Everything That's Holding You Back In 60 Seconds

There's something calling for your attention.It's asking for something important, that you value.It's asking for your time and your focus.It's asking for your energy and your intention.It's asking for those precious limited resources we have.

It's everything.

Well, it's everything but what's important.What's important and urgent deserves your focus and energy.What's important and not urgent also deserves your time and intention.It's those non-essential things, which makes up most of what's out there, that will take up 80% of your resources.

You can't do everything.

So choose what is essential to your life.Yes, you can choose to do this--most people won't.Most people will let their lifestyle inflate to consume their income and then complain that they need more income to pay for their lifestyle.But not you, you're smarter than that.The same goes for work and personal habits.You get to choose what's essential and how to focus your time.Yes, you can.

2 Minute Action:

The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.Take 2 minutes to look at how you've spent your time (work and outside of work) over the last 4 weeks.What is non-essential or not helping you achieve your goals?Take this small moment to delete some non-essentials and commit for a week--not forever--just a week to see how you do.It probably took you only 60 seconds to read this post and form an opinion.It doesn't take much more to take action.

Why You Actually Should Get Rich

I was recently in a meeting with a client who was criticizing the cash flow of a project.Basically, she was saying that we weren’t helping enough people because we were a “for-profit” project.I can see this point of view, I spent some time in academia after all

The trouble here is her assumption that money is the only or top goal.

Money is a tool, just like any other resource. We just get it directly from our customers, and you get it from donors or government stipends.But guess where that donation came from?Someone built a business and then invested the earnings on Wall Street—and then decided to donate to you.If you got your money from the government, the money can from taxpayer dollars.

Here’s the punchline, people:

You can’t help people if you’re broke.In fact, you might not even be able to help yourself.Money is oxygen. It will fuel everything you want to do. It the means to an end—get this inverted and you will be very unhappy.It’s what you want to do with that resource that’s the important part to focus on.Yes. You should get rich.Then take that money and use it to solve problems for people.

2 Minute Action

How are you building your financial security and stability?Take 2 minutes right now to download an investment app like Stash or Acorns or iBillionaire.You don’t have to spend a whole day looking at Black Rock mutual funds. You can do that later over a slow weekend.Just take this moment to consider your financial trajectory and if that maps to your vision for where you want to be.If the answer is “I don’t know,” or “I don’t have a vision,” then you know where you need to start.