All Day Long
When I was a kid, I got into a lot of trouble. I got out of school when I was in grade 11, so I didn’t have a huge education to fall back on, so I didn’t say, “I’m going to be a doctor, a lawyer or a surgeon.” I really had to delve inside myself and ask: What are my strengths? What do I love to do? I’ll share a little story with you that really helped me.
My brother, who’s 10 years older than I am, his name is Mark, was a tennis pro and he loved to play tennis. There’s nothing he would love to do more than play tennis. My parents would tell him, “No, you’re never going to make a lot of money just following tennis.” He said, “There are two types of income that I need. One is mental, or psychic income, the other is monetary income. If I have a balance of both, I’m really happy.”
I heard him say that, so I determined when I was younger, “I’m never going to not do what I love to do.” What I recommend to people when I consult or coach them is: What would make you happy if you could do it all day long? Remember when you were a kid and you got to play at something all day long? Not everybody liked the same thing, but when you found the thing you liked to do… I’ve got two little boys. They could do it from morning until night.
The first key is to ask yourself: What is it that if you wouldn’t get paid, you’d do anyway? One of the things I’ve learned is that in every single business - I don’t care what business you give me around the world - somebody is making money doing it. When we match up what we love and become excellent at it, and mix it with proper business practices, we can make money doing what we love.
I don’t care if it’s widgets, babysitting or being a doctor, you have to understand what is it that you’d love to do - if you weren’t getting paid - you’d do it anyway. Then the questions come: What needs to happen in order for me to become outstanding at that? What business practices do I need to learn to convert my love into making money? That’s really what I’ve done.
John Assaraf
My brother, who’s 10 years older than I am, his name is Mark, was a tennis pro and he loved to play tennis. There’s nothing he would love to do more than play tennis. My parents would tell him, “No, you’re never going to make a lot of money just following tennis.” He said, “There are two types of income that I need. One is mental, or psychic income, the other is monetary income. If I have a balance of both, I’m really happy.”
I heard him say that, so I determined when I was younger, “I’m never going to not do what I love to do.” What I recommend to people when I consult or coach them is: What would make you happy if you could do it all day long? Remember when you were a kid and you got to play at something all day long? Not everybody liked the same thing, but when you found the thing you liked to do… I’ve got two little boys. They could do it from morning until night.
The first key is to ask yourself: What is it that if you wouldn’t get paid, you’d do anyway? One of the things I’ve learned is that in every single business - I don’t care what business you give me around the world - somebody is making money doing it. When we match up what we love and become excellent at it, and mix it with proper business practices, we can make money doing what we love.
I don’t care if it’s widgets, babysitting or being a doctor, you have to understand what is it that you’d love to do - if you weren’t getting paid - you’d do it anyway. Then the questions come: What needs to happen in order for me to become outstanding at that? What business practices do I need to learn to convert my love into making money? That’s really what I’ve done.
John Assaraf
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