Quit Your Day Job and Live Out Your Dreams by Dr. Ken Atchity
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In this Film Courage video, Dr. Ken Atchity (Author, Publisher, Producer), shares how his own pursuit of living his dreams spawned a book on the subject and what blocks most people's road to success.
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Deep and very useful. Thanks for sharing.
Good video and adive but the god sentence was too extra
I was a creative director working on Fortune 500 brands and IP’s like Marvel / Star Wars for over 20 years. Eventually I walked away from the all the corporate industry bs to create my own clothing lines and fulfill my actual dreams as a creative. I don’t regret the time I spent working for those big brands cause I gained great experience but I should have taken the leap much earlier. It’s never too late. Great video! 👍
Rent, people are afraid of not making rent! Keep it simple.
"When you're 20 you care what everyone thinks, when you're 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks,
when you're 60 you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place"
Wish I had 60 thinking at 20,,,I'd be an ALL BLACK,,,or close to one...
As a 25 year old man, I needed to read this
@@choggerboom I accidentally learned this at a very young age. It is actually one of four rules of life that have been known for ages! The first rule is. Do your best! That Is all you can do. The second rule is more like "do not worry about what others think about you! He just mentioned that!!! Serendipitous...or not...the other two rules....you must learn on your own!!! Always look on the bright side of life....imagine whistling!!!!
@@vincentconti3633 LOL.... so true - where does 20 years go??
Ha! That's good!
Whatever path you choose in life , always remember the end result is still death. So why not take chances and do what you really want.
Damn that's grim
Yep great mindset
Stfu
@Gary Johnston Shut the fuck up!!! 😆
@Gary Johnston
I believe in following dreams but with realistic expectations added in. Most people will fail badly at something in life. But if they never tried anything they would never have failed either, and would never have succeeded either. Wayne Gretzky said "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take".
I was just thinking about quitting my job to focus on my business, and this popped up. Divine timing💕
Update: I did it. Best decision ever.
Universe aligned everything perfectly. I don't struggle for anything. Abundance just flows to me. Good luck😘
Needed to read this....divine timing indeed🙏🏾
Girl!!!! I'm struggling to take the leap because I havr a duaghter to provide for?!?!? I want to so bad
@Bobs Slong I was never married. I make 2x more then my ex boyfriend and am on an entire other level then him. Why would you think I would need him?...were talking about quitting our corporate job to pursue our dreams....you are very very narrow minded and lack life experience. .."maybe I should of stayed married" lmao you are hilarious! What a weirdo comment. Go back to bed
Way to go.
Thank you and you to namaste
The best things in life are free, stop accumulating things you don’t need, walk the dog, exercise, listen to music, help others, trust me you will be happier...
And a good cup of coffee with your cat over your lap.
Chris Murphy yeppers
100% absolutely correct. One more thing - eat right.
Nothing is free. Time is a one way transaction. Every decision you make, every action, every thought represents a bill of sale in which you have traded a fraction of your life force in order to do a thing. For all of us, there is only the inevitability of the grave.
I lived this way in the 90s as a teenager with barely anything I was free and happy . Now as adult jobs I don’t like I do it to get a paycheck to get by and inside I feel empty
Your salary is the bribe your employer pays you to forget your dreams.
Hey, I like that. Not as a condemnation of employers, most of whom are just following their dreams to own a business or whatnot, but I like it more as an incentive and inspiration to go for mine.
true
Is it always about bribery? Can’t we simply negotiate a deal whereby we both mutually benefit? Maybe not.
Your salary is a gateway to your dreams. To achieve dreams you need money. To get money you need to work. So, get a job. Work, safe and than quit.
@@deeperperspective 100%
Success is waking up in the morning and doing what you want to do.
@Julian Stann absolutely, yes.
Isnt that called retirement ?
.....and getting paid for it.
I like to do Meth
@Julian Stann God gave us free will.
If I quit my day job, I'm not fearful of other's opinions, I'm fearful of becoming homeless while working on my dream of working from home. But when I'm at my day job, all I can think about is my dream and I'm one step away from just walking out and never looking back.
Assess your finances saving more than you thought you could. Make sure you have a tent and camp stove. Drive a mini van. You then can vacation cheaply learning home is in the house. Read' living more with less' ,look at work away website,consider being nanny,elder assistant. Time passes so fast,2020's happen. Jump
@@cherylcarlson3315 Yeah. Or at least get two decent small backpacking backpacks (every extra ounce is a back breaker). I lived out of a backpack for 6 months (after my car broke down), found weed trimming work, then continued to film my video project abroad. Definitely worth it.
Do it
I faced my financial fears. I paid off all of my debt in 1.5 years, right sized my home to what I needed (almost 2000 square feet and a large yard to 1200 and a smaller yard with lots of gardens!) and put what I made on the sale of my home into a retirement fund. I worked 2 jobs for 5 years to build a nice nest egg, pay off that debt, and I was not making a lot of money. You can downsize all parts of your life and still live like a King or Queen. I drive a 10 year old Jeep, that I love. I make all of my meals, I take long hikes, I volunteer at an animal shelter and I live very simple and frugally. I have never been more productive or happy! I am the weirdo among those in my 40's but I don't mind. Someone has to be.
