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The real shortcut is knowing is there is a common thread spun in this biz. Finding shortcuts and hacks so you can get to wealth and freedom faster. Yet, how’s that working out for most folks? Not, well at all. Most think that the opposite of a shortcut is a long, drawn out path to the results they want but that’s just not the case. It’s just the opposite actually.
Think of it this way, say you’re headed off to the grocery store and you won’t leave your home until you find the quickest path one where there are no red lights, stop signs or any chance of road work, accidents etc. You’d never get out of the driveway, would you? What’s the real shortcut or path to take here? It’s to get in your car and drive straight to the store with the best path you know to take. You expect to hit a few stop signs, red lights, green lights and maybe even to get stuck in traffic for a beat. That’ll be ok, right? Author and professor at Columbia University, Janna Levin, says this: “I used to resent obstacles along the path, thinking. ‘If only that hadn’t happened life would be so good.’ Then I suddenly realised, life is the obstacles. There is no underlying path.”
Is this making sense? The underlying path, the hack and the trick? It’s that there is none. Embrace the obstacles. The red lights and stop signs and wrecks. Walk the required walk because that’s reality. That’s life and as you build a side business that can give you an amazing life and a great income, you don’t need hacks and tricks. You just need a plan and a willingness to see it through with all the red lights and stop signs. There will be plenty of green lights and shortcuts you’ll come across if you just get your wheels rolling and you’re in gear and steering your car.
Another great piece of advice I heard, blunt as it sounds is to figure it out. Whatever barriers you come across know you’re in the Information Age. Google it, YouTube it, get a book or a course in it, stumble your way through it, in short, figure it out. Just make sure you’re in the moment as you do it. Figure it out along the way. That’s the greatest hack I know of that I can give you today.