Focusing On Your Successful Life?

It's been a while since I last wrote to you...perhaps the longest period of time I have not written anything motivational since I started back in 2001.

Why's that?

Well...as you probably know, I 'play' at different things on the Internet. I earn a lot of money from Google Adsense, and currently have a few people who are paying me to mentor them.

Also...I'm constantly evolving my knowledge about what currently works online, and also, working on applications that will 'meet up' with where I believe that the Internet is heading over the next year or two.

Plus, and perhaps most importantly - I'm spending a lot of my time just doing what I love to do...both in my business, and in my personal life.

So...why am I telling you all this?

Well, I was having a conversation the other day with someone who has been travelling around the world for a year. In fact, it was Connor's former community 'nurse' who helped us from the day he was born to the day we lost him.

After being out of the rat-race for a year, she now understands that, for the last 20 years of her working life...she had her blinkers on.

Sure...there IS a place in most peoples' lives for a job that is challenging, interesting, and pays well.

But, there is also a place for many other people (perhaps YOU) where there should be a reverse in the balance of working and living.

Of course, mortgages need to be paid and money needs to be earned to live a reasonable life in our world.

But...there is something BIGGER at play here.

Most of us stumble through our lives, paycheck to paycheck, wishing for the day when we can retire and enjoy life, wouldn't you agree?

Or we work hard all year - just so that we can take a vacation to recharge our batteries.

And...in the end, most of us just accept that this is the way it HAS to be, because millions of people like us do (and live for) exactly that, right?

Well...it doesn't HAVE to be like that!

Yet...I work longer than I ever have done. My PC is on seven days a week, almost every week.

But I don't need to go on vacation. I don't care about when (or if) I retire.

And, even though I have the sole responsibility of providing for my family...my life isn't the least bit stressful.

Now...I'm not for a moment suggesting that you up and quit your job and start out on your own.

In fact...it might be the WORST thing you could do for where you (and your mind) currently are.

And, there are many, many more stressful people who work for themselves.

So...why is my life relatively 'easy'?

It's because everything starts in my mind...not from a perspective of reacting to what other people say and do.

An example...

Sometimes Lesley gets wound up with family 'politics' and 'he-said-she-said' stuff that, quite often indirectly impacts upon us (I've got quite a large family!).

And it really gets on her nerves when I just say 'so what' or don't happen to have an opinion on the situation.

She just can't understand why I don't get angry (or even get involved!) when other people do and say stuff that they shouldn't.

Me. I am honestly not bothered because I KNOW that I have two choices:

1) Let the words and actions of other people decide the outcome of my day and my mood.
2) Let my day and my mood be decided by ME alone.

Guess why I love #2?

By not reacting...I remain in total control of the direction of my life.

I can tell you, though, that in a few situations...it's not always easy to step back and NOT let yourself get involved!

And this applies to YOU, too!

But...the way that I have found to work on this aspect of my life is to take it in stages.

- From 2001 onwards, I worked on my attitudes to work-life balance and 'job security'.
- It's also taken me since then to get to the point where I can TRUST my instincts about the role my mindset plays on my life.
- Last year was the year to sort out my finances.
- And this year it is my health.

Next year?

Well...it's going to be securing my family's financial future in the longer term.

And...all through this, there is the constant education of re-wiring my brain to believe that what you can't see plays the biggest role in your future, not just what action you take.

So...what will YOU be working on for the rest of this year?

Posted by vurnumg