7 ways to start living life what you want
7 Ways to Start Living the Life You Really Want
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Are you currently living the life you really want?
It took me years to get past all of my own misconceptions
about what I should do and start doing the stuff I wanted to do.
For those of you who don’t know me, I was the very first
student of the Tropical MBA back in early 2010. Before that, I wore a suit and
tie working as a financial analyst.
I had two goals in life: 1) have a bunch of good stories
and, 2) run my own business.
That old job wasn’t helping.
Fast forward 20 months. As I write this I’m on a flight to
Bali to hang out with the current Tropical MBA crew for a few months and work
remotely. I’ve achieved everything I set out to do when I joined the TMBA. I’ve
spent a considerable amount of time thinking about how I got from point A to
point B.
Here are my 7 top tips.
Be Specific About
What You Want.
The biggest problem most people who are unhappy have is that
they don’t actually know what they want.
If you’re serious about changing things, make a list of
everything you’d like to do. It could be a bucket list or just a list of
aspirations.
Think about how you’d like to spend a typical day. Think
about the work that you’d be most interested in. Consider all of your hobbies
and add them to the list.
Now you’re getting somewhere.
You’ll find a way to make things work, and if you’re
serious about making your dream life a reality, then you’ll need to do
this sooner or later – so why not start now?
Stop Making Excuses
and Start Taking Risks
When was the last time your worst-case scenario
actually, happened? We all get paralyzed by fear and uncertainty, but once
you overcome that, you realize that life isn’t nearly as scary as we make
it out to be.
“My dad said I couldn’t” is no longer a valid excuse.
The only person responsible for your happiness is yourself. You are the
only person that can take responsibility for your success.
Start a Blog.
I am sitting on this plane because of my blog. I wouldn’t
have joined the Tropical MBA, I wouldn’t have dozens of cool stories, and
I definitely wouldn’t have multiple residual income streams from my online
efforts.
If you start a blog and take it seriously, you have no idea
the incredibly positive effect it can have on your life.
Narrow Your Focus and
Create a Detailed Action Plan.
In the beginning, you’ll need focus– more than you think.
Business, relationships, etc. 80/20 the hell out of it, and you’ll be way
better off for it.
If you can devise a set of goals for the next day, week,
month, you’re going to be much more likely to follow through.
Aren’t sure how to get there?
Find someone else’s map and do what they did! It gets
addicting. That’s why I love to-do lists so much. The feeling of crossing
something off just makes me that much more motivated to cross off the next one.
Introduce Yourself.
Sure you can probably find a way to start building your
business by yourself, but why would you want to? It’s way easier and more fun
to surround yourself with people doing similar stuff to you.
Find people who are doing the things you want, and shoot
them a short email saying hi. Go to meetups in your city. Expand your network,
and you’ll be glad you did. You never know when those random contacts will pay
off in a big way.
Get Educated and
Learn By Taking Action.
It doesn’t take nearly as much time to learn new skills as
you think it does. Within a couple months, I helped Dan build up one of his
websites from non-existent to over $5k in sales through SEO. Did I know
anything about SEO before I got there? Hell no.
Whether you have specific lifestyle goals or business goals,
get online, and start learning the skills necessary to get you there. Why spend
4 years in a university when you could spend 4months or 4 weeks from your
laptop learning way more relevant information?
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