Fifteen Years

I am not afraid of hard. Hard is an incredibly sustainable competitive advantage. The first step of financial security is finding an income. To do that you need monetizable skills and knowledge. If someone promises you this in just 6 months, I’d take it with a pinch of salt. More realistic is probably 5 years to develop the skills and knowledge, five years to build a buffer and some Capital, and another 5 years for that Capital to just start learning to walk. If you have 6 months, I’ll have a beer and a moan with you. If you have 15 years, then we’re talking. What I am afraid of, is gambling. Hard, with the odds stacked against you. Hard, where you can have put the 15 years effort in and still be nowhere. That is why I prefer micro-ambition. Learning a little each day. More endurance. More resilience. More creativity. Developing a practice that you can have confidence in. Breaking hard down into little chunks. Then connecting each day to the next. Making a life out of those connections.