(Don’t want to read? Scroll to the bottom to watch my video on this) I remember back in March 2024… I started selling stuff on eBay I started making a lot of money online. I mean it wasn’t a crazy amount but for a 16 year old still at school it was pretty impressive. I think it was like £1000 in a month. All from simply selling old stuff around my home on the internet. It had been such a big goal of mine for so long I remember lol to make like £20 a day then just spend the rest of my day on games or whatever. I achieved that goal, as I made £1000 a month, which meant I was making much more than just £600 a month as I would have made with £20 a day. Yet I was still just like “Meh.” 🫤 I still didn’t feel good I was just like “Oh let’s make more.” Then I remember spending the money on some fancy cologne “Jean Paul Gautier.” Still emptiness. I didn’t realise what I was missing now, it took me a long time but finally I realised it. It was purpose, contribution, helping people, choosing the problems that I cared about. And loving my work. Also due to hedonic adaptation I got used to the money I was making… Most of all I had none of the purpose benefits, and thus I was unhappy. So what does this look like for you, the entrepreneur reading this? Here are your action steps: 1. Make your work fun, eliminate tasks you hate and add fun elements to your work like adding a social element, adding music, whatever you gotta do 2. See the greater vision in your work, make a note of your business's impact on the world of things go right 3. See money as a score of how well you are following your vision 4. Ingrain this quote “Of the journey was miserable to get there the destination will not fulfil you” 5. Understand money is great but it really is not all that, especially of you sacrifice your health and happiness to get it

(Don’t want to read? Scroll to the bottom to watch my video on this) Are you locked in on your business working hard? Waking up super early, smashing out deep work with a black coffee? Sacrificing more and more, so you can work more? There is nothing wrong with this and I too am doing the above, but it is also important to keep in mind to not sacrifice too much and go too far, we all have our limits. It is kinda like how the author in the book “The Way Of The Superior Man.” Deida says “Lean just beyond your edge.” You see he is not telling you to not even go near the edge, nor is he saying live right at it and live in fear. He is saying just beyond it. So that means for you, the ambitious entrepreneur reading this. Don’t go too far, still enjoy your live, customise your work life to how you like it, work hard but still prioritise mental health, for example I like to work hard and play hard, I will work very hard for about 14 days, then take about 4 days off and completely enjoy myself guilt free. Find what works for you, there is no one size fits all, and keep working hard but do not burn yourself out and become some miserable, depressed entrepreneur…

comment your struggles below, and I will reply :)