7 enjoyable habits that will make you more money
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Making money doesn't have to be a struggle.
It can be fun and exciting if you want it to be.
All you need to incorporate is a few habits that make the journey enjoyable.
It can be fun and exciting if you want it to be.
All you need to incorporate is a few habits that make the journey enjoyable.
You probably notice some people that are wealthy and miserable.
To me, all the wealth in the world is meaningless if I am miserable.
It should be to you too.
To me, all the wealth in the world is meaningless if I am miserable.
It should be to you too.
Making money is a hobby that will complement any other hobbies you have, beautifully. - Scott Alexander, author of Rhinoceros Success.
These habits have helped me grow my income (bigly):
These habits have helped me grow my income (bigly):
1. Make a commitment
Commitments sound boring and stuffy, but give them a chance.
Make a commitment to yourself and to your wealth creating journey.
Commitments are agnostic, they can be miserable (taking cold showers) or they can be awesome (see 30 countries by 30).
Commitments sound boring and stuffy, but give them a chance.
Make a commitment to yourself and to your wealth creating journey.
Commitments are agnostic, they can be miserable (taking cold showers) or they can be awesome (see 30 countries by 30).
A commitment to create wealth can be fun, you just need to set the right parameters for you.
Commit to something you find interesting and enjoyable and the journey will become a game that can change your life.
Commit to something you find interesting and enjoyable and the journey will become a game that can change your life.
2. Give more than take
This is one of the biggest lessons I have learned in the world of wealth generation.
Be generous.
Generosity begets generosity. And it's fun.
It is genuinely fun when you bless others with an act of kindness, like an unexpected gift or act of service.
This is one of the biggest lessons I have learned in the world of wealth generation.
Be generous.
Generosity begets generosity. And it's fun.
It is genuinely fun when you bless others with an act of kindness, like an unexpected gift or act of service.
Do this enough and you will have more opportunities than you can handle.
Remember truth and generosity are rare.
If you use them in everything you do, your life will overflow with abundance.
Give more than you take.
Remember truth and generosity are rare.
If you use them in everything you do, your life will overflow with abundance.
Give more than you take.
3. Brainstorm weekly
Brainstorm sessions can be some of the most powerful ways in which to create wealth.
I love taking out a sheet of paper and do a brain dump on the page.
Brainstorm sessions can be some of the most powerful ways in which to create wealth.
I love taking out a sheet of paper and do a brain dump on the page.
Ideas of making money, people that I want to partner with, ways to connect with different investors.
All of it is right, just put it down on paper.
You will start to see some patterns and ideas that sprout from other ideas.
All of it is right, just put it down on paper.
You will start to see some patterns and ideas that sprout from other ideas.
This exercise is powerful and will kickstart that part of your brain that starts to see opportunity in every situation.
How can you ever be bored again?
How can you ever be bored again?
4. Systematize your knowledge
Systematizing your knowledge is one of the most powerful wealth to create wealth. Period.
Write out a template for doing a task or service you have become proficient at.
Systematizing your knowledge is one of the most powerful wealth to create wealth. Period.
Write out a template for doing a task or service you have become proficient at.
Try to teach it to another person and see how they react.
Refine it, and try again.
When it is working smoothly, package it and build an audience.
I was completely ignorant of this fact until a few months ago when I started to follow @thejustinwelsh.
Refine it, and try again.
When it is working smoothly, package it and build an audience.
I was completely ignorant of this fact until a few months ago when I started to follow @thejustinwelsh.
@thejustinwelsh Justin is a masterclass on how to systematize knowledge and is building a one-man show to $5M in revenue.
He lays out exactly what he is doing and it comes down to systems and consistency.
He lays out exactly what he is doing and it comes down to systems and consistency.
@thejustinwelsh 5. Invest
Investing is crucial to building long term success.
You might think that all investing means picking a safe index fund and putting a little bit into it every month.
Boring.
Investing is crucial to building long term success.
You might think that all investing means picking a safe index fund and putting a little bit into it every month.
Boring.
@thejustinwelsh Instead add something that is a little more risky to your investing profile.
Yes, put aside a little each month towards the index fund, but also put a little towards something creative.
For me, that was business acquisition.
Yes, put aside a little each month towards the index fund, but also put a little towards something creative.
For me, that was business acquisition.
@thejustinwelsh I love the creative process that buying businesses necessitates.
Every deal is different. Different sellers, different industry, different profitability, different potential.
Every deal is different. Different sellers, different industry, different profitability, different potential.
@thejustinwelsh It keeps me excited and engaged with the possibilities that be achieved.
Find your 'something' that gives you joy and makes you jump out of your bed in the morning ready to go.
Find your 'something' that gives you joy and makes you jump out of your bed in the morning ready to go.
@thejustinwelsh 6. Listen way more than speak
Listen way more than speaking.
Opportunities will present themselves just because you shut your mouth for a minute.
Listen way more than speaking.
Opportunities will present themselves just because you shut your mouth for a minute.
@thejustinwelsh In my many meetings, the simple act of letting the other person talk has taught me more than my MBA did.
Many people think that you need to be the one to talk throughout a meeting so that everyone can see how brilliant you are and how much you are contributing.
Bull.
Many people think that you need to be the one to talk throughout a meeting so that everyone can see how brilliant you are and how much you are contributing.
Bull.
@thejustinwelsh On your next networking meeting or business lunch meeting, let the other person talk.
Ask them questions about their lives and really listen to their answers.
They will open up and start to connect with you on a deeper level.
Ask them questions about their lives and really listen to their answers.
They will open up and start to connect with you on a deeper level.
@thejustinwelsh Opportunities will present themselves and you will be ready to accept them.
@ceciflwrmtn is a great follow and teacher on the art of conversation and connecting with others.
Her posts are the antidote to awkwardness.
@ceciflwrmtn is a great follow and teacher on the art of conversation and connecting with others.
Her posts are the antidote to awkwardness.
@thejustinwelsh @ceciflwrmtn 7. Use failure as a tool
Failure scares all of us.
It kept me stationary for years before I finally broke free.
Failure scares all of us.
It kept me stationary for years before I finally broke free.
@thejustinwelsh @ceciflwrmtn It's nearly impossible to have lasting success without failure.
Failures are the guardrails on your path to success.
Nothing is more dangerous than a man who is not afraid to fail.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. - Bobby Kennedy
Failures are the guardrails on your path to success.
Nothing is more dangerous than a man who is not afraid to fail.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. - Bobby Kennedy
@thejustinwelsh @ceciflwrmtn The 7 enjoyable money-making habits:
1. Make a commitment
2. Give more than take
3. Brainstorm
4. Systematize your knowledge
5. Listen WAY more than you speak
6. Invest
7. Use failure as a tool
1. Make a commitment
2. Give more than take
3. Brainstorm
4. Systematize your knowledge
5. Listen WAY more than you speak
6. Invest
7. Use failure as a tool
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