...it's true, I have the formula.
In fact everyone has the formula. But I mean literally, right in front of me, sits the formula. It's spelled out in a dozen different strategy guides and ecourses and books.
So where is this big life, then?
It's waiting for a product. And it's waiting to be energised with my own effort.
I'm waiting, likely out of fear, and partially out of laziness. So I'm going to do something about it today.
What are you waiting for?
Among my many and varied dreams of wealth, I would like to own property.
Trouble is, I've been bouncing around between different ideas of what that means.
I'd love to own a cottage somewhere. I've always dreamed of a nice house in the country, surrounded by forest and farms. And I think I would feel quite at home in a beachside condo.
So I think the goal should be shifted from either or or to all of them. Why can't a person have it all? The personality is varied, so let the place where it manifests as "home" be varied too.
For the past couple of years I've set myself up to live each year on a set of themes. These themes reflect the areas I've been focused on, something I've come to call the Three Pillars in my coaching strategy. These are: health and physical fitness, social and sexual fitness, and career and financial fitness.
Last year's theme was fitness. I worked my ass off and lost 30 lbs. The result is I'm addicted to working out, and still do it every day.
This year's theme is cash flow. Getting those extra income streams up and running is harder than you'd think, given the number of "Omg this is easy" strategies out there. But easy isn't the point.
I lost 30 lbs by using focus, determination and training. That turned into a habit. I think the same principles can be applied to cash flow. Will I be rich? Probably not within the year. But I know those extra income streams will help. And since the point is improvement, there's nowhere to go but forward.
One year.
That's how much time I have left until I'm 40.
I never thought I'd be this introspective abiut my life so far, but after the last five years I've come a long way from where I thought I'd be.
So that means one year--on my own deadline--to build the life of my dreams.
What does that entail? Honestly there are a lot of days when I simple don't remember anymore.
If you had told me twenty years ago that I would be working in an office I would have scoffed. I was going to be a rock star, remember?
Funny how responsibility has a way of reshuffling our dreams.
I'm kidding of course. I know exactly what I want for my life. Getting it is the challenge, but you wouldn't believe how close I am.
So here's the last leg of that journey. What happens in the next half of my life is still up in the air, but I know with absolute certainty where I'll be when I hit forty. And i don't mind telling you, I'm pretty excited about it.
