Turn Off the Faucet
I heard an interesting story this morning and I wanted to share it with you all.
Years ago, mental institutions used a simple test to see if one of their patients was ready to be released. They had a room with a sink in it and not much more. They would plug the drain, turn on the faucet, and allow the sink to overflow.
Then, they would ask the patient if they would enter the room with a mop and bucket to clean up the water. What happened next was the true test.
If a patient walked into the room and turned off the running water before they began mopping, they were deemed to be ready for release. Sadly, however, many patients would enter the room and begin mopping the floor without turning off the water. Although they were performing the task that was asked of them, they were unable to easily identify the source of the water—the running faucet.
So many of us have financial issues that are similar to this problem. We aren’t able to identify the source of the problem, and we find ourselves mopping floor and wondering why we aren’t getting anywhere.
Many personal finance sites will hand you a mop, but my hope is that I can help you find the faucet.
You have the freedom to do whatever you’d like, but you don’t have freedom from the consequences of your choices.
Don’t spend more than you earn. Fund a Roth IRA. Don’t take your life savings with you to Vegas.
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Identify and hone your work that could become timeless
No matter what your profession, it’s easy to get caught up in the grind and lose sight of your work’s legacy. Instapaper developer and blogger Marco Arment decided to renew his focus on work that would be relevant decades down the line.
This great advice for those of us that tend to find ourselves trying to just survive until 5pm on Friday. What are you working on that will be timeless?
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
Source: washingtonpoststyle
Meet Dawn Loggins, an 18-year-old who went from a homeless dropout to a full ride at Harvard.
The journey for the 18-year-old began last summer when her mother and stepfather abandoned her. They dropped her off at a prestigious six-week summer school program and just never came back.
Loggins figured all she could do was go home to Shelby, N.C., for her senior year at Burns High School. Friends took mercy, letting her sleep on their couches. She hit the books hard, even enrolling in advanced placement classes. And she took a job at school as a janitor, cleaning before and after class.
“I’ve known I wanted to go to college ever since I was like 12,” she told The Daily. “I just made a decision to myself that I was not going to live like my family.”
Source: thedaily.com
I think that one of these days you’re going to have to find out where you want to go. And then you’ve got to start going there.
“Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.”
-Napoleon Hill
