Money wonโt make you happy bro, trust meโฆ
(Donโt want to read? Scroll to the bottom to watch my video on this) I remember back in March 2024โฆ I started selling stuff on eBay I started making a lot of money online. I mean it wasnโt a crazy amount but for a 16 year old still at school it was pretty impressive. I think it was like ยฃ1000 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 ยฃ20 a day then just spend the rest of my day on games or whatever. I achieved that goal, as I made ยฃ1000 a month, which meant I was making much more than just ยฃ600 a month as I would have made with ยฃ20 a day. Yet I was still just like โMeh.โ ๐ซค I still didnโt feel good I was just like โOh letโs make more.โ Then I remember spending the money on some fancy cologne โJean Paul Gautier.โ Still emptiness. I didnโt 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 makingโฆ 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 โOf the journey was miserable to get there the destination will not fulfil youโ 5. Understand money is great but it really is not all that, especially of you sacrifice your health and happiness to get it