@@txspacemom765 beautiful
Thanks for the advice. I'm 52 and quit the manufacturing world after 29 years. I got so tired of the corporate puppets coming down and acting like tyrants I turned walk in and handed in my 30 day notice. I worked as a supervisor but it turned into a supervisor, manager, HR and Safety manager job and expected us to work 12 hour days seven days a week. I decided screw that paid everything off I own. I now make knives and jewelry as my hobby and help my kids out with their business. Best thing I could of done.
Thank you for this ❤️ inspires me
👏👏👏
Sir ur such inspiration for us the young generation, I'm exhausted by my daily obligations convinced that my happiness lying in day-to-day regular paycheck and a decent frugal lifestyle to secure finance for my kids' college and home mortgage, I think that's beautiful but I can do more and pursuit my paths
Thank you 💛💛
Hell yes.
I met a retired salesman in his 60’s finishing up his history degree. His dream was to be a history teacher. When most folks are retiring he was starting something new. I never forgot him.
and now he is history?
@@alo5301 What a Moronic comment from a Moron.
That's very appropriate. If he remembers what people are beginning to study (the early-ish 20th century) plus first-hand from his parents & grandparents...why not? Great! (My Grandma was born in 1899, she taught in a one-room school house. It's still accessable therefore quality is still possible!)
Retiring and living in the past! Talk about fear!!!
I started writing at 55. Go for it.
“If people are telling you no, they’re expressing their own fears.”
TRUTH.
Depends if youre 20 and naïve - maybe its good to be brought back down a bit by older experienced meaningfull people.
preach
@@lunarmodule6419 naah! Lots of older people are filled with fear. You don't get it
That's right
@@johntao6822 Experience can be a valuable teacher, otherwise its like a 20 year old smacking head first into a wall and then a 60 year old saying, "oh yeah I didn't tell you about that." Sometimes no is exactly what we need to hear. Wisdom is the practical application of truth and simply casting aside an older, more experienced voice because it doesn't align with your perception makes you a fool, not someone who is fighting for their dream. Not everything you want is always going to lead to good. You can't always assume that no is a bad word. If one can't take "no" and figure out how to grow from it then they are not going to be able to grow in anything they do.
I remember when I gave my two week notice (to go full time into my business). I called my wife after, she asked me if I was nervous..I told her I never felt more confident. There is something reviving about knowing you're the only person in charge of your destiny. Follow your dreams!
what's your 4 year update? :D
@@vincentcaudo-engelmann9057 I wouldn't change anything
Ive quit my day job for 5 years now. Endured plenty of shame from my family but the freedom I'm experiencing has made it all worth it! And I know things will only get better from here 😊
Started my own bussiness at 23 as a Designer/General Contractor, I'm 60 years old now and have always lived my dream,,when everyone told me i would fail,,,now I've started my other dream to buy and restore classic cars, and I will succeed again.
George Spangler what did you design?
@@richc2739 many homes, mainly vacation beach homes and additions,, thought myself how to draw house plans. But always had an eye for Design. Now I'm focusing on designing classic cars different from the rest.
George Spangler you know anybody with de stressed homes for sale? I’m a whole seller /investor
When they told you that you would fail. You should have told them: "Of course I will".😝
Sounds like bullshit.
My mantra since age 60 has been, "It's none of my business what other people think." It's so liberating!
dos dandelions that’s is so true. Thanks for great advice.
Thank you
I'm in my early 50s and getting there.
Ha-thats also an AA mantra-and it works!
That's a really good one! Thank you!
"Do not do tomorrow what you can do today, discipline causes a few years of discomfort but regret causes a lifetime of pain". Rashida Costa
❤
From somebody who's done this: There is a difference between fear of failure and fear of homelessness. When I got five mortgage payments behind, I was no longer focusing my creative energy on writing, I was losing sleep because I was about to lose my house. For a novelist anyway, I think the idea of quitting your day job is really bad advice. I have found it easier to be creative when I don't have to worry about where my next house payment is coming from. I've written six novels, one of them while unemployed and "chasing my dream." Lemme tell you - financial desperation does not improve your odds. I can still produce 10,000 words a week just fine as somebody who gets a paycheck. And my books still don't sell. That problem is not solved by adding the anxiety of having no income. .02 from somebody who tried it and lost.
I agree with you. Examples given of people chasing their dreams by quitting their job and going all is 1)An example given in a vacuum, not accounting setbacks, and the pain associated with poverty (Dunning kruger effect), and 2)Based on Survivorship Bias, where 1 amazing story of incredible success is defined as a common outcome, and 3)Based on an argument that the worse things get, the better they will become because you have nothing to lose (kind of like accelerationism). This idea is bullshit. Rather, artists should probably keep their day jobs and simultaneously try to build their careers in the arts/entertainment. It's actually possible, especially today with computers and the internet.
Well said, and a HIGHLY needed does of reality. I'm also a creative, and I can imagine that the stress of late bills would COMPLETELY shut my creative juices down.
