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Most of us have heard the Eagles tune "Life in the Fastlane". Part of that song deals with the risks of living "faster" than the rest.
The seed of this topic comes from a current thread (thanks to Merkin Man, Laughed At, and PhxMJ for bringing this up).
Laughed At makes a point and asks a question:
This hits home for me. Because the more "fastlane" I've been in business, the more I've neglected my own personal health. I once ate right and exercised every day. Now, I spend every waking hour working at my Fastlane PLAN-- especially in these past 12 months, w/the collapse of the credit markets (as students of Robert Kiyosaki, we are heavily dependent on credit and leveraging Other People's Money).
I keep telling myself that, once we get past some of this madness/fastlane biz-building, that we'll eat better, have time for exercise, etc.
But I realize that may not happen.
Why? Because if it's not important to me NOW-- what is going to change when we cash out and retire?
Sure, we'll have more time (money has a way of making that possible). But time is not the only thing I need to transition out of the unhealthy lifestyle I've dug into.
When we took over our B&B (back in 2003), my wife and I were in decent shape. We ate right, and not to excess.
But as we put our fastlane plan into action, we got obsessed. We devoted every waking hour to making our B&B grow-- to generate business, pay the bills, etc. Much of this stemmed from pure desperation-- we HAD to turn the Inn around and generate big money to survive.
As we hit our milestones, we kept accelerating and growing our fastlane goals. We did this in part b/c we'd get there faster, and in part b/c it's fun to go fast.
Today I read the Obit of a friend and restauranteur. He was born only 5 years before me (I had always thought him much older). He had lots of issues w/diabetes and heart stuff--- but that never stopped him from working his *ss off, long hours, making his business work.
So today, I find myself asking:
Is there such a thing as TOO FAST?
Where, in order to keep up that speed (or go faster), you start to give less attention to things like:
-Personal Health (eating habits, exercise, sleep, time to relax, etc)
-Friends and family (we completely dropped out we first took over the B&B-- lasted about 2 years)
-Other things that get pushed aside or ignored to go faster/accomplish fastlane goals?
I can relate to this. Every time I've started a business or new aspect/growth spurt of an existing business, I've pushed it-- at the expense of exercising and eating right, and taking time for friends and family.
That approach, while not healthy, has always "worked" for me.
But I look around, and ask myself:
Is it possible to still accelerate as fast, but maintain a healthy/fit lifestyle?
-Russ H.
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Most of us have heard the Eagles tune "Life in the Fastlane". Part of that song deals with the risks of living "faster" than the rest.
The seed of this topic comes from a current thread (thanks to Merkin Man, Laughed At, and PhxMJ for bringing this up).
Laughed At makes a point and asks a question:
laughed At said:
This hits home for me. Because the more "fastlane" I've been in business, the more I've neglected my own personal health. I once ate right and exercised every day. Now, I spend every waking hour working at my Fastlane PLAN-- especially in these past 12 months, w/the collapse of the credit markets (as students of Robert Kiyosaki, we are heavily dependent on credit and leveraging Other People's Money).
I keep telling myself that, once we get past some of this madness/fastlane biz-building, that we'll eat better, have time for exercise, etc.
But I realize that may not happen.
Why? Because if it's not important to me NOW-- what is going to change when we cash out and retire?
Sure, we'll have more time (money has a way of making that possible). But time is not the only thing I need to transition out of the unhealthy lifestyle I've dug into.
When we took over our B&B (back in 2003), my wife and I were in decent shape. We ate right, and not to excess.
But as we put our fastlane plan into action, we got obsessed. We devoted every waking hour to making our B&B grow-- to generate business, pay the bills, etc. Much of this stemmed from pure desperation-- we HAD to turn the Inn around and generate big money to survive.
As we hit our milestones, we kept accelerating and growing our fastlane goals. We did this in part b/c we'd get there faster, and in part b/c it's fun to go fast.
Today I read the Obit of a friend and restauranteur. He was born only 5 years before me (I had always thought him much older). He had lots of issues w/diabetes and heart stuff--- but that never stopped him from working his *ss off, long hours, making his business work.
So today, I find myself asking:
Is there such a thing as TOO FAST?
Where, in order to keep up that speed (or go faster), you start to give less attention to things like:
-Personal Health (eating habits, exercise, sleep, time to relax, etc)
-Friends and family (we completely dropped out we first took over the B&B-- lasted about 2 years)
-Other things that get pushed aside or ignored to go faster/accomplish fastlane goals?
I can relate to this. Every time I've started a business or new aspect/growth spurt of an existing business, I've pushed it-- at the expense of exercising and eating right, and taking time for friends and family.
That approach, while not healthy, has always "worked" for me.
But I look around, and ask myself:
Is it possible to still accelerate as fast, but maintain a healthy/fit lifestyle?
-Russ H.
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