I would like to share with you 3 things HARDER to achieve than making a million dollars.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m not trying to downplay how hard it is to actually make a million dollars.
However, when I look back on my life, and what I’ve had to overcome in order to get to where I am today, there were 3 things harder to achieve than making a million dollars.
Oftentimes, the greatest opportunities present themselves at times when we feel at our lowest. Adversity can destroy your life if you allow it to.
However, if you make the choice to transform adversity into an asset, you become stronger and more successful as a result. In the words of Benjamin Disraeli, “There is no education like adversity.”
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In my life, there were 3 things harder to achieve than making a million dollars:
1. Overcoming Shyness and Social Anxiety
Overcoming shyness and social anxiety was the hardest thing that I have ever had to overcome. When I was in high school I was painfully shy. I used to skip school because being around others made me so anxious.
When it came to speaking, I was very quiet, I mumbled, and I had a lisp. As a result, I got bullied a lot. I felt insecure and insignificant.
I barely graduated from high school and ended up spiraling into depression. The only thing that made me feel good about myself was computer games because they provided me with an escape from real life.
I was able to take on an identity, someone that was “important.” This became my drug in order to medicate myself and hide from the pain.
Those of you who have experienced shyness, social anxiety, and depression can relate to how debilitating it can be.
When I was 17, I decided to confront my issues and I had an emotional breakdown. I looked myself in the mirror and said, “No more.” I got rid of everything that was holding me back, and I began to develop my confidence and social skills.
Becoming a confident, social person is a goal that I am most proud of in my life. Way more than being a millionaire ever will be.
2. Meeting Women
When I was in high school I cared most about popularity and having a girlfriend. Unfortunately, I had zero confidence when it came to meeting girls.
Even once I started to become more social, I would always get stuck in the friend zone.
When I finally got comfortable talking to girls, there was a myriad of other challenges that I faced. How do I create an attraction? How do I engage a woman so that she will be interested in me?
It all seemed so overwhelming. Can anyone relate?
I wanted to help other men who struggled with the same challenges that I had with women, so I started an online dating company business in my early 20’s.
Every woman who ever rejected or criticized me all gave me an incredible gift of growth so that when the woman of my dreams showed up in my life I was ready to be the confident man who would attract her.
And then I met my dream girl, Tatiana. We are so aligned, and the connection that we have is way more important than making a million dollars because it gives me so much more fulfillment in life.
3. Changing My Body/Overcoming Binge Eating Disorder
In 2012, I decided to take part in a fitness model competition. I really wanted to change my body. However, in the process of doing so, I ended up developing a binge eating disorder.
Every few days I would binge on 10,000 calories, and then the next day I would train super hard to make up for all the calories that I had consumed. The cycle would continue over and over again. Binge, guilt, anger, binge, repeat. It consumed my life.
I had always taken pride in being an overachiever, but there was no amount of discipline that allowed me to overcome my binge eating disorder.
Once I completed my fitness competition, I struggled to maintain that weight. That has always been a lot harder for me to achieve than making money ever has.
The Beauty Of Adversity
These 3 things were harder to achieve than making a million dollars for me. Here’s the beauty of it all. Once I was able to overcome these three things, everything in my life became easier.
My biggest challenge around money had to do with shifting my mindset from one of scarcity to abundance. In order to make a million dollars, I had to cultivate habits of success in my daily life.
Yes, there are ups and downs with building an online business, but I’ve always enjoyed it because it allows me to do something that I am passionate about.
The initial phase of building an online business is where most people give up. You need to acknowledge and celebrate the small wins that you make along the way, whether it’s your first visitor to your website or publishing your first Kindle eBook.
Building a business is like a science; if you follow the formulas and strategies, you will get results. Once you figure it out, making money becomes effortless.
What challenges have you had to overcome in order to become the person that you are today? Be grateful for them because, in the end, it’s not what you get, but who you become that matters most.
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