Category: Do Not Pass Go

Two Reasons We Don’t Try Harder

They Both Lead To Fear
They Both Lead To Fear

Look, all of us dream big dreams.  This is an endowment from our creator.

And when we were kids, we had no inhibitions about pretending and fantasizing. I mean, we were 100% okay walking around with chocolate smeared on our faces, and we couldn’t give a hoot if our clothes didn’t match.

Heck, we’d even walk around in public, naked. Or wear a smelly diaper. We didn’t care. Not for a nano-second.

But look at us now. Fear paralyzes us. And it all comes down to two simple reasons:

  1. Fear of Failure
  2. Fear of Success

It’s this fear of success that is the stealth robber of our childhood dreams.

We all have within us another endowment. One which needs our attention, before it’s too late.

jungle jeff & The Money Tree

Money Tree?
Money Tree?

We all need some of life’s basics: food, transportation, shelter, insurance, and to help others.

Money, and time (the other currency), lets us do these.

The more money we have the easier it is to buy things and help people.

Two days ago Seth Godin posted this at his blog. It will stimulate how you think about credit and debt, but it is no guarantee you will make good or tough choices.

Article summary: you can borrow money for things that incease or decrease in value. 

This Is The Secret Ingredient?

Service
Service

A crystal clear purpose.

So clear and so compelling that nothing, and no one, can stop you.

If we were born as an adult, instead of a completely helpless baby, we’d never learn to walk. Too difficult. Too much practice. Takes too long.

Adults would give up. They lack the determination and the will to not fail.