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Now my first “sacrifice” towards building my career was being okay giving up ANY type of consistency in my life…
For the last 12 years, every week I’ve worked different hours…I’ve worked different days…and I’ve made a different income. With that type of schedule, also comes a VERY inconsistent income…So that type of inconsistency is something, as an entrepreneur or business owner, you HAVE to get used to and accept. And you DO give up a sense of tranquility in terms of just knowing how much you’ll make and having some type of consistent, predictable schedule.
Secondly, given that type of unpredictable schedule, I’ve absolutely had to sacrifice a big portion of my social life in pursuit of my career…
When you’re working for yourself and setting your own hours, there’s never a time you “Clock Out” - and there always seems to be a shortage of hours in the day to get everything done that you need to do. There’s always the feeling that you could be doing a LITTLE more to get ahead, and because of that, you usually end up working a LOT more and keeping yourself VERY busy.
Third, one of my biggest personal sacrifices for the sake of “Success” - that I’m sure EVERYONE can relate to on some level - was giving up my “Free Time.”
I’m talking about time in the day where you can afford to just do WHATEVER…maybe a night where you browse TV for a few hours to see what’s on, or putting on a random movie, or just spending an afternoon taking a nap and lounging around. Because when you’re in the midsts of trying to get yourself ahead, doing that becomes a LUXURY.
When you start viewing every little thing you do as having an impact on the rest of your life, you start realizing how limited your free time REALLY IS when you’re trying to get ahead - and you treat it like a very limited commodity.
Fourth, another big sacrifice that I’ve had to make throughout the last 12 years…is giving up the ability to travel for fun and go on a vacation.
I’ve always wanted to take a few months off and travel the world…but I’ve always been at the point in my career where if I take time off, I’ll lose a LOT of the momentum I’ve spend years building up to. Positively, since I’ve chosen to delay my vacations, I could afford to now travel in much better accommodations than I could’ve 10 years ago…but even now, travel is incredibly difficult to do with my current schedule.
And lastly…my 5th sacrifice, which ties well into the fourth…is the delayed gratification of not giving in to immediate wants and desires.
Throughout my entire career, I have constantly delayed gratification, waited to buy things, lived below my means, taken less expensive alternatives, re-invested my money, and given up a LOT of luxuries for the sake of having more money to invest, and a better future ahead of me…those sacrifices weren’t always easy, but looking back, I wouldn’t have changed ANYTHING. Those sacrifices were absolutely worth it to get to where I am today, and I’m extremely happy with how it’s turned out.
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Now my first “sacrifice” towards building my career was being okay giving up ANY type of consistency in my life…
For the last 12 years, every week I’ve worked different hours…I’ve worked different days…and I’ve made a different income. With that type of schedule, also comes a VERY inconsistent income…So that type of inconsistency is something, as an entrepreneur or business owner, you HAVE to get used to and accept. And you DO give up a sense of tranquility in terms of just knowing how much you’ll make and having some type of consistent, predictable schedule.
Secondly, given that type of unpredictable schedule, I’ve absolutely had to sacrifice a big portion of my social life in pursuit of my career…
When you’re working for yourself and setting your own hours, there’s never a time you “Clock Out” - and there always seems to be a shortage of hours in the day to get everything done that you need to do. There’s always the feeling that you could be doing a LITTLE more to get ahead, and because of that, you usually end up working a LOT more and keeping yourself VERY busy.
Third, one of my biggest personal sacrifices for the sake of “Success” - that I’m sure EVERYONE can relate to on some level - was giving up my “Free Time.”
I’m talking about time in the day where you can afford to just do WHATEVER…maybe a night where you browse TV for a few hours to see what’s on, or putting on a random movie, or just spending an afternoon taking a nap and lounging around. Because when you’re in the midsts of trying to get yourself ahead, doing that becomes a LUXURY.
When you start viewing every little thing you do as having an impact on the rest of your life, you start realizing how limited your free time REALLY IS when you’re trying to get ahead - and you treat it like a very limited commodity.
Fourth, another big sacrifice that I’ve had to make throughout the last 12 years…is giving up the ability to travel for fun and go on a vacation.
I’ve always wanted to take a few months off and travel the world…but I’ve always been at the point in my career where if I take time off, I’ll lose a LOT of the momentum I’ve spend years building up to. Positively, since I’ve chosen to delay my vacations, I could afford to now travel in much better accommodations than I could’ve 10 years ago…but even now, travel is incredibly difficult to do with my current schedule.
And lastly…my 5th sacrifice, which ties well into the fourth…is the delayed gratification of not giving in to immediate wants and desires.
