by Sandi Krakowski

Created on: July 18, 2007   Last Updated: June 22, 2009

Break the Rules and Live! How to Live The Life You Want Now

If you are pursuing money as the answer to your dreams you are masking a bad habit of laziness. The reality is this: A man making $ 50,000 a year who works 10 hour per week is wealthier, living in prosperity, when compared to the man who makes $ 500,000 per year and has to push it to the limit on 70 hours per week.

The all elusive dream of retirement and finally being able to do what we want is a myth that has buried many in a local cemetery and left their families with debt from the efforts to live the life when I finally retire still going on.

When faced with the notion of death many times people will ask themselves the fear inducing question that everyday normal healthy people should be asking themselves every morning, "What is it that I want to do with my life?" And if the only motivator you have for work is to pay your bills and hope to play a little with some of the leftover, quit your job now and just live on the streets- you might have more fun anyways.

Even self-employed business owners are falling prey to the programmed message that to become a millionaire will answer all of your problems and it's worth it to just sacrifice your family, your health, and your livelihood for a few years to have dreamy mornings in some chalet in Greece for years to come. Sad reality is many never make it to the chalet and many never even live to fulfill their dreams with their families. The increased house debt, the bigger, faster, cooler car and the increased spending account all in the name of growing the business takes over faster than a bad case of the flu until sick and tired is not a figure of speech. The deepest craving in the heart and mind of many business owners is simply the ability to sleep until they wake up. Some if able to do this might break a Guiness Book record going for days because of their insane push beyond the limits marathons. If security cameras were to give a glimpse of how many executives sleep at the office at least a dozen times per year we might be able to really tap into the reality of the chase the dollar' dream.

So what is the answer? Break the rules. March to a different drum. Ignore the lies that say if you don't work at least 60 hours you really aren't a successful business owner. Learn to do what you do now in the time. An interesting study revealed that most companies pay their employees for 40 hours of work when in reality only 15 hours of production was being accomplished.

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