pit stop

 If the business world is an f1 race, then I think that the hiatus at Ayob's house was a pit stop for me. I have been racing and racing, and my mind was at the point of burnout as a tire about to be worn out. In the big picture, it is a good thing that I took a break, and an implosion has been averted.

It's a good thing to see things from a distance, and I think that I need a more solid foundation. I need to focus on my healthy diet and a solid workout routine. I need a strong mind and body to handle the stress of business and be consistent. So perhaps this is my number 1 priority.

Number 2, perhaps I need to restructure my company. I do believe that there is a fundamental flaw in the structure. The core hire I have at the moment is perhaps not qualified for the job, albeit she is very reliable. It is a tricky choice to make, because if I don't pay then I might not get anyone who wants to work at all. But at least my current employee does want to work for free. I think having the lowest qualified person for the job to create the system is a good thing because that means that the system would have to be very strong and self-sufficient, and not people-dependant at all. It is kind of like working out with the heaviest load to create a powerful system.

The number 3 thing to think about is my relationship with my family, my friends, and the girls I'm hanging out with. As I came back home in about 3 weeks, I feel like I have changed a lot. I would be loud and be myself. It was sorta like I found myself again. I became a lot more confident after meeting some beautiful girls that really want me. But now I have a task to balance between the time I spend on my business and hanging out with my friends and girls. I think that I can be quite strategic with the time I spend with friends, but with the time I spend with girls, I start getting emotional. And then either I'll spend too much time with them or no time at all. I'm not even confident in my ability to cut off beautiful girls out of my life. Maybe I need a rule like 2 days dedicated for girls a week or something.

But if I had to pick between cutting off my business or girls, momentarily that is, then I would cut off girls from my life, 100 percent. In the long term, if it was a permanent thing it would be a different story. But anyways, yeah I may even cut them off completely now depending on the mood. So that puts things in a somewhat clear perspective. Things don't work out with girls all the time. Business failure is a totally different story. I do think however that they do share a lot of philosophies, but that is a topic for a different time.


So to recap, my body is number 1, business number 2, and girls and friends and family number 3. However, I do find it funny that the most tempting priorities are at the end and the most important ones for my self-development are less desirable. The highest priorities do come full circle and help with all the other objectives. I guess that's what separates them from the less important objectives. The overall impact on improvement in life as a whole. So by working on my number 1 and 2 priorities, I am also working on all the other priorities indirectly. Whereas, it wouldn't work the other way around. This puts things in a crystal clear perspective.

I'm very glad I did my writing session today.









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