Have you reached the realization that you need to shake things up? Sick of seeing the ads or stories where 21-year-old kids are making 6 figures by putting a spin on a current trend?
I often looked at stories like that and called bullshit or attributed their success to luck and being in the right place at the right time.
Well, at least until I changed the way I thought…
It’s very easy to fall into a routine and the social structure that is embedded into you at a young age. School, university, job, marriage, and possibly even kids. This is the default mechanism that most of us are raised with.
If you’re the sort of person that works in an office, surrounded by the sound of people typing away, gentle conversation in the cubicle two down from yours, while trying to stay focussed on the task at hand and something feels like it’s missing, then maybe it’s time to change the way you operate.
Challenge your idea of rich and successful
When I say rich and successful, what’s the image that comes to mind. Large houses with gardens as far as the eye can see? Cars faster than you’re comfortable driving? Perhaps, jet-setting around the world and living in a different country every month?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions, most of it seems unachievable for the average person, hence why we label it a “ rich person lifestyle”.
Tim Ferris is a self-development trailblazer, author, and lifestyle guru that challenges your predetermined thoughts and beliefs about living this lifestyle in his book The 4-hour Work Week.
Bar holding a special place in my heart, this book is brilliant and the first that I would recommend.
Tim Ferris deconstructs how people look at lifestyle and breaks it down into easily digestible steps and strategies so that you don’t need to make a fortune to live like a king.
A combination of out-of-the-box thinking and good use of resources, which only become more common as time goes on, is the premise of how you keep your job but still escape the 9-5 job structure.
Not only does the advice hold well with time but the way the book is written allows the information to sink in with ease. There is no fancy jargon or complex concepts, just a man who rotates problems until he finds a solution that is optimal for him.
By the time you’re done, you’ll feel a sense of liberation that rarely comes to most of us. You’ll have options and, if you’re courageous enough, the lifestyle that you want.
