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He fired and hired himself into a terrible job. Here’s how to trade the 9-5 for a great lifestyle. Is it worth it? This is a question a guy asked recently on a popular online forum. He’d thought he had quit the job force. Yet, he was working 11 hour days sacrificing the weekends and his social life. He had only one employee. He didn’t see his business or income growing anytime soon. No surprise as he didn’t even have an Internet presence yet.
One little mishap like a piece of machinery inevitably breaking down would put him into full panic attack mode because it would mean him dipping into an entire year of his family’s savings. Money he really couldn’t afford to give up. So, his question, is it worth it? Or should I go back to the j-o-b comes into play. Here’s the thing. He doesn’t have a business. He quit a job and hired himself but now all the pressure is on him and he’s feeling the burn. I truly feel for him. He’s been doing this for 5 years. That’s a lot of days he’ll never get back. Yet, he can take all of this as a learning experience and grow from it if he decides to.
So, what critical mistake did he make? He didn’t build systems into his business. A great book on this is The E-Myth by Michael Gerber. He didn’t start his business with a big enough why. Right? If you’re doing it for your kids, your mate, your lifestyle, your freedom and for yourself then you wouldn’t make decisions and choose a lifestyle and business that sacrifices all of that. When things go sour the second or third week of working too much and we’re letting our plate go cold at home night after night, we should stop right then and question what’s going on but we think it’ll end soon.
Then life happens. We keep hoping it’ll get better. We get to that point before we even realise it. Yet, when we do realise it and we’re aware, it’s then up to us whether we continue on with the current journey, job or whatever we’re up to or we build a powerful why we want to purse something. We build a system to give it to us and we let that why drive us forward to reach it. That’s literally all it takes. Seriously, no books or hoo-rah seminars required. If your kid or a loved one is held ransom and they ask you to go do something you fear like speaking on stage or to do something you’ve been putting off and if you don’t, they’re a goner. Would you need to go read a book on how to do that thing? No, right? You’d just go do it because your why is strong enough for you to do anything. It’s not about needing motivation, knowledge or anything else.
Results are all about movement. Just doing it already. It’s about the why. I hope this makes sense and truly helps you out on whatever journey you’re on. If you’re not sure if powerful systems for income come into play for you with out needing to sacrifice your life and all your free time, then I invite you to check this out:
I’m passionate about this. This cuts the 5 year learning curve for our hurting friend here down to less than one for us. It’s all about finding powerful systems like this and leveraging them for as long as we can. Have a great one.