I was sitting at my laptop in Uluwatu in Bali. I had been there a few months already and I had only been to the beach once in that time. It was fine though because I was working hard on my business and once I had hit my goal of making $10k a month, I would be able to back off and start to really enjoy life.
Fast forward a year, I had smashed my target, reset the goal at $20k then $30k a month and when I hit those as well, I wrote my newest and greatest goal on my whiteboard:
I want $10M invested.
Once I hit that, then I’ll REALLY be able to enjoy life.”
In actual Bali, miles away from the nearest beach, posing for a photo of me being productive and living that ‘laptop’ lifestyle.
I see this is a lot amongst high achievers. We set goals, hit them, and then set higher goals. It’s like a carrot on a stick, endlessly just out of reach despite our frantic scrambling.
I was lucky enough to have someone call me out on my bullshit. It forced me to reflect and I realized what I already knew — that 95% of my happiness was a handful of things, namely