TIE #009: Steal This Strategy and Build Your Dream Life With It

If it worked for me, it can work for you.

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Everyone has a fantasy life that they dream of having.

Mine was (and now is) pretty simple:

• No alarm clocks

• No boss

• No commute

• Physically fit

• Enough income to cover all of my expenses, without having to work more than 10-20 hours/week

And above all else:

• The freedom to do what I want, when I want, no matter what day it is

Your dream life probably looks different, as it should. We all have different preferences.

It’s not hard to outline what your dream life looks like, I just explained mine in 10 seconds.

The hard part is making that life a reality.

Here is the strategy I used and you should use it too:

Step 1: Outline Your Dream Life in 10 Years

Like I said, this is easy. I just did it myself at the start of this post. Feel free to include goals for your personal life, not just your financial life.

Step 2: Create a Benchmark Goal for 5 Years in

If you want that dream life 10 years from now, you’ll need to have made progress after 5 years.

For me, this was:

• At least 2 profitable online businesses

• $5,000+ combined net monthly profit from my online businesses

• $250,000+ net worth

• Fully self-employed

• Keep lifting 5 days/week and eating a high protein diet

Yours will look different. Make it challenging but realistic.

Step 3: Outline Another Benchmark Goal for 1 Year in

To hit those benchmarks in Step 2, you have to lay the ground work.

Mine looked something like this:

• At least one profitable online business

• Lift 5 days/week and eat a high protein diet

Step 4: Outline One Last Benchmark for 1 Month in

To hit the 1 year benchmark, you’re going to need a specific plan of attack to get you started.

Mine looked like this:

• Play video games less

• Stop going to 99% of social events

• Sign up for a gym, start lifting 5+ days/week, and start eating a high protein diet

• Learn how to sell stuff on Amazon

• Sell my first item on Amazon (or get as close to doing so as possible)

This is how you reverse engineer the life you want most.

After mapping this out, almost every action you take should be something that gets you closer to both the 1 month goal and the 1 year goal.

If you decide your dream life looks different two years in, rebuild and update your strategy to match that end goal.

Also, if ten years sounds like it’s “too long” then you should give up now. All great things worth having take time and effort.

You must be realistic or you’ll be discouraged at the first sign of trouble.

I’m not saying this is the best way to do it, but this is what worked for me.

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