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we rarely get to focus on a single thing and drive it to completion in out busy, bustling, distracted lives.

Yesterday, I participated in the 100 Kata Challenge. It's just like it sounds. We get together as a dojo at Mystic Dojo - Yamashita International Karate and all did 100 kata.

We do kata all the time, but what made this special was that we had set a specific, measurable goal and that the goal could be achieved by iteration.

My friend Daniel GreenWolf shared a concept of #CanYouCount along these same lines. That you can achieve anything if you can break it down into repeatable steps.

What made this event so great was that for four hours we were focused on one thing. No Facebook. No email. No phone calls. Just kata and company of others doing the same thing.

We are not built to multitask. It causes anxiety. It is why so many of us feel so much stress.

Where you can find an opportunity to fully engage into an activity, set a goal and hit it?

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As adults, we are sometimes beaten down into feeling that the hard road is not worth it. We don't know what we'll get, so we choose to avoid paying the price.

Children can only imagine adventure and excitement.

I was reminded of this when walking with my daughter in the park. We didn't get more than a hundred yards down the path before she wanted to go climb on the rocks and explore a stump.

With all the challenges and uncertainty in life, we can sometimes forget that the hard road is often the fun road.

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I had to bring my daughter with me on the Groton Ct Rotary road cleanup today. At first I was worried if she'd be okay with it, but to her it was a great adventure!

She was so excited to use the trash grabber. She was so excited to discover what was on the ground. She also discovered this hidden path into an interesting space to explore.

To me, it was just a chance to serve with Rotary. To her, it was a great adventure.

Seeing the way she saw the world, reminded me to pay attention to the adventures around me every day.

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Whom do you work for?

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You can't help the poor by becoming one of them.

What if I told you that the billionaire class is happy to see you spending all your energy fighting for social change and political change?

They know that there is only so much that organization and letter writing and protests can do against well funded and well organized political opposition.

They also know that as long as you're focused on some distant vision of changing the world, you're not focused on developing your own ability to make your own money and shed your dependence on wage work.

You see, the thing that is much scary that some new government regulation is the idea that the population they depend on to exploit with low wages to drive their profits will realize that the Internet gives almost every American the power to launch their own business and make their own money.

Imagine what it would do to Walmart and Amazon and all the rest if every one of their workers learned how to make the same money they make it their crappy job with an online business. It would force them to raise wages and improve conditions in an instant!

So, keep working for social change. Keep trying to make the world better.

You need to change your world before you can change the world.

Take some of that energy to make your own world better. Improve your own situation, because the better your situation, the more resources you have to make everyone else's situation better.

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There is always a reason why can't get started on a business or a project.

"I'm waiting for the kids to go back to school."

"I need to pay off this debt first."

"I don't have the certification."

"I need more money."

And then there's always "Covid" for all occasions.

If we could find a way to power cars with excuses, we'd have the ultimate clean energy.

But when you make a decision to get started, it's amazing how many of those excuses vanish. That thing you thought you couldn't start without suddenly isn't important. That resource you thought you were short of turns out to be more plentiful. The obstacle turns out to be smaller.

The time to start is now.

What if you have a legitimate challenge? Are you working on it or are you just using it as an excuse. Success is a journey, so if you're working on your first step, that's fine... as long as you're actually working on it, not just thinking about it.

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I made a post recently which suggested that people should have a second source of income. Many of the comments focused on the idea of getting a second *job*.

But it doesn't say "job", it says "income."

Income doesn't need to come from another job. It can come from a side hustle. It can from from selling creative work. It can come from a Patreon campaign. It can come from a side business. It can come from investment income.

Even if you have nothing to invest, you probably have a skill you could deploy today to increase your income.

The first step is believing it is possible. After that, it's just a matter of execution.

Do you need help with that first step? Or do you believe it's possible but you're not sure where your opportunity lies? Let's talk.

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In these times, many of us feel a bit trapped, but we're not actually locked in our houses. We can go all kinds of places, just not where there are crowds.

Parks, beaches, mountains, trails, even urban environments are safe to visit if you are prudent.

Travel to distant places is not a great idea, but there are probably people who would consider where you live to be an interesting destination, so why not take a trip to your own town.

Whether you live by the ocean, the plains, the forest, the mountains, or the city, find those treasures right in your back yard to visit.

Entrepreneurs (and everyone else) sometimes believe they are too busy to work on their health. I used to believe this.

Then I started juicing and practicing karate. My health improved. My strength and endurance improved. My stamina improved.

More importantly, suddenly I wasn't getting tired at 2:30 in the afternoon. I wasn't losing productivity halfway through the day.

The 4 hours a week I was spending on my health returned a dividend of over 8 productive hours.

You don't spend time on health. You invest time in health.

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My Friday got off to a pretty bad start. Family issues. Bank issues. Client issues. All before 10 AM. What a day!

Wait, that's not a day. That's just two hours of the day. There were 7 hours of day left!

Too often, we take a bad morning to be a harbinger of evil to come. What if, instead, we looked at it like getting all the bad stuff out of the way early? What if we choose to believe that a bad morning is a guarantee of a good day?

Is it true? Probably not. But wouldn't you rather spend your day believing that something good is coming up next than the alternative?

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