I only have a few weeks left now in Canada. I’ll be sad to leave my family but happy to return to Brisbane to see my parents and friends and get on with business projects. Walking the streets of downtown Toronto today made me realise that I’ve only just started my relationship with this city. When I next return it’s going to be for a longer stay and I’m going to live downtown and try and set up an independent life. Brisbane will always be home but I want Toronto to also be home.
To set up two homes in cities on either side of the world from eachother is not easy, the main reason being financial restrictions. You can’t take $2000 trips across the ocean whenever you feel like it if that’s more than your monthly income total. Luckily, and unlike a lot of working people, my current work lifestyle means that I could probably make a living in either city and be comfortable enough by my standards. I don’t consume much. I’m not tied to a career at a company and I don’t need to apply for holiday leave to go overseas.
It would be easier if I were rich. Not stinking rich, but above average, enough that I can fly when I want to, how I want to and have a place to live in at each city. To do this requires significant financial freedom. I’ve always had goals, many of which I impose on myself because I want to prove firstly to myself but also to my parents, my friends, everyone, that I can achieve significant success. In today’s society generally that equates to financial success. True I remind myself that money doesn’t buy happiness, maybe just to make sure I don’t fall too hard if I don’t become wealthy, or maybe because it’s a good philosophy to have - you are as happy as your needs, and if your needs are simple, you’re simply happy.
My business goals have always been, and still are, to create something that brings me financial freedom and to prove that I can do it on my own. The apartment in Toronto, the house in Brisbane and the first class tickets between each country are currently pipedreams. I can pay for my day-to-day necessities on my own. I’m financially independent. I can do what I do now and live contented enough with good food, shelter, and enough left over for entertainment. The basics are covered. That makes me happy. I feel secure.
But it’s not enough.
Often I am impatient. I want super success yesterday. I know true value comes from working for it and patience and consistency pays off in the long run. Great original ideas are few and far between and only a rare few people start something that turns them into millionaires. It’s a conflicting struggle. You remind yourself that working smart and consistently will lead to success and keep using the big picture, the big goals, as motivation. But you also remind yourself that if super success doesn’t occur it doesn’t matter anyway, you have already achieved something worthwhile and can be considered a success.
The balance between realistic motivation, a healthy philosophy on life, day-to-day work, grand plans and patience all intermingle, each taking a turn to be in focus.
In the end though, happiness is true success, so why should it matter if you can’t fly first-class Brisbane to Toronto and back?
Yaro Starak
BetterEdit Manager
PS. I’m interested to hear from others what they consider to be success in their lives? Are you rich? Do you want to be? What motivates you to work at whatever you work on now? Do you consider yourself already successful, in which case, what do you work towards now? Please use the comments function to respond.
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As I said in previous comments, I understand you very much Yaro. I also want my success to happen NOW. Because I am really motivated by daily reading and by setting the BIG goals, as many mentors suggest, it’s hard to be patient
I know that I should find my real purpouse in life, which I still haven’t. But just now I am really happy with working hard for money. I have found PLEASURE in hard work, in developing myself, in solving problems, even to seek them. Because problems are challenges and we GROW through accomplishing these challenges.
I think it’s my main motivator, to GROW. And the growth value is for me above the “to be rich” value.
I would like to prove to me and others I am not another consuming person. That I am the creator, I make things happen, I don’t dream about them, I make my dreams happen. This is my little motto. I have big dreams and many of us have. But the difference is, who is brave enough to start to work on them on daily basis. But I have to be more patient and to concentrate on daily goals, which will build the big picture.
But I can’t honestly answer the question why I would like to be rich. For me, being rich means to dispose of immense FREEDOM. To have enough free TIME to do what I really like. But as I said. I really like everyday hard working for now, so for me it’s only a question of why should I watch TV if I can make some money and it’s general truth that it’s always better to have money than not.
I should more relax in the end but I am feeling so bad when doing nothing meaningful
Why to be RICH and rush for money? Aim to GROWTH instead and don’t avoid challenges
Something more about me from my comments at Yaro’s blog.
Maybe it’s not categorized properly and these posts have nothing to do with macrobiotic, but here are the reasons why I post it here:
1. They have much to say about me, if anyone interested. …
I believe that success is a few things.
1) Its a alot of failure and battling to overcome (Personally and in Business)
2) It has to do with your approach to the world. Pesimist or Optimist? I am an optimist
3) Calculated Risks
Now i’ve had some failures in my past, those failures, big and small will amount to my overall success in the end.
Success for me would to be financially free, able to work with young and talented minds through out the world, and raising a good family, and following my hopes and dreams with all the energy i have.
If i am a billionaire someday, it won’t be for the money it’ll be loving what i am doing… that is the beginning of success for me.
Once i am able to generate enough money to live off of that will be a success. Everyone’s life is full of successes… so why bother thinking you’re a failure? Everyone fails… only winners get back up again!
Great post Yaro - maybe a topic you could take to the YNOT forum?
I’d like to put a big long comment here as well but I could pretty much sum it up with “ditto”.
Most of us want what you’re talking about - financial freedom, but earnt in our own way.
I don’t desire to be filthy rich, but I’d like a coupla houses, freedom to travel, freedom not to work if I choose - freedom to do whatever the hell I want, when I want (within reason).
Also there’s that sense of satisfaction that comes from spurning the corporate route but eventually (hopefully!) making it, building something and **adding value** to the lives of your staff, your customers and your community.
Rant over.
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I like your blog and find many posts that speak to me. Went to a Peak Potentials training in Vancouver BC recently and find some of what you say similar. Have you heard of them? Good people. Here’s to freedom in all it’s many wonderful forms.