Too many directions leads to frustration

By Chris at December 06, 2009 10:42
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Lately I've been reading a lot. Between How to be rich and happy, the four hour work week and Eric Medemars course I think I may have been trying to do too much. It finally came fruition today when I figured out why I've been a little "cranky" lately. The problem was I was trying to do too many experimental things to make money with very little results. That's a horrible feeling. It was frustation at a very high level. So I decided to back off a little and concentrate only on my predefined goals I set out before. Which means I'll be concentrating on real estate wholesaling. I will continue doing it until I don't make any money in a few months or hit my goal of 50k by the end of the year. That doesn't mean I'll stop doing it then but I will allow myself to take on another experimental way of making money (like product development explained in the four hour work week).

 

The lesson in all of this for me was to experiment with one thing at a time. If you fail, move on to the next experiment. Don't try to do three different experiments at once. You're only cheating yourself out of success from any of them.

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My name is Chris and I invite you to follow me on my journey through the How to become Rich and Happy book and other ventures I'm taking on to become rich and happy. I'm a 31 year old father of two girls, husband, software developer by trade and budding real estate investor.

 

Goal Tracker

These are my goals for 2010. As I hit (or miss) those goals they will kept here for everyone to see.


8% Bodyfat (currently at 12%) by 3/2010

Earn 50k in extra income by 12/2010 (0 out of 50k)

Wholesale 10 homes
by 12/2010 (0 out of 10)

Spend one month in summer away from home
by 9/2010