My week so far: The pendulum
This week I am reflecting and recharging.
My challenge ended on Sunday.
I’m gassed if I am being honest.
- $12,214.83 collected during the challenge (and so far this month).
- 3,500 + outreaches to people.
- 6 new 1-on-1 clients.
Plus a whole lot of lessons learned, growth gained, and momentum created.
Now I’m doing this full time (officially).
No amount of fatigue would make that not worth it haha!
I learned if we go to extremes, we go to extremes.
My clients laugh when I tell them about “the pendulum”.
This pattern us high achievers have that is a blessing, and curse.
Extreme sprints of growth, expansion, and winning… followed by extreme spirals, burnout, and self sabotage.
Luckily this ain’t my first rodeo, but the pendulum is real.
When we go to one extreme, we will go to the other.
I’m not perfect. I still have moments of weakness, or slip into old patterns.
For example - I called my old friend mary jane up, watched a movie or two, and felt a little down.
The important thing is:
- Recognizing it
- Reflecting upon it
- Recommitting to the path ahead
Beating ourselves up only reinforces the negativity.
Now I’m feeling rested, and easing back into the workload ahead.
How’s your week going?
What I am working on
In my personal life: You can only cook what's in the fridge.
Now that I am creating, and mentoring full time... I'll need access to better ingredients.
Ingredients are ideas, strategies, and systems.
Reading (or any form of intentional study) fills our fridge with good ingredients.
Those ingredients allow us to cook better meals.
Better meals are what we create.
You get the idea.
Someone said "Garbage in, garbage out".
What we fill our minds with, is what we create our lives by, and who we become.
I am focused on creating a daily reading habit of at least 1 hour per day.
Recently I've been reading most nights before bed, which is cool. But it's not getting the job done.
If I am going to be in the kitchen full time... I better learn how to cook some damn good meals, and fill my fridge with the best ingredients.
In my professional life: Being a marathon runner, not a sprinter.
After this challenge I had a big insight.
I’d rather be a marathon runner, than a sprinter.
Sure running fast is cool. But what if the race is long.
Lifelong.
Infinite.
That’s the race I am running.
Building a personal brand.
Reaching millions of people.
Growing into a thought leader.
It’s not a short race. It’s a marathon. Hell, it’s an ultra-marathon.
A steady pace wins the race.
In my financial life: Building a money multiplying machine.
I’ve shared a bit about how I let my finances get out of hand the last few years.
We are on the up and up again, and doing things “right” this go around.
To multiply my money this year I am following this formula:
- Get to 3-6 months emergency fund, and pay off any debt.
- Real estate is the main priority, with crypto being a boost to what I can earn with my savings.
- We grow into the conversations happening around us.We become who we spend our time with, and attention on.
So far it’s going great!
The more people I help, the more money I can make, which means I can help more people, and make more money…
It’s never about the money.
It’s about what the money provides:
- Freedom - the ability to choose how to live, and what to do with my time.
- Impact - the ability to pay it forward in every possible way to others.
- Family - the ability to retire my parents, and build generational wealth for my loved ones.
Now every dollar I make is a representation of value I add to the lives of others.
No better way to make a living.
Weekly win and miss
My win: Over 30 days of meditating for 20+ mins per day.
It's changing my life, getting me closer to myself, and spirit.
My miss: I didn't hit $25k in my challenge.
I was really bummed... I can be a sore "loser".
But upon reflecting I realized I controlled what I could control to the best of my abilities.
Now how I am feeling is grateful, but not satisfied.
Only the beginning.
