I’m a firm believer that you can “have it all.”Interesting mindset. There's not much out there to teach it though, so young people will often not come across it. You have many books that teach you how to be successful and work hard. And general society teaches you how to slack off and be lazy. But your POV isn't passivity – it's to be active with everything, including business and fun.
The issue is that imo there really aren't any books or literature advocating this mindset. You have the Goggins, go hard mindset, and then you have the laid back, chill and relax mindset that people usually go to spiritual books for
Personally, I'm a fan of unbalanced today for a balanced tomorrow, but this runs the risk of tomorrow never coming – not in the sense of never achieving goals, BUT in the sense that you keep moving the goalposts farther and farther as you grow.
You can have a great family life, lots of personal non-business fun, and also be a great entrepreneur. You can have a dog. You can travel for fun. You can can have kids. You can have a wife. You can spend MORE quality time with them than a slowlaner, if you set it up that way.
My wife and I both work from home most of the time. We have only been married for 7 years and we have probably spent more time together than most couples that have been married 20+.
There is a strong prevailing mindset on the forum that it’s all about you and your abilities. If you make it about you and your abilities you’ll hit a ceiling and be limited by the 24 hours in a day that we are all limited to.
On the other hand, if you make your business about more than just you and your efforts, it can grow infinitely independent of the hours in a day you are limited to.
Hence my harping on leadership being the #1 most important thing in business.
There’s a reason why Jeff Bezos has a 200m dollars… Or whatever. It’s because thousands of hours are worked in his name every minute. And each one of those people’s lives are enriched while they do it. Let that sink in.
It’s about more than you. You’re just the conductor. The orchestra makes the music. Instruments by themselves aren’t that cool, but a large orchestra creates beautiful music.
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