I know what you’re thinking, but no, it’s not that. What I’m talking about is putting oneself in the financial position to make money. Not something that I’ve thought about until the last couple of years in my professional life. Everything I’ve learned about being an entrepreneur came from reading books, attending a one-off workshop, watching videos and doing a lot of trial and error. Result: spending $3 to make $2.
On occasion, I’d take stock of my life and analyze what wasn’t working since I’m a Virgo and analyzing is one of the things we do best. Then, I’d strategize about how I could tweak, pivot, or out-right change to improve my situation.
This philosophy stood out to me because for all of my forays into entrepreneurship, I’ve thought that as long as I’ve tried to put out the best product as possible, regardless of what that product was, then the money would flow in. Ha! Quality control and cash flow are two different things.
The challenge with a simple truth is its deception. As much as I wholeheartedly agree with getting out of my own way to allow financial stability to flow, I still pine for my financial path to be lined with things that motivate me to leap out of bed, stir my creative juices, and make me lose all sense of time. What position must I assume in that case?