Every day you get to decide what you want to do with your time. Some people let things happen to them. Others MAKE things happen. In this lesson you’ll see how small decisions can affect your life over time.
Let’s draw up a graph to illustrate this. On the vertical axis you have your potential from 0 to 100%. On the horizontal axis you have your age from 0 to 100.
To keep this simple, I’m going to show you 3 life paths. Of course there are an infinite number of choices you can take, but for the purposes of this, let’s keep it simple.
Now before you jump to conclusions, this is not a judgement to say that one lifestyle is better than the other. What you do with your life is up to you. However if you’re reading this, then on some level you want to better yourself and most likely want to start an online business in which case there is a certain path which I recommmend you take.
The first path represents someone who chooses to get by in life. They don’t develop themselves, play the victim, make excuses, love drama, and do the absolute minimum to get by. They live an unhealthy life, and usually have a short lifespan.
The second path represents someone who peaks in their 20s and 30s, they have a secure job, and a family, by the end of the working day, they’re tired and just want to relax. They know there’s room to grow but they’re settled and content with where they’re at.
The third path represents someone who works on themselves cultivates good habits, continues to grow and they spend a lot of time educating themselves, mastering their skills and make careful long-term decisions.
Now one thing to note is that your parents, up-bringing and childhood play a big role in your life. The people you grew up with have their own perception of the world, their own belief systems and have come to conclusions on what life is. Even if their and advice is well-meaning, it may not be in your best interest. Can you relate to this?
However your attitude towards life is already formed in your 20s and 30s at this point you have your own place there’s no parent to tell you what to do you have a good idea of how the world works and you’re accountable for your own actions. What you do from here on out will determine where you end up.
So whilst you attend the same school and be best friends in your childhood over the years, you could end up worlds apart and have nothing in common and ironically these can even be your own family members.
Likewise If you get into a relationship with a person that’s set in their ways …happy with where they are, and don’t want to improve… and you choose to grow, eventually there will be problems.
This is why it’s so important to choose who you hang around with and who you get in a relationship with. It’s always easier to be with people who are heading the same direction as you.
So what if you’ve had a bad start in your life. Does that mean there’s no room for change? No, Far from it.
Many people come to realizations later on in life, and come to the conclusion that nothing changes until they change. So you could be in your 50s, 60s and 70s and still turn things around, and end up in a much better place than where you’re heading. And you’ll have wisdom and experience to pass down the next generations.
So decide very quickly what path you want to take. Because time will pass either way, and you’ll end up in any one of these positions so it might as well be where you want to be.
This is the left side
This is the right side
