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You don’t like where you’re staying? or ya just wanna get away?

Well…isn’t choosing a destination a step closer to actually getting away?

If you think to yourself “I wanna stay in another place”, or “I want to live in another place!” wouldn’t it be one step closer if you know the city you want to stay in? Wouldn’t it be more concrete and easier to lock on to if you knew how much it cost and you have pictures of where you’d be living?

This is what I like about Airbnb.

Tell me this listing above ain’t badass. There’s actually a ‘Tour this home’ button for some spaces, and it’s cool to just picture yourself walking through these crazy spots.

This is the most excited I’ve been in a while! I have a goal to live in a another area this year, but that’s so fuzzy, and by actually just browsing I found some badass spots! Airbnb didn’t get badass until I set the cost filter to minimum $645 per night over here in Dallas. The average was $135…but you get average, and I’m used to spending just under average! In fact, my first time, I stayed in a hostel for $25/night in California… and I got what I paid for – very crowded place to stay but amazing location.

In some areas smaller amounts go a waaaay longer way.

Look at that listing in Thailand! At the time of this writing it’s $55 per night! Yo come on!

Whatever you do, don’t just dismiss your desires because it would be a stretch to get there. That’s the easy way out. Instead of looking at one of these badass spots and saying some version of “I can’t because…” say “how can I”? That’s a more creative question that involves some more effort from you…but you will not regret that you stretched yourself here…and Giving 100 percent effort is badass too! 😉

Damn. Here’s a big step in maturity – acceptance and welcoming of responsibility.

Taking low level jobs? Stopping the business you created from growing? Low on finances?

These have all been possible symptoms of shirking responsibility and it hit me like a ton of bricks. All people I admire take on great responsibility.

From the outside in, it looks like greater rewards that come with taking on greater responsibility are just a side benefit. The real benefit is the character sculpting.

Welcome responsibility! Come on in.

After working years in stuffy, boring ass 9-5 jobs, I decided to drop that rigid slave-like schedule and prioritize flexibility in my day-to day schedule – even it it meant lower pay.

Benefits of being an independent contractor (400 favors as a Favor runner) and setting my own schedule:

• I don’t have to cap my breaks at 15 min
• I can eat lunch whenever I want
• I can take walks outside whenever I want
• I can attend meetings / educational webinars and CGC coaching calls and move my schedule around these things. In my 9-5 job I would usually have to miss the things I wanted to do because keeping my boring ass 9-5 was a priority.
• I get to have the mornings to prioritize my goals first if I so choose.
• More responsibility (this could be a positive or a negative the way you look at it)
• I can take a day, a week, a month off and pick up where I left off if I like.
• I can do things when other people are at work so to avoid traffic and lines.

Hell Yeah.

Of course there are downsides too. My pay has been cut in half from my 9-5 job. There is always the risk of being too lazy and paying the consequence later. There is a lot more isolation.

So wtf am I saying here? I’m again saying flexibility is badass. Too badass for me to go back to a 9-5, so in the meantime in between time, even though being a Favor Runner sucks, I will keep going doing it while exploring other options that will payoff better in the future.

I think my next post will be an attempt to make Favor a little more badass for me, the runner, since I’m choosing to continue it for now.

When someone says they want something, and you see them giving their all out effort to get it, don’t you just want them to have it?

When I see someone give their all to have something (and usually it’s a big something if it demands all their effort), and I see them get it, I just shrug my shoulders and say…”hey they deserve it!” – Especially if I’ve personally seen them fight, work, persist and overcome their own doubts, fears, limiting beliefs and other obstacles to have what they want.

On the other hand, have you seen someone do the opposite? They say they want something worth having, but you don’t see them putting in the work required. And after a while, you realize it’s just hot air…it’s just talk. Because talk is easy.

That ain’t badass man. It’s in a man’s nature to get shit done, and you can’t get important, high-value shit done without a hell of an effort.

So I’m guessing I’ve listened to Brian Tracy’s Eat That Frog about 20 times this month. It’s the only audio book I’m listening to and I try to listen whenever I’m in the car doing some Favors.

Man this is crazy.

Instead of reading hella books, reading ONE book repeatedly has helped to internalize the messages.

I have to train my mind. If I don’t direct my mind where I want it to go, it will go to fear, doubt and insecurity or anything else vying for my attention.

Thank you Mr. Tracy.

The ability to author your life the way you want it is the damn foundation of badass.

When you say “Hey, I want that shit” and you go for it, that’s badass.

Living out the values you value is badass.

Liking what you like. No shame, no guilt. That’s badass.

Fear, doubt, insecurity ain’t badass.

When you look back, you’ll see the whole process of being an author is pretty badass too. Enjoy that shit.