The Truest Luxury of All: Owning Your Own Time

What is luxury?  It depends on what is important to you at each stage in life.

When I was young, luxury meant having enough disposable income to acquire nice things and to provide for my family.  As we acquire more “things” that we want (or think we need), such tangible items – which we believe will satisfy our desire for luxury – become less and less important.  As time flies and as the years grow shorter, a new luxury enters the scene: owning our own time and using it the way we please.

Millennials are accused of wanting too much too soon in life, but what they really want is a more balanced life than what their parents had.  After all, they’ve been brought up with the world at their fingertips.  This has shaped their thinking and they want a balanced life even if they can’t achieve it right away.

So what do I want?  I want the luxury of owning my own time and doing what I love to do, in business and in pleasure.  And what do you want?  Would you like to own the luxury of your own time?

 
Here are a few Business & Life Tips to think about….

Business Tips:

• Try to make money while you’re sleeping by developing business that generates income 24/7. Waking up will be more fun!
• New wealth opportunities are almost always created by people from outside of an industry. They don’t know what can’t be done.
• If work is something you just show up to (instead of enjoy), it’s time to look for something else. Life is too short to be miserable.

Life Tips:

• Do what you want to do now, rather than waiting until it is too late. Life happens fast, and we wonder where all the years went.
• Hard work and smart work are not the same thing. Hard work makes you successful, while smart work makes life balanced.
• Stop what you’re doing and start with a clean canvas. Ask yourself: What pleases me? What brings me joy? What rocks my soul?

 
Check out a past article written by Bill in….

June 2016 Issue

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