How To Avoid Getting Trapped In The Rat Race

Redd Angelo

Deadlines and rushing around.  Why is it that we feel that adrenaline rush with the feeling of being busy?  Where we can do all the things we have been meaning to do for weeks in the space of a few hours. Why is it that we let ourselves get distracted?

For me, I need constant reminders.  Not of tasks to be done but of what is important. 

In my morning affirmations I wrote, "...and I will put all of this ahead of work at my day job, or any other salaried job."  When I wrote it, I realised that working for someone else, no matter how much money or how flexible they are, would not ultimately meet my goals.

It is very easy to get sucked in without this constant reminder.  Sucked into the steady income.  Sucked into the thrill of negotiating a raise.  Sucked into the adrenaline feeling of all the tasks that need to be done in your current role.  Sucked into the feeling of accomplishment when one is ticked off the list.

Until you realise that the steady income is never as risk-free as you think.  Until you have lost half the raise through tax.  Until you realise that none of this has moved you much further towards your ultimate goals and dreams and that you have been doing all this as an excuse.

An excuse away from starting that side project.  An excuse away from making something. An excuse away from putting yourself out there.

You are very unlikely to get fired for being late.  Work on your side hustle before starting your day-job.

No one really cares if you leave early and if they do are very unlikely to say something.  Even if they do say something, they are very unlikely to fire you if you are producing results.

Focus on the 20% of tasks that produce 80% of the results and do these first.  You will be producing more output than 80% of anyone else in the shorter time you are in the office.

No excuses.  Even if you do get fired, at least you tried to make both work.  And now you have been given the gift of focus.

No excuses.  How many people do you know who got fired for their side hustle?  None.

No excuses.

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