Failure Required

They say that now is the easiest time in history to make a million dollars. Never has there been more opportunity. Just look around. Do some research. There really is a million ways to make a million dollars. People are doing it in the most simple way you can imagine and the most complex way you can imagine. Something as simple as posting on instagram today can make a million dollars. The market is actually that crazy. With technology and social media, global reach is at your fingertips. You are now connected to every corner of the Earth. If you have a good product to sell, you can sell it everywhere. With the click of a button people will see your product in China as soon as someone else can see it in Canada. With this reach it seems impossible to not make money. We are entering a golden age of money transfer. We have the world at our fingertips. More resources. Artificial intelligence. AI assistants. There is no excuse to not be making money. So what’s yours? I’ll tell you mine.

It has never been easier to make a million dollars. As Alex Hormozi has said, it’s also never been easier to be distracted. Social media connects us globally. So does every bit of technology. What this technology also does is it distracts. Consume consume consume. Attention span destroyed. TikTok brain as they call it. Long form video itself is beginning to die because of this wave of attention growing short. Instant dopamine hits are far greater than waiting for the climax of a movie. Just watch a 6 second video and get the same feeling as it. Scroll. Watch. Buy. Go to the game. Go to the show. Buy the new video game. All of these things are easy distractions. It’s way easier to be distracted than it is to work. It’s way easier to not do anything but also not think about what you could be doing.

How do I overcome this? Like any habit in life, it takes practice. Not only this but you have to be willing to look at yourself and look at your life in a way where you can understand where you fall short. Am I where I want to be? If not then you have to take action. You cannot allow yourself to fall to these distractions again. The world is full of them. They are everywhere. It’s okay to be unhappy with your current situation. Nothing changes if nothing changes. Be unhappy, change your routine, don’t allow yourself to get distracted. Look in the mirror and understand that it’s not going to just happen. You have to make it happen. Nothing is given, everything is earned. Whether your life is amazing or your life sucks, both are consequences to your own actions. If it sucks, do something about it. Stand up and refuse to live like that anymore. Allow yourself the liberty of living. Not just living but thriving. Meditate on these thoughts.

Of recent, I have found it helpful to keep reminders. You won’t remember everything. Each time I have a feeling of “oh this sucks”, I write it down. Each time someone doubts, I can’t afford that thing, I can’t go to that place, I’m shit on at work, whatever the case may be, write it down. When life gets comfortable, go back and read these things. Understand that you are not where you want to be. Refuse to lose. In a world where it’s never been easier to do nothing, be exceptional and do something. It’s never been easier to be nothing. It’s never been easier to be something. Don’t wait. Act now. This is not just money related. If you’re unhappy with your weight, start diet and exercise today. If you’re unhappy with how you have no time for anything, whether it be your job or others taking your time, build yourself into someone who is able to say no. F you money isn’t having enough money where you throw it in others faces and say F you. That kind of money is so that when someone tells you to do something and you don’t want to do it, i.e. show up to work at this time, work overtime, etc., you can say F you i’m not doing that find someone else. That kind of power is what everyone really wants. The money is nice, the nice things are great, but the real value of success is being independent of the world and living your life exactly how you want to. So stop waiting and do something today. Do it now. Start now. The best time to start was 20 years ago, the second best time to start is right now.