Talking With Chivalry

From the moment we are conceived, our sole purpose is to grow, adapt, and become independent in order to survive.  As we become of age, we may tend to slow down our growth and become more stagnate, complacent, and conform to situations that may not be right for us.  In this post, I will highlight just three of the many areas in my life that I plan to continuously grow and excel in.  Mind, body, and family.

Because as we all grow and become the people that we are to become, there are choices that we must make throughout our lives.  Sometimes we may feel that we have multiple choices but in actuality, we only have two.  To do and pursue or not to do and ignore.  Either we begin following whatever path that we like or we choose to put it off again and again.  Your choices are between the two.

When an idea comes to mind, we typically will visualize the big or finished picture. Looking at the puzzle as complete so to speak. We also may ignore the process that it will take to get to that complete picture. Or even decide not to pursue the goal because of the process to begin with. But just like completing that same puzzle, without connecting the right pieces together, it will be impossible to turn that idea into a reality.

Most people have heard about the phrase of betting on yourself but if you haven’t, I would like to give my own insight to the phrase. It simply means to practically capitalize on yourself. To find a way to discover your true talent and go all in on yourself. To look within yourself as an opportunity rather than others. Is it a gamble when you know what you are capable of?

Do you sometimes find yourself asking questions that you know the answers to?  Questions such as: Why can’t I go hard for myself like I do for this job?  Why can’t I spend the same hours on my off days working on myself, my craft, and my product?  Why do I want to focus on what I need to when I am under stress and not while I have the free time?  My opinion… the lack of discipline.

I have not considered myself an investor for very long. If you ask me, I would say that I started about 2017. But after hours of searching for the best, most passive, least amount of effort investment that I could find, I just could not simply find it. It was only until recently that I realized that it was right in front of me the whole time. I knew it all along and didn’t notice it at all. It is TIME… time is the best investment that you can invest in.

As we go through life, we take on challenges and opportunities that we feel may just happen to us by random occurrence. The speeding driver jumped in our lane without a turn signal or someone held the door open for you while it was raining. Some maybe good and some bad but it is only after the experience that we can truly reflect on what we just went through. Some people may not take the time to reflect and reveal the experience and learn from the lesson. This session will try to highlight this part of an experience to better help you understand life’s funny way of teaching.

Have you ever heard the old saying that if you want something as much as you want to breathe, that it will in time become yours?  That is a statement that has come true multiple times in my life.  While I may have not gotten my desires right away, with patience and perseverance, they do ultimately become mine.

Everyone has their own unique path to follow in life and it is up to that individual to pursue the one that they choose. We may go down one path and realize that we should’ve picked another. Or we may be torn between several paths and too afraid to pick one. To help with that decision, I like to reference a tree and its leaves to anyone that may need help with selecting their course of action.

Active and passive income are two of the ways that one can bring in revenue to support their lifestyles. Most people may like to think of it as you should pick a side and one could be better than the other. Well my message for inspiration is that why not enjoy both? Why not enjoy making them work together and build a life that you love to wake up to every morning?