Remember the first day you became your own boss? Remember how you felt? Here’s how to get that back.
Pick a first day: The first day you opened a business, landed a huge customer, moved into a new location, or started a new job. Pick a first day when you felt happy and excited. Pick a day when you walked in and everything felt new: Filled with promise, filled with hope and potential and anticipation… Even though every day is the first day of the rest of your life, pick a day that felt like the start of a better, happier, and more fulfilling life.
Now think about today.
Those feelings? They’re gone. They’re lost. Today feels the same as yesterday and tomorrow seems like just one of a seemingly endless string of similar days stretching off into the distance. What changed?
You changed. You adapted. Adapting is natural. When something good happens, you feel happier for a while. Then you adapt to your new situation and return to your baseline “happy state.”
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