Conventional wisdom states that practicing a difficult task more often will make that task easier. Well, I’ve discovered a variation on that theme through yoga.
I practice 5 times a week, but recently, I started taking a much more difficult type of yoga, ashtanga. Before ashtanga, the most difficult class I’d taken was intermediate Bikram class. After a few ashtanga classes, intermediate Bikram seemed comparatively easier.
The same was true for Inferno Hot Pilates. All those bridges and side planks were so killer until I joined Orange Theory. Since then, every pilates exercise became that much easier to do.
So, where I’m going with this is: how do I apply those lessons to other aspects in my life? I’m not merely looking to complicate things. I want an improvement in the quality of life through growing myself as a person.
The only reason those exercise classes that I started out with seem easier now is because I’ve improved my overall physical fitness through cross-training. I want to do that with both my art and financial situation.
Is the answer multiple revenue streams? How about leveraging? I already know that the more skills I have under my belt, the better off I should be in order to roll with the changing market.
My brief experience with working several meh jobs is that usually, with my fluctuating luck, they tend to hiccup at the same time, so I’m left scrambling. One thing that I’ve only recently embraced is to continually look for another job.
Over the past 6 years, I’ve read several books about starting a small business. In some way or other, they always talk about leverage. It’s not always about money. Whatever I don’t already know, I hire someone else who does in order to leverage their knowledge. Whatever I can’t do, I leverage someone else’s skills. And what I don’t have time to do, I leverage someone else’s time.
About the only thing I’m uncomfortable with is leveraging someone else’s money. Perhaps once I’m able to go through that door, I’ll start on a different journey altogether.