought up the same way.
I’ve learned that money is just money, it has no moral value, good or bad. People that make money are just people that are free of those paradigms. The fact that they have money or make a lot of it does not make them bad people. The mindset of a wealthy person is a mindset of abundance, of giving what you want to receive. You probably have heard by now about the law of attraction. Simply put it works like this: if you want things to appear in your life, you need to imagine them already being there. Act, think and feel as if you already have it. Give to others what you want to receive for yourself. Think positive, talk positive and focus on what you want and not on what you don’t want.
A good business – a business that makes you money and makes you feel good about yourself – is a business that help other people get what they want. If you are selling something, make a personal connection with the people you are selling it to. Learn what they need and want and offer them a solution. If you are recruiting people to join you in your business – make it your mission to help them succeed and your success will follow.
In part 3, titled: “What is my business going to be all about?”, I will be talking about the types of mechanisms you have to choose from if you want to have your income flavored passive, residual or leveraged.
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