Why
I am NOT living the life I always wanted?
If you feel you are working more and
harder, you are not alone, most workers feel just like you do. If you feel you
are just going through the daily grind, getting tired and not getting ahead in
life, you are not alone; many people are feeling just like you, trapped in the
financial matrix, in the gerbil wheel, running faster and faster going nowhere.
If you feel you are not living the life you imagined when you were young, you
are not alone, many people feel the same way. Here is what I found. Read the
following, think about it, and identify the reasons you feel the way you do.
Could it be that:
1. I don’t have
a dream. The majority of people do
not have clear and written dreams; they just have fantasies. Take the time to
define your dreams. Write them down, keep them in front of you, and picture
them as being part of your daily life.
2. My dream is
not big enough. A dream has to be big
enough to exert a pull on you. It has to be bigger than the obstacles you are
going to face during your journey. Material things are not big enough to propel
you forward. Leaving a family legacy for generations to come exerts a much
stronger pull on you.
3.
I don’t have a dread. A dread is something you are running from, something you
would like to get away from, like working in a job you don’t like. Dreads make
you upset. Dreads can exert a very
strong pull on you.
4. My dread is
not big enough. We can never change
what we can tolerate. Ask yourself the question – why am I tolerating my
situation? Things only change when we are no longer willing to accept our
dread.
5. My ego is on
the way. The road to failure is paved
with man buried in their egos. Kill your ego, bury it, and move on with your
life.
6. My pride is
on the way. Pride prevents people
from living their purpose. Give credit away since most likely it belongs to
someone else anyway. In the interconnected world we live in today, success only
comes from recognizing how many people helped us to succeed.
7. I am not
living my priorities. Most people
live by their obligations and not by their priorities because of the six
reasons above. Ask the right questions when making decisions, make the right
decisions, and manage your decisions. Think long term, delay gratification, and
be patient enough to leverage the power of compounding.
Hope the above helps you to change the course of your
life.
Thank
you for reading and reflecting on today’s nuggets. Please share with others.
I would love the
opportunity to share my Nuggets with your audience!
Be blessed and be a
blessing to others
Carlos Fontana
Author of the book Priceless, Co-author of the
book Follow to Lead
"The future
belongs to those who can see and pursue opportunities before they are
obvious."
"Those that take
swift action will always leave those that don't breathing the dust."
