Saturday Success: Passion, making money & how to be happy
Making life & money work for you.
Welcome back to the Saturday Success Series email!
This week we have:
Master Yourself: Advice for “follow your passion” people
Master Your Money: How to make money
And of course…
The Weekly Special: How to be happy in 13 simple enough steps
The goal here is maximum value, so let’s get to it.
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Master Yourself
People always speak of “finding your passion” on the path to success. It’s constantly parroted, right? “Find your passion and you’ll never work a day in your life!”
Sounds nice, doesn’t work.
Here’s a better idea.
Be a passionate person.
Stop looking for your passion and instead be the passion! Ooze it.
The world doesn’t owe you passion or a good job. You owe the world your passion, your excitement, your engagement, your ideas.
If you’re a passionate person, success will come. If you’re a passionate person, any job can be a good one.
And there’s so much to be passionate about. Being alive, creating things, consuming knowledge, serving others, meeting like-minded people, the list goes on.
Passion is like motivation- you’ll waste a lot of time waiting for it to appear.
Instead, be passionate in everything you do. Be engaged in everything around you. Just stop trying to find things outside of yourself to be passionate about.
You already have all the passion you need.
Master Your Money
A question I get a lot: “How do I make money??”
There’s only one answer…Build something meaningful.
“Okay, great, how?”
Quality + quantity, consistently, over a long period of time.
If you can’t commit to this process, to the months without making much, to the months with low views/reads then you won’t find success.
If you pump out crap just to put out something, you won’t find success.
There are no quick fixes. No get rich quick schemes.
There’s only one way to do it.
Nothing will substitute quality work, put out frequently over months and years.
Success isn’t for most people because they give up too soon. It gets too hard and they get beaten down.
Decide now to commit to the process. The daily grind. The layered habits that build success.
I’m rooting for you.
Weekly Special
How to be Happy in 13 (Easy-ish) Steps
Happiness is a choice. And it’s made every day with a million little decisions. I’ll keep this list short and sweet.
Make these decisions every day and you’ve made the choice to be happy.
Get outside each day. Be in nature regardless of the weather. Heat, cold, rain, wind- these little physical stressors are good for us in small bites.
Move: walk, lift weights, dance, have sex.
Spend less than you earn. That’s about as basic as financial advice can get, but it’s the best place to start. This allows for comfort and less stress.
Have a positive attitude. Play games often. Play with kids and animals.
Live in solutions instead of problems. Look for opportunities instead of excuses.
Contribute and create far more often than you consume and complain.
Learn from the lucky and successful. You’ll find that discipline and consistency lead to a lot of success and luck.
Be the first to say hi, to smile, wave, etc.
Be reliable because you’ll feel better when you know the people you love can count on you.
Spend your money on experiences instead of objects.
Focus on preserving quality relationships (and removing bad ones).
Value time over money. You can’t buy more of it once it’s gone.
Get the basics right (sleep well, eat healthy, prioritize relationships).
Thanks for reading! If you found this valuable, please share with someone who could use it. See you next Saturday!
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