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Manifest Your Potential
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He that wants money, means, and content is without three good friends. |
Why Lack of Money is the #1 Obstacle To Doing Work You LoveIs a lack of money holding you back from searching for your dream job, changing your career or starting your own business? Or is a lack of the things money can buy? If you ask a group of people what is holding them back from doing work they love - you hear the same thing over and over. Money. They tell you that if they had money, they could start achieving their dreams. Without it, they feel stuck in their current life with no way out. If you feel this way, have you ever taken a few minutes to wonder why money, of all things, is the thing holding you back? Because we are committed to helping people overcome their obstacles and start living the extraordinary life they dream about -- we thought it was about time we all took a closer look at what is really stopping us. Everyone points to money as the source of most of their problems and why they are not working at their dream job. But from our experience no one is asked what is in their wallet when they are being interviewed for any job, including a dream job. You get grilled about your experience, your skills, your judgment and work history -- but not about the size of your bank account. So how exactly is a lack of money stopping us? And why is it such a universal stumbling block? Think about it. Do you need money, or do you need the things money can buy? If you had a pile of gold in a vault on the moon, could you start your dream job tomorrow? Do you really need the feel of dollar bills or gold coins in your hand to go after your dreams? Here is a question to help you get real about what is really stopping you. If you were given an unlimited credit card to make it possible for you to work at your dream job, what would you do with it? Would you ...
Or if you dream of starting your own dream business and were given the same unlimited credit card to make it happen, what would you do with the money? Would you spend it on ...
The things above are the basics for preparing for a dream job or starting a dream business. So if you listed things like these -- money is not your stumbling block. The true obstacle is that you lack the means to acquire the things you need, and money becomes the stepping stone you need to get unstuck. (If, by any chance, you listed luxury vacations and expensive toys to entertain yourself -- you might need to start getting real about your need to work for a living. Read about our facts of work and take our quiz to see if you really need to work for a living.) Put another way -- money is not the enemy, it is just a medium of exchange. There is a gap between what you have and what you need. Money helps you span that gap by turning your time, skills and expertise into the things you require. Simply put, it is a great way to overcome lots of obstacles in life.
Money Is A Two Side CoinWe think money has two sides, and which side you see depends on whether or not you have it. It is ...
So the very thing that seems to be holding you back is exactly what you need to start moving forward. Money has become the #1 way to overcome the obstacles keeping people from doing what they love. But that also turns a lack of money into the #1 thing holding people back. So now that you know what the solution is, how do you get more of it? Do you need to focus on spending more of the money you have on the things you need -- for example buying a textbook instead of a movie ticket? Or do you need to focus on learning how to increase what you get paid?
The Next StepIf you want to learn more about your own obstacles and the role money plays, take our Step 6 quizzes ...
If you agree that money is the #1 solution to the obstacles keeping you from doing what you love, then we suggest learning more about ...
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