Throughout my entire career, I have constantly delayed gratification, waited to buy things, lived below my means, taken less expensive alternatives, re-invested my money, and given up a LOT of luxuries for the sake of having more money to invest, and a better future ahead of me…those sacrifices weren’t always easy, but looking back, I wouldn’t have changed ANYTHING. Those sacrifices were absolutely worth it to get to where I am today, and I’m extremely happy with how it’s turned out.
For business or one-on-one real estate investing/real estate agent consulting inquiries, you can reach me at GrahamStephanBusiness @gmail.com
*Some of the card links and other products that appear on this video are from companies which Graham Stephan will earn an affiliate commission or referral bonus. Graham Stephan is part of an affiliate network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites, such as CreditCards.com. This content does not include all credit card companies, or all available credit card offers. The content in this video is accurate as of the posting date. Some of the offers mentioned may no longer be available.
wtf is this video on a playlist about growing cannabis lol
Not sure why but this popped up in a playlist for Mr Cunuks Grow.
Thanks for sharing. Just came from your video about social anxiety, and I appreciate your being frank about other parts of who you are. Drop me a line if you end up making that trip to Europe. I moved to Germany 23 years ago and became a German citizen in 2013.
How much is enough so you can actually start enjoying the money?
I love your Channel. And I was very surprised to find this video Mr Canucks Autoflower guide playlist. Never thought I would see two of my favorite YouTubers from two completely different genres cross path like this by the way if you don't know mr. Canucks Channel is a Channel concentrating entirely on cannabis cultivation it is an amazing Channel with beautiful video editing and if you haven't seen it before you should definitely check it out if you're into that kind of thing
Great content
bulshit , health wealth love and Fulfillment are success and if the biz is set up right and you have good real no fake friends they will understand and travel with you.. you integrate it
Running youtube as if you were Jeasus.
What did you achive? Career as what?
i dont have freinds, free time is boring, and travel costs too much and takes up too much time, am i successful yet?
Gotta say a massive time saver is the 2x speed button
Why not just make another channel based on cheap vacations. I would sub
Delayed gratification and disciplines have their merits, but here is my issue with late stage capitalism and it's best bro individualism: they both demand extraordinary amounts of work from an individual as a means to attaining extraordinary amounts of material wealth that fluctuates in value over time in order to meet human needs and wants with the owners of capital exploiting workers' material wealth for their own gain. Sacrificing time with family, friends and leisure is problematic because these are fundamental aspects of maintaining human physical and mental well being. Under anarchism/syndicalism/communism, work would be a means to itself and not a means to and end, which would mean lesser hours worked for attaining surplus capital in order to safe guard an enterprise against the economic instability that is inherent to capitalism. Lesser work hours in a society free of private ownership of the means of production, markets and commodities would mean ALL humans can devote more time to leisure and self-actualization, not the privileged few. Whether it's wage slavery or hustle or grind, it's pitiful that humans in our 'civilization' have to sacrifice so much in order to make ends meet when hunter gatherers have and still work for considerably to order to sustain themselves.
The price of success is being and staying hard on yourself. You need to be hard on yourself as long as you don't get to the checkpoint. The minute you ease up, you start straying from your path. This is what I learned from genuinely making big mistakes of my own.
I think the secret to success is smashing that like button
Can't imagine this is how many x time that I rewatch here.
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Here's an idea for your next video: collaborate with other YouTubers who travel all over the world and capture their financial story (e.g. income, budget plans, and share their travel tips)
"You can't get something for nothing."
Friends? What is this new word you speak of mister?
You need to travel while you are young!
I NEARLY broke down watching this, man, this grind feels like the worst sometimes but you just have to get numb to it. Not happy, not depressed, just. numb.
Graham when you make it to Australia, be great to take you for a flight over the reef and local islands. Thanks for all the lessons tips and tricks, peace brother
What I'm learning from you is that I need to cut my spending ASAP. You're way better off than I am and in a day I spend more than you do (eating out is the culprit). Though I will say no coffee shop makes coffee better than I do at home.
take your channel with you lol
Hey Graham, I was like you for a long time. Please… sighs … I'm in no position to give you advice, but please let me tell you from experience…
You don't always choose your future… sometimes the future chooses you. I always thought I'd be healthy enough to enjoy my success. In 20 years, all the money in the world won't buy you 20 years back.
Hey Graham, I was watching SELLING SUNSET and spotted you a few time during the season. I wanted to know how was the experience and are your property purchases done through the Oppenheimer group. And did you also make any revenue from being on the Netflix series SELLING SUNSET
You are amazing!
Love the video, I can relate and it makes me feel not alone
You should take that trip and vlog it a little bit. We will watch. Live while you are young and healthy enough to enjoy it. Your subs will be here when you get back too.