Wednesday, May 30, 2007

A Life of Excited Anticipation

You know the feeling you get on Christmas morning right before you are about to open the presents?

Or the excitement you experience as you're days away from an exciting trip?

The anticipation of something great days before your birthday?

The moment you proposed or were proposed too?

You know what I'm talking about, the jump-up-and-down, smile from ear to ear, dance around the room excited anticipation?

It dawned on me today...that's my life!

I'm heading to Australia in a few weeks...another trip of a lifetime. Last year it was Africa, Cancun, Canada, Colorado...

Now, it's Australia and New Zealand. In a few weeks I'll be soaring down a New Zealand mountain on my snowboard...when it's 110 in Tucson, I'll be boarding down a beautiful mountain on the other side of the Earth.

And I've got a smile ear to ear and have been dancing around my house like a little kid!

When I worked as a teacher, I was numb to life. I was deliberately numb because my life sucked and facing it would have just put me into a permanent state of depression...so instead I went numb. And one day I looked in the mirror and asked myself, "What the hell are you doing?"

Life is short...let's face it. The clock is ticking and every year it ticks faster and faster so it was time to make a change. A drastic, life changing, live evolving change.

And, I took a chance and jumped into the life I wanted as an entrepreneur.

That was an entirely different type of anticipation...nervous, pee your pants, sweaty palms anticipation. But I worked through it and I'm glad I did.

I love my life...now, I live each day with excited anticipation for the adventure my life IS.

I adore my husband...he's absolutely awesome. We just celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary...we've been together 10 years. I love spending time with him. When I worked for someone else, I never got too. And when we did have time together, we only talked about being broke. We had dreams but everyday our dreams were becoming more distant.

I'm grateful my husband found this opportunity and openned my eyes to it. I'll forever be grateful. Because now I get to honor the kid inside of me...I get to live a life of excited anticipation. I get to create the adventure of my life and what a great adventure it is!

So, how does this apply to the Millionaire Mastermind. Understand, Millionaire's choose to create the income they do for one reason and one reason only: FREEDOM. Money = Opportunity. Money = Choices. That's the bottom line. Without it, you're limited, with it, your free. And it's a choice.

People always tell me I've been lucky. Yes, I have. But it's because I chose luck. You know, I was broke when I found this opportunity, It would have been EASY to say, "I'm too broke to make a change". Rather, I said, "I'm broke, I'm going to make a change"...whatever it takes.

That's right WHATEVER IT TAKES. If Don Trump came to me and said you have to travel around Tucson and pick up Dog Poop for the next 2 years and at the end of 2 years you'll have 10 million in the bank...I would do it! I wouldn't say, "oh it's something I have to feel good about or something I have to like...I can make myself like anything, I can talk myself into loving picking up dog poop and I'll tell you...I'd be the best dog poop picker upper you ever saw. The reality, "Successful people are in the habit of doing the things that Magazine articles would be written about my dog poop collection skill! Why? Because I know there is a price to pay and I'm willing to pay it. More than that, I'm eager to pay it and I love every minute of it.

Why? because the $10 million translates to adventure, freedom, fun and opportunity. The income gives me choices. And, the duty itself is an adventure! I'd rather live a life of choice and opportunity than fear and limitation anyday and I'll continue to do whatever it takes to make it happen.

The payoff: Waking up every morning with excited anticipation! You know the smile a little kid has when they've just gotten that cool new toy? That's the smile I wake up with everyday!

1 comment:

  1. "Don't Talk About It, Be About It!"

    Shannon,

    I know the saying, "If it is to be, it's up to me", might sound a little cliche' but it's appropriate. After the Atlanta meeting, I resigned seven days later from what I was doing full time and miserable to pursue my passion through our opportnity of being my own boss, doing things on my own time, making extraoridinary amounts of money , my way, and forging the lifestyle I have dreamed of forever but kept making "cow" excuses for going after it. This past month has been a little scary for me but I've "burned the boats" as Andy Andrews espouses. You know I have had the "cow" conditioning as we all have and bought the "cow" life, hook, line and sinker. Not anymore. This little south-side Chgo "rhino" has arrived (even here in the deep south) and is taking no prisoners. My husband and I are doing the things you and your husband talk about regarding doing the things that other people to want to do; that's what successful people do. How very 'auspicious' of us, wouldn't you say? (smile!)

    ...being about it...

    'Doc'

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