No one argues about the need to rewire a person's mind who suffers from addiction to drugs, alcohol, sex or food. There are support groups, books and professional services to help people get over an addiction. It is a process of rewiring.
Science tells us we can change a habit in 21 days. I contend it will take a bit longer. There is a mental stronghold that must be broken to have that habit changed.
There is a mindset that constrains people from achieving all that they were designed by their creator to become. People are born with a dream, a desire, a drive and they eventually go to the grave having that unrealized dream buried with them six feet below ground.
This is not an evil mindset, it is one however that if not overcome, people will stay stuck in a comfort zone that is as binding as if they were in a prison.
I am talking about the false sense of security that comes from the desire for a steady paycheck with benefits. The worst is a government job. Many people who try to break free of a steady job to start their own business will stay stuck forever as withdrawal symptoms from the weekly paycheck overcomes the desire for Independence and prosperity. This applies to a lesser extent to commissioned sales or incentive based compensation jobs.
It becomes a problem when our culture builds it's expectations around your need to have a steady paycheck to buy a house, a car, a credit card, anything. It causes people to revert to safety rather than steop out. Potential is lost.
It is good to have some steady income, but use that only as a stepping stone. One cannot long live on a single income stream. We need to develop several income streams.
Even at my age I have at 5 income streams right now. All different. All unique. When one fails to provide, another picks up the slack. I want to develop more.
IF you ever hope to break out of your dependence on a salary, you will need to get your mind rewired. That means weaning yourself away from the steady dependable reliable predictable income source and move toward a dynamic expandable creative unlimited income that is just right over there. It takes time. It takes determination. It takes direction.
Choose well. You will always be a wage earner, not a wage payer if you stay where you are today. The choice is yours. You are the doorway to the opportunity God has provided for you. Opening or closing that door is YOUR choice. What you do with it is really up to you, the sky is indeed the limit... but the sky is unreachable on a salary.
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