How To Stop Thinking Negatively and Start Thinking Confidently
Prior to 1954 no one in recorded history had run a mile in less than four minutes.
The “experts” told everyone the human body just wasn’t capable of doing it.
Then on May 6, 1954 Roger Bannister ran a mile in under four minutes.
Only 46 days later an Australian runner broke Bannister’s record.
Since that time numerous people have run a mile in under four minutes.
So what happened?
Read More3 Ways To Pursue Your Passion When You Have A Family
Sometimes one of the things we can perceive as an obstacle to pursuing our passions is having a family.
Everyone’s situation is different so if you’re single this may not apply to you.
But many of us have a significant other, spouse, and children.
If we’re not careful we can begin to see our families as standing in the way of doing the work we love.
Read MoreIs Finding Your Passion Really A Priority?
One huge obstacle to finding your passion is thinking we don’t have enough time.
You may have a job, a significant other, kids, ailing parents, church or volunteer commitments.
Read MoreIs Money Holding You Back From Doing Work You Love?
There is a common assumption that if you do what you love for work you won’t be able to make any money.
Often the pursuit of working in our passions is stopped because we don’t believe we can actually make a living doing what we love.
When you boil it down we often give up on pursuing our passions because we’re afraid.
We fear failure, poverty, embarrassment and a host of other emotions that can come when we aren’t able to support ourselves and our loved ones.
Yet, what would happen in your life if you were living and working in your passions?
How might that change some things for you?
The First Thing You Can Do
Reframe your belief to include the possibility that if you do what you love you can make even more money than you are right now.
If you’re doing what you love, likely you are really good at it.
People pay for products and services provided by those who are exceptional at what they do.
Steve Martin said, “be so good they can’t ignore you.”
When you’re really good at what you do people can’t ignore it.
As a result, money seems to come in unexpected ways.
Read MoreAn Interview With Jeff Goins, Author of The In-Between
Jeff Goins is the author of Wrecked: When a Broken World Slams Into Your Comfortable Life and now the author of his latest book The In-Between: Embracing the Tension Between Now and the Next Big Thing.
I had an opportunity to sit down with Jeff on a Google Hangout to talk about his newest book.
In the interview we cover:
- What this book is really about.
- Why he wrote the book.
- The in-between moment in his life that has had the greatest impact.
- What we can all do to reduce our frustration while we wait.