“There was nothing to hold him back except himself.”
Self-limiting beliefs.
I am a ….
I do …
I can’t do….
Why bother?
Once a person labels themselves as something, that label becomes restrictive.
For a long time, I was an employee. I clocked and and clocked out. I went home and read more about the profession to educate myself. I worked at work and avoided work at home.
As a business manager, I work at work and work at home. I am in more control of my destiny than when I was only an employee.
Although I am a business owner, it is a one-man show. In order to make money, I have to leave the cave…kill it and bring it home.
It’s a different perspective than that of an employee. When times are lean, it’s the owner that takes the hit. The employee still gets a paycheck. When times are bountiful, the owner has to put away retained earnings to save for the lean times. Unfortunately, many employees see the bountiful times as a period to ask for more money.
I had to change my mindset, because I was that employee. Now as the business manager and owner, my perspective is changed. I hope that it doesn’t take me another 12 years to become the investor mindset.
I am the limiting factor though and I realize this. The spending that I did in my twenties and thirties affects the savings in my thirties and forties. I know better now, but still make mistakes.
In the end, I think that as long as we own our decisions, successes and failures…learn from them for future decisions…we are on the right path.