> 1. How do you manage your active income
> streams to allow time to develop your
> passive income streams? Or do you not manage
> your active streams? Do you just sleep less?
> *g* Remember too that most of us also need
> to give time to our families, communities,
> churches, etc. How do you make all of this
> work?

> 2. How do you find the get and up and go
> when it feels like it got up and went? *g*
> IOW, after you've given all you've got to
> your active income streams, how do you have
> anything left to give to your passive income
> streams?

This post doesn't have anything to do about passive or active income streams. It has to do with getting what you want. There is always a price tag associated with it. If you're not willing to pay the price and lack the motivation you might as well give up.

If you don't want to give up... then you have to find something that would motivate you.

Do you just sleep less? *g* Remember too that most of us also need to give time to our families, communities, churches, etc. How do you make all of this work?

It involves stepping outside your "comfort zone" and sacrificing some of the things you are pre-occupied with that are not making you money.

Let's face it Rick. You already know this. You have been around long enough. You don't need me to tell you "how to" because you already know "how to."

You said "most of us also need" -- in most cases we WANT those things; we don't NEED those things.

Look, I know what I am talking about. My wife and I are still going to marriage counseling. For the last year before I became a web developer full time, I was working 12 hour shifts for my employer, often six days a week and working the web in my spare time. I got so bogged down that I was only able to sleep 3-4 hours a night, the rest of the time I was working.

My primary family dis-owned me, my immediate family "kicked me out" and my friends left me. It was hard. Especially being separated from my family and my little girl. But I was motivated to do this regardless.

I wasn't going to talk about what motivated me to pay this price. What motivates each one of is different as we are all unique. But I'm sure some of you who are reading this will think I must be the biggest jerk alive for being willing to pay such a high price.

Five years ago I developed a sinus problem. I was working with chemicals and in a dusty environment. It got so bad I was on antibiotics all the time. The pain became unbearable and I finally had to have laser surgery done. This resulted in a temporary fix but because my work environment had not changed, the problem returned. Before I left my job there were days I would get home and was unable to do anything but lay on the bed in so much pain and my head swimming so bad, that I would lose the concept of time passing. When the pain subsided enough for me to pick my head up, I could look at the clock and see that an hour and a half had passed. I would have no idea how long these episodes would last; they just seemed endless.

My pain motivated me. I also realized that because I wasn't trained for anything else, to go to work at something completely unrelated would mean such a drop in pay, that my family would lose everything we had worked so hard to achieve. I vowed I would not let that happen.

Pain is a powerful motivator. It's EASY to step outside your "comfort zone" when you're not comfortable.

Phil came to me before I left my job. Everyone knew (small company) that I was making some good cash "on the side." He said "I know you've started your own business and are making money doing what you want to do. You're an inspiration to me. There is something I would like to do and I was wondering if you could give me some tips how I could go about it."

"Sure, Phil... what is it you would like to do and what are you doing right now to work towards it?"

"I'd like to be a singer. But I just moved here from Toronto and I don't know anyone. Plus, after working here all day, all I want to do is have a couple of beers and fall asleep in front of the TV."

I said, "Well, perhaps you don't want it bad enough Phil."

So when you say:"How do you find the get and up and go when it feels like it got up and went?"

...I got to ask "How bad do you want it?"

Best Regards, Steve MacLellan




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