Without this you won’t even try.

Motive matters. Why must you become financially independent? WHY is more important than how. If you have a big enough WHY, your brain will find the how. Give yourself a WHY that will make it an obsession. Who will you be able to serve? How will you contribute? What will it cost you or those you love if you fail? What will it cost you?

Your brain can’t hit a target it can’t see. You can’t manage what you don’t measure. You can’t control, what you don’t count. Clarify and Quantify. Define Financial Independence as specific, measurable outcomes or results in time.

Hire a financial coach or trainer. Join a peer group that will hold you to a higher standard. Share your commitment with someone whose respect you want to gain or retain.

Extract their strategies and turn decades into days.

Achieving financial independence a spiritual journey. The ultimate purpose of climbing the mountain is not to get to the top. It’s who you become to get there. If we’re not growing we’re dying. The path of least resistance is never the path to growth. We cannot give what we do not have. We must become more so that we have more to give. The secret to living is giving. And that’s not just money.