Back in time, one of my Instagram followers asked me those AMA(Ask Me Anything) sessions: “Where we should invest”? I said to him: “Yourself”. That is far the best investment. A hundred percent guarantee you can get your money back with profits.
Invaluable
Who are invaluable to you?
Your family? People you love who also love you?
What are invaluable things to you ?
Your reputation? Your financial freedom?
Be make sure don’t harm and risk those invaluable assets and people.
You need to make sure what is enough for you.
Upside down
Changing perspective is not easy. We all comfortable with what we have. Why do we need to change?
Everything looks easy when you are not doing it. Whatever is visible to you is pretty much shaping your perspective.
Maybe try upside down yoga pose to start getting familiar that angle
Hedonic treadmill
Hedonic treadmill basically means asking and wanting more and more. Never stop till winning. Expecting more you gain more happiness will come to you.
Thousands of product designers, industrialist, marketer simply have devoted their lives to make you feel “more is our true desire”
Pretty much we don’t know what is our addictions or motivation’s sources. They might be heavily modified by Ads or Society pressure.
Who’s authority?
Who’s authority?
Who is responsible for what? Who gave them? Did they earn it?
Are you the one? Do you like it?
Are you fine with sharing your power with others?
What is the definition of power for you ?
Don’t judge yourself
You didn’t choose to be born where you born
You didn’t pick your parents.
You didn’t even make a decision where you wanted to go to school most of the time.
You had to follow some routes which are preoccupied with your mind by society.
At least now you know. The past is the past. The future honestly can be bright or not. Don’t feel overwhelmed. Try to live in harmony with things around you. Don’t judge anybody and yourself. Just accept them.
Live & Learn
You might have heard Work & Travel or Work & Study programs. These are pre-packages that are very helpful for first-timers. You know what you can and can’t. Easy to ask and learn :
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What are my options?
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Who else has done it?
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What will be outcome look like?
For Live & Learn, we are all in this package since we were born. Some of us really aware of what is going on around us, some of us take 50-60 years to understand.
This is the package you can do anything you want. Even if your parents or family set something for you, still you will make the decision at the end of the day. You gotta Live & Learn on your time.
Small wins game
What have you accomplished last week?
Was it a big or small one?
Wins are fundamental success factors in our life. It helps you grow exponentially. Start with small. You can get used to winning. Small wins drive you to big ones.
Think like this way, one small success from here, another from there. You will end up with multiple small wins to take you next level. Let’s visualize this.
Give a score anything you did makes you feel good. Between 1-5
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Walking the stairs instead of taking the elevator: 2
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Drinking water instead of diet coke : 3
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Coffee without sugar or milk 4
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Taking care of dishes 5 (I know this is a big win for every family)
If you add them one by one in a couple of weeks you will end up such a huge winning score. (Pretty much I multiple them: 2X3X4X5X…… ) You will addicted to scoring. And never go to back to losing game.
Note: Do one small feel-good thing every day. This is your game. You will win anyway small or big.
Itzhak Perlman & Classical Music
I like classical music since high school English prep class. Our English teacher was a quiet character. He had a different way to explain and teach the lesson.
I remember one of his explanations. He was trying to teach us the difference between “jump over” to “jump into”. He literally opened the window and jump into the grass which was around 2-3 feet far to the classroom window.
He liked Vivaldi a lot. Whenever we were doing a reading assignment, he was playing Vivaldi’s four seasons. I asked him to give me his cassette tape for a copy. He did it. I believe I “forgot” to return him:)
Anyway since that time, I am always amazed by classical music. I can not say I’m an expert but I enjoy listening especially driving a car myself. Yesterday, I discovered Itzhak Perlman by chance. He is an exceptional violinist. (he contracted polio age of four and couldn’t walk since that time). Please listen to his masterpiece whenever you have time this weekend.
No audience
I am reading these days the writers who were really misunderstood or invisible by their peers or society during their time. A couple of decades later, their ideas have grown from seed to big trees. Now, some of them called “the best poet in the 20th century” or “ the man who changed modern economic theory” etc.
Most of them had little or no audience while they were living. What makes them keep doing what they were doing? I honestly don’t know very well. Probably their passion and dedication to bigger causes.
Audience, fans, subscribers, or followers are not only indicators of success. Having them around you is not something you can really control. If you have, good for you. If not you don’t need them. When you first started to create, they were not there anyway. Don’t forget your mission.