Emotional Energy and a Second Job

Whether you define it as emotional energy, or simply as just energy, this is a simple component of your success to understand.  Most people we recruit already have a primary job, as you probably do as well.

Inherently, what we are asking people to do is to jam something "extra" into their lives.  No matter how thoughtfully and constructively we frame it, no matter how much we can preach time management, regardless of how we define business-building activities - at the end of the day we add "something else" to peoples' lives.

I am not going to go down the "why" path, e.g. people need to have a strong enough "why" to compel them to action.  Fundamentally, what precedes this is emotional energy.  It is the internal transfer of energy from your head and your heart to your hands, feet, and will to communicate.  In other words, knowing what to do is not enough.  Doing it is everything. (And) this requires fortitude (emotional energy).

At his point, I could talk about all of the hallmarks of procrastination.  I will not.  In many other places on this blog, I have talked about making choices in modifying your lifestyle.  That doesn't get to the point here either.  The point is how you feel about what you are doing.  It is more akin to mood.

Is your "pain" or dissatisfaction with how your life is currently functioning strong enough to compel you to be doing something "extra".  Or, are you really money motivated and want a new boat or a second home (and) does this give you the emotional energy to add something to your life?  It all kind of sounds like a motivation thing.  But what I am getting at here even precedes motivation.  Again, it is more akin to the pervasive "mood" of your life.

This is about having a thought in the context of the "mood" of your life - and migrating that thought through a whole process - that results in money in your bank account.  At every step in this process, emotional energy is necessary.  It is the "thing" that overcomes complacency, procrastination, and self-doubt.  It is the spark that lights the motivation fire - and there has to be a reservoir of these "sparks" available to you on a daily basis, day in and day out.

So, the name of this post is, "Emotional Energy and a Second Job".  The reality is this:  until you build your business into a recurring, residual income stream, it is exactly the same as having a second job in terms of time invested, things to learn, etc. - until that point when you can prudently make a decision to "can" your primary job based on the amount of money you are making.

The bottom line is this:  thoughts tuned into actions are linked by emotional energy.  It is the connective tissue that turns desires into reality.