Topic: Money – Invest Your Time Where It Counts

If you were to keep track of a typical day for you, how much of your time would be spent building towards your own personal goals? I’m not talking about just trying to make money and make a living. I’m talking about taking small consistent steps towards creating the life that you dream of.

Everyone wants to find the easy way to riches. And I won’t argue that it’s not nice to hit the jackpot and trip over a large pot of cash. But the chances of that happening are poor. Take a minute and think about when you’ve felt the most happy and fulfilled. Isn’t it when you’ve reached goals or achieved something that you though wouldn’t happen, or didn’t think you could pull off? Every time I ask people when have they felt the most alive, the most fulfilled, I get a huge variety of answers of the specific situation. But the format is the same. You faced a big challenge, you had doubts, people told you it wasn’t possible, somehow you found the strength, and you slayed the dragon to return a hero.

Bottom line being that you set a goal that was beyond your current reach, you believed that it was possible in spite of also being unsure, and so you thought it was worth investing your time into achieving it because it is important to you. That is the key to happiness. The key to fulfillment in anything that you do. But it’s so easy to get distracted to find that immediate gratification, that escape. But I’m here to tell you that it is impossible to escape your way to happiness. Like anything else that has value, you have to earn it. In fact, the reality is that if you aren’t pushed to earn it, what happens? It ends up not having value anyway and gets taken for granted.

Over time, any goal, any dream, any idea can be created. That’s why time is our most valuable asset. As with money, consistent investments, consistent actions towards any goal compound to create exponential growth. The power of compounding was said to be deemed the eighth wonder of the world – or so the story goes – by Albert Einstein.

So where do you invest your time? Honestly! surfing the net, watching TV, working to make someone else rich at your job, reading blogs? Hah!

What if you were to develop the habbit of taking one small step, one small action every day towards your goal. Plan it into your day. Every morning wake up and spend at least 30 minutes doing anything that focuses your attention on your goal. Think about it, write about it, talk about it, meditate on it. It’s not as important what you do, but that you are actually making it a commitment to focus your attention on what it is you truly want.

But how can you be? You ask. Don’t I need to know how to do it, the right thing to do? Shouldn’t I buy the secret formula to buying properties with no money down on TV for $399? The truth is that by taking very small consistent steps that you’ll find what works best for you personally. It is absolutely necessary that you enjoy the process, that it’s something you love doing. By taking action and making small adjustments along the way, you WILL find something that makes you both happy and rich.

What would it take to remind yourself to plan and do one thing towards the realization of your goal everyday? To create that habit? Winning is a habit. They say that habits are hard to break but just a few winning habits is what makes the difference between financial freedom and living paycheck to paycheck.

Ok, so how do I do that?:
Rule #1: You absolutely HAVE TO create some space in your life. Plan in some time to be creative, to relax to think about what you want. Take some time out of your normal routine. Allow yourself to explore, to ask how you can do it, be creative.

#2: Write down any thoughts and ideas that come up no matter how crazy it sounds.

#3: Let go of it.
What? What do you mean let go it? I’m trying to make it happen here!

That’s exactly what I mean. Do whatever you can to forget about it. Do something else, go to work, read a book or some blogs . When you take your attention off of the problem that is when you stop constricting your options to the few ideas that were already there, and instead open up your mind to the incredible amount of possibilities that you may have never even considered before.

#4: The most important step: Take any small action. Seriously anything. Write it down, talk about it, read about it, talk with others that have been there, talk with trusted friends. Action lead to commitment. The more action you take the more committed and invested you become. So “just do it”.

When you invest just a small amount of your time in doing this consistently, it becomes a habit. Winning is born out of a winning mentality that allows someone to invest in their own ideas and creativity. Their own vision of what it means to win. What would it take to take a small step towards investing in your vision and realizing your dreams today? And Tomorrow? And the Next Day?

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