Hey Dan here and if you're at the stage of life where you're thinking about well
just that life what's next for you may be thinking about your life plan or the
path you want to follow then this video is definitely for you now if you're new
to the channel my name is Dan this is Dreams Around The World and my mission
here is to help you become the best version of yourself all while creating
the most awesome life possible for you and those you love in the last few days
I've had this pretty much same conversation with two clients and the
conversation has been about the life path and ultimately do you jump into
exactly what you want to do your end destination so say your goal is to
become a coach do you jump right into that at age 23 or do you take a job and
gain some experience first there's a lot to unpack with this decision because as
we all know at least you know if you've been following this channel for long
enough the ear loves to mess with us right and it loves to come in and
discolor things so you think hey I need all this experience before I could
succeed in this right and therefore I'm not gonna do the thing I really want to
do because I have this fear right now and I think I need to do all this other
stuff then also we do live in a real world where you need to develop skills
and experience I don't know if I shared the story before on the channel but in
my early 20s I jumped into being a coach and I failed miserably I mean I didn't
really put myself out there that much so I don't know how much I failed from a
painful point of view I kind of pivoted and did other things but I had a
business card I think the quote on the back this was pre Tiger Woods scandal
was I have a quote because I can't see myself swaying or I have a quote I have
a coach because I can't see myself swing from Tiger Woods right I had the
business cards and all of it and the truth is I was over able to overcome the
fear and I was able to jump right into it I didn't really have enough life
experience and I didn't really know what the hell I was doing
and so maybe had I stuck to that track I would have become some wonder kid 24
year old life coach speaker guy I wasn't bad at it actually in terms of the
speaking part but I to think that the time between then and
now gave me a lot of real-world experience where now I'm not another
cliche douchey kind of life coach guys viewing out the same lessons on the law
of attraction and this and quoting Brian Tracy or Tony Robbins and whoever else
and I actually have some debt and some knowledge that sort of grounds me in my
confidence with what I'm doing so there really is some complexity to the debate
of whether you just jump in to do what you want to do or whether you gained
some real-world experience and knowledge before doing it it's not this black and
white thing of like no you need 10 years experience before you can do anything on
your own orgeous you should do it right away
right but here's what's really important if you take one thing away from this
video this is what I want it to be whatever you choose to spend your time
doing now ensure it's building your foundation and it's going to contribute
to that long-term goal you want to reach so in my case between young 20-something
year old want to be coached in and the den you see today I did a couple things
I got involved in a start-up as well as my own business which failed miserably
but I had people working for me and learnt a lot a lot about myself good and
bad I was involved in a set in another startup with a team of people and I
worked as a freelance copywriter and all of those things and I became an author
too I guess before I was really coaching and that contributed and all these
things added a lot to what I'm doing now you know being part of a team as well as
having my own startup or company or whatever I learned a lot about the
realities of managing people and also what I wanted and being a copywriter I
mean copywriting is one of the most important business skills there is I
think and so even though I think deep down I knew I didn't want to be a
copywriter my whole life even though it provided a awesome lifestyle and I liked
a lot about it it gave me the ability to live how I wanted at the time
and contributed to my success afterwards because I developed a skill that would
stay with me I wasn't doing something completely unrelated to what I am doing
now I was learning a lot and actually a lot of my clients as a copywriter were
coaches so I got to know a lot of coaches and learn about how they
operated and what kind of people they were as well as how to market and grow
their businesses and that obviously was pretty useful when I decided to jump all
in and be a coach myself so I definitely can't tell you especially through video
format here what specifically you should do next on your life path so maybe
you're really not ready to do the thing that you want to do but change direction
so you're at least on track for it or at least learning something that will be
part of the foundation which eventually makes you really successful as I said
you might take a pay cut maybe you have to go apprentice for someone or take a
lower paid job in an industry that is not maybe as appealing to your friends
is what you're doing now who cares do that it's so much more
important that what you're doing now is building a foundation for yourself so
that eventually you'll be ready and have all the tools and knowledge and
experience and whatever else you feel you need to succeed in that thing you
really want to be doing thank you for watching this video I publish new ones
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catch you in the next one very soon thanks for watching
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