It's all about the money, or is it?

One of the main reasons people feel failure in life is because they fail to build balance into it.  We all know that in order to succeed in business you have to pour your blood, sweat and tears into it.  Especially when you are working on a new start up company called You Inc.  That is "you" who just left a job, and you've entered the Entrepreneurial world of creating your own livelihood to build your dream life. 

At the start you eat everything up.  It can seem overwhelming, but exciting.   There's no shortage of  information out there, and you feel you have to do it all by yourself.  Yet, it is so exciting, dreaming about the future and what the fruits of your labour will bring.  However, if you only focus on your business, and lose track, or never find what is important in your life, your success will be empty!

Do yourself a favor, if you don't know why you are striving for success stop everything you are doing right now, and find out what your true purpose is, what you are striving for, and what it will look like when you get there.  In his book The Success Principles   Jack Canfield's second principle for success is to know why you are here.  If you already have a good sense of your purpose, and are working at fulfilling it, then you know how powerful this is.  If you haven't stopped to discover the why you are doing what your doing, try this:

Imagine yourself at a ripe old age sitting on the back porch in a comfortable chair with your friends and family around you.  They are there to tell you the impact that you had on them in their life.  Each one of these people are so proud that you have impacted them in this way.  What are they telling you?  What is you impact?    

Check yourself here.  Did you just say, oh I'll do that later.  Did you dismiss the idea.  True success in life happens when you live a life on purpose.  When you have a clear definition of your purpose, you start to make choices that include a balanced life, the one that's right for you.

What's your Purpose?

Remember, watch how you build your success.  Once you get successful, anytime things get stressful you will go back to these habits.  If you only know how to build success through hard work, long hours and an unbalanced lifestyle, then that is what you will replicate when you are "successful"

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