Work for Yourself First
One of the common financial strategies you can easily adopt to start building financial security is to "pay yourself first". The way it works is when you first collect your paycheck, before you do anything else, sock away 10% or more of that check into an investment account. That
way you take care of your future before you take care of the bill collectors and loan officers.
In a similar vein, you can adopt a work for you first philosophy....
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Thanks for the great post.
I've been working on this concept to keep myself writing and developing my own projects, except I stay up an hour later - I'm not a morning person and don't find myself being as productive at the beginning of the day as I am at the end.
My blog was started with a similar idea. I was constantly sharing information with people and giving advice one-on-one. I decided to create a place to capture those bits of information and spend the extra 10% effort to write down what I said or did. Later, I'll have a collection of writing that can be the foundation for other work.
There are now over 45 entries written since the beginning of the year.
Posted by: Andrew Seltz | June 20, 2006 at 11:38 AM
Okay, that does it. Quit it with the excellent posts that make me want to take the world on by storm. This is so inspirational and useful and wonderful.
Surrender. Do a podcast with me soon?
--Chris...
Posted by: Chris Brogan... | June 23, 2006 at 01:03 AM
It's so true. Just a little bit each day and before you know it you built a mountain.
I find starting easy, but it's the keeping going where the gold is and where I find it so difficult.
Posted by: Lyndon | June 23, 2006 at 06:42 AM
@Andrew, sounds like you are well on your way :)
@Lyndon, I think that's where faith comes in. One way to think about this is to look where you are now. Can you start your own blog? (obviously you can because you have one..) But rewind 7 years ago and ask that of yourself back in 1999...Can Lyndon of 1999 start a blog?
That's where people get tripped up in their belief systems.
To me, I'd have to say there's really no difference in Lyndon 2006 and Lyndon 1999 - somewhere along the line you gained knowledge, took some specific steps and before you knew it, you had your own blog.
Posted by: Brad Isaac | June 23, 2006 at 10:31 PM
"Surrender. Do a podcast with me soon?"
Chris - you got it! Just let me know when and what we'll be using to harness the podcast universe.
Posted by: Brad Isaac | June 23, 2006 at 10:44 PM
That's a great comment about faith and outlook. I have some goals that I know I can achieve, I just have an obstacle at the moment that I have to see myself past.
Posted by: Leif | June 24, 2006 at 12:58 PM