There was a point in time where I didn’t know that I wanted to do what I do now.
I was playing poker and making money.
It was how I made my living, and I was happy doing that for a long time.
Until one day I felt like something was missing. It was a dull, empty feeling. There was no longer any satisfaction in what I did.
I was making money, but that was about it.
So in 2006, I began looking for other options. At the time I was into golf. I started playing when I was 9, and I was pretty good at it.
“Why not make a website about golf and make money that way,” I thought.
I paid someone to do keyword research for me, create my website, and get everything up and running.
What I didn’t realize was that I actually had to put in work to succeed. I never did that, and I let the website expire.
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It’s 7AM.
I drag my 16-year old self out of bed.
I get dressed, and make myself two slices of toast with a glass of orange juice, because I’ve never been big on breakfast.
I think about the day ahead of me while staring out the kitchen window of my parents’ house.
A day full of mowing lawns, picking up trash, and making gardens look green and clean.
It’s my first job, and no amount of money is worth what I’m going through. It’s not the job, but the feeling that I’m heading down the wrong path.
This is not for me.
With each day, the feeling of dread grows inside of me.
“It’s only two weeks. The job’s only two weeks, then you’re free,” I told myself.
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Last night I had a dream.
It was Christmas Eve. And I was receiving presents.
At that time, all I could think of was “I don’t want these. It’s just more stuff I won’t use.”
Looking back a few years, I can see how much I’ve changed. I almost haven’t noticed the change, because it sneaks up on you, until it’s impossible to ignore.
It’s like when you were a kid. You got taller, but you didn’t notice until you stood up against the wall.
The same holds true for life changes.
You are constantly changing, but it’s hard to notice until it slaps you in the face with a leather glove.
It’s not even a question of if you’re changing. It’s a question of in which direction are you changing.
Most people want change because they want to get away from something. If you’re in this group, know that it doesn’t work.
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“WHY?”
That was the question I asked myself one winter evening, while sitting on my bed with my head resting in my palms.
Personal development didn’t seem to be what people said it was. Where was the change? Where was the positivity?
All I saw was more of what I didn’t like.
My bookshelf was filled with books on spirituality, self-growth, productivity, and even out of body experiences, but none of them seemed to do any good, or did they?
You see, the counter-intuitive (and funny) thing about embarking on the path of personal growth is that it’s not going to be all cakes and cookies.
Some people give up when the going gets tough, but those that stick with it realize that it’s not about achieving the end result and becoming perfect—free from problems.
It’s about the journey of growth; of becoming more of who you already are.
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Failure is the key to success.
The more mistakes you make and learn from, the wiser you become.
The people that embrace mistakes are usually the ones that rise to success and reach their goals the fastest.
A nice side-effect of this is that you are more relaxed and enjoy the present moment, because you aren’t trying to prevent “failure.”
When you’re starting out, you will probably feel the opposite. You have no experience, and you don’t know what you’re doing, so you want to be perfect.
It’s completely backwards.
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