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What are you going to fight for this year?
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What are you going to fight for this year?

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Wilko van de Kamp
Dec 18, 2022
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No offence, but there is a bunch of mental “sissies” on this planet who accept everything as it is. Struggling financially and not having time with your kids, family and loved ones is not how it has to be. Yes, a an “independent”, my schedule is different than most employees – but the journey has been worth it. It’s way better than you ever would have been able to describe to me when I first started out.

As you can read in my Happiness book, it’s going to be hard. But the good news is, that as soon as you accept it’s going to be hard instead of fight against it, it’ll get easier. The secret lies in getting started, being consistent with what you’re doing and continuing to build and work towards your goals.

Most regular employees don’t have much of a plan. Their plan is to show up to work from 8-5, maybe have a few weeks vacation every year and that’s all there is to it. When you want to build something (anything) for yourself it’s different: you need to be a man (or woman) with a plan. …

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