Which leads me to my next point.

The second hurdle comes down to our ability to admit that maybe we’ve been wrong.

The second hurdle comes down to our ability to admit that maybe we’ve been wrong.

As adults, it’s hard to accept that reality.

If I said, hey, instead of selling your soul at a job you hate, along with most of your quality time and energy, just to pay the bills, you could be on a beach surfing and having your bank account increase by doing nothing. It’s going to be hard to accept that that could be real, because then… why have I been living this way all my life???? It’s hard to change the very principles we have built our lives on. The ideas we have of “this is just the way it is” and all the deep sacrifices we have made off of that principle… that can be a huge pill to swallow to say, maybe we weren’t right about the rules of life. Maybe we made decisions off of incorrect or incomplete information.

Dang. That hurts.

BUT — as my friend Gerald always tells me — even having that realization is the sweetest thing. Because if you’re having it, you’re still alive, and that means, there is still the ability to change.

You having that realization, me having that realization, is amazing. Because we are growing. And we didn’t go through our whole lives like that.

In a weird way regret is a beautiful thing, because you only can have regret if you are alive. And if you are alive, there is still time to change and explore this beautiful new reality you have tasted.

BIG DISCLAIMER: It’s not as easy as the surfing-beach scenario I said above. That was an exaggerated hyperbole just to make a point. But the concept of soft income is a real thing that I will go into later….. and frankly, some people do live that life.