We just can't stop spending it!
Busy? There's not enough of it. Bored? There's too much of it. We hunt for more of it. It's about time.
Busy? There's not enough of it. Bored? There's too much of it. We hunt for more of it. It's about time.
It's no secret that I love watches. Everyone has their signature item they like to wear. Some love their old black jeans; for me, a nice time piece is definitely my go-to item every time. Days, hours and minutes wind their way into every corner of our lives, regardless of how determined we are to deny them access.
It seems to have a way of imprinting value onto both moments and material things alike. Is it that our favourite jeans feel vintage that makes them special? Or that we have the very latest model iPhone that makes us feel like an insider? Is it the scarcity of the one-night-only concert that makes us happy to pay high ticket prices?
Together over the coming blog and podcast editions, we're going to be discovering simple things we can do to create significant shifts in how we think about time:
- When to start new things (like a new business)
- How to validate spending it (I'll share my simple 3-point system)
- How to let things come to an end (not everything is forever)
- How to use time to add value to everyday tasks (easier than it sounds)
Until then, over to you. What are your favourite time management hacks? Leave a comment, and #LiveToAccomplish.
When's the right time to start a business or project?
Waiting for the perfect time to start your dream business? When you receive financial reward for doing something that gives you a sense of joy, while utilising your natural abilities, you know you’re in the right place.
your natural talents can unlock opportunity and reward.
Waiting for the perfect time to start your dream business or project? Give up. (Waiting, that is.)
Since the early days of high school, I knew that traditional employment wouldn’t be the main way I earned a living. Perhaps it was folding socks and undies at my first job aged 14-years-old, that made me think that a regular job wasn’t all that crash hot.
Wider worldview
Fast forward past socks and undies to life beyond high school, I took six weeks unpaid from work, and travelled throughout America in a friend’s band, travelling from LA to New York, and everywhere in between. My twentieth birthday was spent in Seattle, visiting the famous space needle, museums and restaurants that served the biggest meals I’d ever seen.
Travel and worldview are inextricably linked. During our time in the US, I met families in small regional areas where the cinemas closed during the day, to amazing musicians in underground New York jazz clubs. We also met leaders, business people and billionaires who owned private jets. Observing these stark contrasts made me think about my own ability to influence how I earned a living.
Start with what you know
Many in-flight magazines and security checks later, I returned to my home in Dubbo, Australia and developed a plan to go into a business of my own. Returning to original workplace, my spare time quickly became occupied with business books, design magazines, and doing free design jobs. I became obsessed finding a way to turn my natural abilities and talents, into a revenue stream. Starting with what I knew, creativity, seemed to make sense.
By age twenty-one, I launched a business with a laptop, first client and a paid creative project. I was finally in the game - using my skills to pay the bills! When you receive payment for doing something that gives you a sense of joy, while utilising your natural abilities, you know you’re in the right place.
Risk and reward
We all have differing thresholds for risk and reward. After opening a business bank account with $20, a person in a similar business told me there was no market for what I was doing, and that I wouldn't last 6 months. That was 12 years ago. If you're truly ready for the adventures of being self-employed, then you're inviting both risk and reward to be your constant companions.
Are you ready to start? Is now the time?
10 Questions to ask yourself before starting a business:
- What abilities do people recognise in me?
- What natural talents can I trade on?
- What problem could my business solve for people?
- Why am I starting a business?
- Am I prepared to spend the time and money needed to get it started?
- Do I have the energy, people and knowledge I need?
- Am I comfortable with risk and reward coexisting?
- Who is my competition?
- If it doesn’t work out, could I pick myself up and move beyond the setback?
- Can I test-run a business idea before quitting my job?
Do all you can to #LiveToAccomplish.
Copyright 2016 Nathan Shooter
Welcome to the start line
There's things we all know we should be doing. For me, creating this online space has been one of them - so welcome! This blog is being crafted to help you #LiveToAccomplish.
There's things we all know we should be doing.
For me, creating this online space has been one of them - so welcome! This blog/podcast is being crafted to help you live to accomplish; the pursuit of simple, personal excellence, not cheap success.
How? I'm on a mission to seek out the simple, the significant; then share what's discovered. I'm looking forward walking with you through what unfolds, N.
#LiveToAccomplish