FVS 33: HOW HAPPY PEOPLE APPROACH THEIR GOALS
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Here is your weekly For Value Sake, contributing value to your growth.
A Quote Worth Thinking About
“To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing and be nothing”
― Aristotle
+ Read past editions of For Value Sake: 32, 31, and All,
1. HOW HAPPY, MOTIVATED AND SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE APPROACH THEIR GOALS
+ “ideal”: existing only in the imagination; desirable or perfect but not likely to become a reality.
+ “goal”: a specific, measurable, and time-bound outcome or experience a person is seeking.
+ “The way to measure your progress is backward against where you started, not against your ideal.”
+”Your ideals and your goals are two separate things.”
+ “If you measure your current-self against your previous-self — where you were when you set your goals (and even before) — you’ll experience happiness, satisfaction, and confidence”
+ “If you’re not making progress, you can’t feel happy”
+ “If you’re not making progress, you can’t feel confident — because confidence is a byproduct of prior success”
+ “Self-acceptance is important, but self-acceptance is also intended to be a vehicle for positive growth, not for staying stagnant and justifying mediocrity.”
+ “When you rob yourself of the joy of measuring how far you’ve come, you don’t experience happiness, gratitude, or confidence.”
This is a good reminder!
I had somehow forgotten about this mental model.
“Ideals and Goals”
I wanna build a space company and take a rocket to Mars, that’s an ideal.
Grow my current business to $15k MRR by Q4 2019, that’s a goal.
One inspires and motivates me,
The later grounds me and keeps me on a measurable path.
Same for you, define your ideals (inspiring vision) but set goals (short term, more realistic than inspirational)
2. HOW TO SETUP AN EFFECTIVE FINANCIAL PLAN
+ “A long-term financial plan will help you to reach your long-term goals and give you a focus for your short-term goals.”
+ “A budget allows you to give each dollar you make a purpose.”
+ “Getting out of debt takes discipline, but it is possible.”
I haven’t been robust about my financial plan.
I have been believing a lie that goes like this:
“I’m not making enough yet set the right financial frameworks”,
“I’m still digging my business out first, I’ll plan finance when the millions start coming”.
But the truth is, “He who is diligent in little will be diligent in much and vice versa”.
If you manage your money poorly when you make a dollar, you will manage it poorly when you make a million dollars.
So if you’ve been like me, start digging em trenches now. It ain’t too late to start.
3. ON BEING HUMAN
+ “Our imperfections are central to our humanity. Our flaws are markers of our authenticity. Our gifts don’t appear that way until the right person receives them.”
+”You might think the world of me, but eventually, I’m going to let you down because I’m human.”
This is a very short and mindful read.
Refreshing thought to remember that in the midst of all our performance and discipline and strive for perfection we are still just human.
The only perfect man currently sits at the right hand of God in Heaven.
The rest of us even as we strive to be like Jesus,
will still fail sometimes,
we will disappoint, and be disappointed,
we will hurt and be hurt
Take a breath from all the bustle and remind yourself it’s alright to be human.
Read Now (Open In-Private Mode/Incognito)
4. WATCH AND LEARN (a TED talk)
+ The Gift and Power of Emotional Courage — Susan David
+ “Life’s beauty is inseparable from its fragility”
+ “Discomfort is the price of admission to a meaningful life”
Don’t always be in a rush to get emotions out of your mind because you feel they are negative.
Take a second, to feel them.
And ask yourself why you feel it.
It’s not…
I am …..angry/sad/depressed
rather it is :
I feel the emotion of ….anger/sadness/depression
Watch Now
5. WHAT IM READING
+ The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
+ A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
This is the 5th financial intelligence book I’ve read this year following
Think and Grow Rich, Rich Dad Poor Dad, Richest Man in Babylon, Dollars and Sense.
Which I all shared in previous FVS editions.
Knowledge is one thing, Doing is another.
Wisdom is a combination of the two of them.
Since finance is one of the major components to achieving our goals in life.
Financial wisdom is a MUST have.
The success stories speak for themselves in this book from money maestro Dave Ramsey. Instead of promising the normal dose of quick fixes, Ramsey offers a bold, no-nonsense approach to money matters, providing not only the how-to but also a grounded and uplifting hope for getting out of debt and achieving total financial health.
Get a copy of all the books I’ve read and shared on FVS here.
6. SETUP YOUR E-COMMERCE SHOP
+ Do you want to set up a website to sell stuff online but don’t know how to start?
Zoafia (BuyMarket) is a simple to use platform, that helps you in a few minutes set up an e-commerce store without all the hassle.
Check it out.
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