WHY are you not making your hobby or passion your source of income?

 From the same article I mentioned in another post, this screenshot. I am a huge advocate that people should only do a job they have a passion for, preferably self-employed. Why would anyone want to spend 8 or more hours every day, plus another hour or two on the road to work, out of 16 hours awake, when one can rather do what you love?

When I become president of the world, I'll make it compulsory for everyone over 18 to have their skills and passions tested. It is astonishing, but if you ask a 100 people what their dream job is, they'll tell you it's not their current job. Why on earth are they not following their own passions, and rather that of someone else that do?

Anything can be monetized, and an income derived from, but the problem is, most people are afraid of themselves. They don't do introspection, and they shy away from analyzing their own strengths and weaknesses. Do yourself a favor: Invest in yourself. Get to know yourself. Ask yourself some uncomfortable questions, like: What is my one big dream? Where exactly do I want to be over exactly five years from now? And what is my exact plan and steps to get there? 99% of people cannot answer these basic questions clearly and on the spot. Can you?

 

Confront your fears today, do what you are scared to do

 

Fear is your only real enemy. That's why people don't follow the advice on the meme. People fall into a comfort zone, even when they hate it and their circumstances, and they get trapped for years. They enjoy the parts of an inconvenient journey, without having a plan to get out of that comfort zone.

Destination addiction spoils happiness along the journey

This meme is deep. One has to have a clear, big goal, and several smaller ones called steps. But to only focus on that big goal means one misses the enjoyment of getting there, the journey, accomplishing the small goals.

At the same time, one cannot only focus on the journey, because if you take your eyes off the big goal too long, you start taking shortcuts, or loses focus, or loses your passion to really live.

You should be afraid of your comfort zone, especially when you're unhappy there. There is no real growth in a comfort zone. Eventually you'll adapt to it, stagnates, and never be really happy. That is a life unlived.

Have a big goal, many small steps, and celebrate each step along the journey to that one big goal. And do not let fear, insecurity, uncertainty, or a lack of faith distract you. Push on, stick it out, and great things are guaranteed to happen.

Fear the regret that comes with an unlived life

Nothing is as bad as regret. Knowing you could, and should have taken a risk, and yet you didn't, till it's too late. That regret pains many, many people. Therefore, live today. Do something you always wanted to do, even a small, obscure, unique, unusual task. Let me give you one silly example. Pluck a flower, rob it of its life (I did say it's a silly example?), approach a stranger on the street, and give the flower to him or her. I bet 99 out of a 100 people reading this suggestion, won't have the guts to do it… But if you're that 1%, you'll be amazed by the results. Both for you, and the recipient.

 

Confront your fears today and live life to its fullest

 Live dangerously. Stand up today, and confront your fears. Don't like a task you have to do, even a chore, and therefore procrastinating? See it as a threat, something you for some unknown reason fear doing, and then do it. Once you finished it, congratulate yourself, tell yourself you have just tackled a fear and that you conquered it. Even a menial task. Try it.

 

From Fearful to Fearless: 12 Powerful Shifts to Crush Your Fear of Online Riches (Inspired by "Think and Grow Rich")

 

Let's face it, the online world is a gold mine of opportunity. As a friend told me, never before in mankind's history had we so many choices of what to do. From building a thriving side hustle to creating a full-fledged empire, the potential for wealth creation is undeniable. But for many, the path to online riches is paved with a crippling fear—the fear of failure, the fear of judgment, the fear of simply not being good enough. 

The 15 Best Ways to Conquer the Fear of Failure and Ignite Your Online Success

 

 

Fear. It's a primal emotion, a built-in survival mechanism that has kept us safe for millennia. But in the pursuit of online success, that same fear can become a crippling roadblock, preventing us from taking the risks necessary to build the life we dream of.

Napoleon Hill, in his groundbreaking work “Think and Grow Rich,”  identified fear as one of the six basic fears that hold people back from achieving their full potential. Hill also offered powerful strategies for overcoming fear and harnessing its energy to propel us forward.