You can change your circumstances, whatever they are.
You can live your life by default, or by design.
Designing you life is much better than leaving things to chance.
Designing your life begins with intent. Intention and focus on developing the right tactics and capabilities will lead to success.
What do you want your business to look like?
What do you want your finances to look like?
What type of family life do you want to lead?
How do you need to change as a person to accomplish these things?
If you do not know where you are going any road will get you there, just be careful that you are not on a road to nowhere.
The Wright brothers didn’t contemplate not flying, they dreamed of flight. Thomas Edison didn’t contemplate a world of darkness he dreamed of a world bathed in light.
Dreams do not come into reality without positive thought.
You need to step back and take control of what you want your world to look like.
WE ALL EXPERIENCE THE DAILY BATTLE FOR OUR ATTENTION.
IF WE ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN, ENTIRE DAYS CAN BE SUCKED UP WITH NOTHING TO SHOW FOR OUR EFFORTS.
OUR ATTENTION HAS BEEN ROBBED! AND, SINCE TIME CAN NOT BE REGAINED ONCE LOST, WE HAVE WASTED A MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE.
To Achieve Prosperity Requires Your Focused Attention!
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So, you might be thinking, is this dude just trying to grab my attention?
The answer is yes.
Although, my goal is for you to accept the gift of value from this conversation.
Your prize should you chose to take it, will be a life of your own design, based on your intent for what you value most.
There are no limits to your potential in any area of your life. Thinking with intention is the starting point of all journey's towards prosperity.
Wayne Dyer says is well in his book, The Power of Intention: Learning to Co-create Your World Your Way,
"The secret to manifesting anything that you desire is your willingness and ability to realign yourself so that your inner world is in harmony with the power of intention."
Imagine what achieving your highest potential would look like, how it would feel, what it would mean to those you love.
A business that provides you with self fulfillment and the financial resources to be the best version of yourself.
Time to spend with your family and friends.
Freedom to pursue your passions in life that are not related to how you make a living.
Leaving a legacy for your community be being able to give time and money to those things that your believe in.
This is what Strategic Prosperity Planning is all about.
It is about intentional focus on constantly improving upon your existence in the most important areas of your life.
You will build a business that is an investable asset.
The great thing is that investors value businesses that are not overly reliant on the efforts of the owner to be successful.
So, if you build a business that will run without you, it will be more valuable to a potential buyer and it will allow you more personal freedom to for other pursuits to enhance the quality of your life.
The freedom of time allow you to dodge a huge problem of business ownership...trading the health of your business for time with your family.
Certainly, sacrifice is part of the price that you have to pay for success, however it may be that your family and friends that give you the greatest joy in life.
If you don't find a way to find time for them, then they will find others to fill the void.
As you get older, it is common to think about your legacy.
Have you lived a life worth living?
What will happen to my family when I am gone?
How will others remember me?
Did I take care of my health so I can enjoy my final days?
The answers to all of these questions can be positive.
THE TRUTH IS THAT PERSONAL PROSPERITY IS ACHIEVED BY STARTING WITH A VISION ON WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, CONSISTENTLY WORKING TOWARDS THAT VISION, AND ADJUSTING THE COURSE OF YOUR JOURNEY AS YOU GAIN WISDOM.
P.S. This lesson has been mostly about the personal aspects of your journey. Another huge factor in achieving Personal Prosperity has to do with creating a business that is an investable asset.
Next we will talk in greater detail on how to get your business from where it is today, to where it needs to be to achieve what you want out of life.