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The #1 Obstacle is Money

Do you feel that a lack of money holds you back from doing what you love? Are you searching for ways to start doing what you love for a living?

Many people say the number one obstacle stopping them from doing what they love for a living is ... money. They feel 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?

What is the Real Obstacle?

Is a lack of money really 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?

Maybe it is about time we take 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 realistically, no one is asked what is in your wallet when they are interviewing you for a job ... even your dram job. You get grilled about your experience, your skills, your judgment and work history -- but not about the size of your bank account.

Money or the things Money Buys?

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 for 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 ...

spend it on tuition textbooks, and training programs
use it to pay the rent so you could take time off to study or practice your craft
buy the tools of your trade
cover your expenses so you could take a lower paying job to learn on the job skills and acquire industry experience

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 ...

advertising, marketing materials and publicity
tools, equipment and supplies
office and manufacturing space
phone, electricity, and other utilities
salary and wages for yourself and your employees
training in how to start and run a business
paying your bills for a few months so you could take time off to do the pre launch and start up tasks

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 the facts of work and take a 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.

A Two Side Coin

Money has two sides, and which side you see depends on whether or not you have it. It is ...

a stepping stone to living your dreams if you have it
a stumbling block to living your dreams if you do not have it

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 you from doing what you love. But that also turns a lack of money into the #1 thing holding you 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?