Excellent point, it's totally bad advice. It's actually backwards. First, get financially stable as best as possible and then either cash out or just pursue the so called dream after hours. We all have 24 hours in a day, a lot can be accomplished if one is willing to get uncomfortable and sleep less to work more until either the job or the so called living the dream comes to fulfillment. I'm done struggling financially, I'll wait, save my money and then live my dream. If I drop dead so be it, at least I dropped dead trying to improve myself. Jesus is always in control, let Him.
I'm really glad you commented because I was kind of annoyed at this video. This is for people who are deciding to put any work to a dream career - in the dream phase, not when they have been trying to build it as they live and work in a conventional career in order to get and stay financially in a good position. This guy has networks, was already working in the industry when he jumped from his comments and financial stability (he lives in LA), he fails to touch on building all the things you need to have to make a career in the 'business' of movie making even as a writer which is what creatives need to know to make the change successful (Maybe its in the book but from the focus of the discussion I'm guessing not). And that is far more challenging than throwing over a good career and fighting your fear! If you are focused on fear you aren't focused on what you want and you won't make it one step because to my prior point, its a business with no one path, breaking in is like breaking into fort Knox and out of Alcatraz simultaneously. You wouldn't achieve either of these and certainly not both if you are still unsure if it for you.
exactly. I feel you because I did pretty much the same
7:52 "Your job is to do what your dreams tell you to do." That just hit me like a brick.
Shane Laporte yeah this was so powerful for me, an awakening of sorts occurred
He also said divorce your partner lol no wonder he’s happy 😂
At the same time lots of folks are poor and slave to their dreams. I mean being miserable at work and changing is one thing...
I dream of doing nothing having enough money for basics no car or anything and saving money to play video games cuz it’s a cheap hobby and never go anywhere cuz it costs too much and eating once a day to save money
@@usefulidiot2842 I am living your dream life.
Most people don't know what their dream is. Nobody ever talks about that.
Yep, a lot of people are just plain boring. No real interests and actually enjoy a 9-5 out of boredom
Erica Jennings I’m going to use this program.
What's worse is you when you think you know what your dream is, so you quit your day job to pursue that dream... Then it turns out you don't like it at all... That's kind of what happened with me. And I think I can speak for many of us, that turning a passion into a career, often kills that passion altogether.
That said, I'm happy I did it, as it would've haunted me forever if I never tried. In the end, it taught me an important lesson and humbled me a bit. Now, I personally don't think there's anything wrong with being a cog in the machine. After all, you can't have a machine without cogs, and a lot of people's dreams would be unattainable without creating those jobs for other people. That's another thing nobody ever talks about.
balsamic vinegar so true!
@@sterlingtuttle2473 why would you quit your main source of income to chase a dream. Why not pursue your dream on the side until you start making decent money from it and THEN quit your job
"Why do you want to work in oir company?"
- "Because I always has been interested not dying from hunger".
If you think your day job is "safe", refer to both US recessions.
Dude, stop your foolishness... Businesses were affected too, people have lost everything in those turmoils. carefully planning life is all you could say, still people stumble.
@@poppyflorist Exactly. That's why I say it's ALL a risk. "security" is a myth. Since it's all a risk and NOTHING IS CERTAIN, why not chase your dreams?
@@mistersmith265 ok
Bruh😳👍🏼!!!
I lost my day job as soon as covid hit. Completely took me out of that "safe" illusion, good thing I saved a lot and am now pursuing my own work whilst doing some part time work to make sure I don't go broke. Otherwise the plan is to be fully independent of waiting for a salary
Quit my job on Friday. This my first Monday without having a job. Well, I'm self-employed now. I read a book name The Exit Plan: A guide to leaving your 9-to5 permanently, that really helped put my plans into action. Good luck to everyone looking or who's left their job!
How has this been for you? Thinking of doing the same
Writing this 10 months after you posted: How long did it take you to pay your rent after leaving your job?
The Weekday well that’s what I go through in the book (not a plug, I promise🤣) but I had put a few things in place, savings and also, while I was working I had invested in properties that provided me an income. So my expenses including my mortgage is paid by my tenants. I also eliminated unnecessary spending. So really that provided me with the ultimate freedom to build my business with less stress. Don’t get me wrong, there will always be some level of stress but it was purely business building related and not with how I will pay my expenses. I make it clear in my book that’s it not just a jump into the deep end situation. I wish you all the best.
How are you doing now?
@@mkadacollections4935 Curious as to how you're doing now. All is well?
I’m 66 years old and writing a book.
Pam Hemphill I’m 40 and writing one. It’s so exciting. I wish you the best of luck
I’m done with my first book, actually my brother wrote it and I helped. It’s about our psychopath mother. My brother is sober 44 years and I have 40 years sober. My brother started having memories surface when painting. See his ART work @ Michael Hemphill Artist. My book is titled “Rosary & The Dancing Queen. I wanted to become a Nun but ended up working as a Nude Dancer.
Pam Hemphill sound interesting. When you publish it I will definitely buy it. Send me a message on here when you do.
@@pamhemphill1598 Good luck on your novel!
It’s like writing is the dream job
The trick is to work on your dream while still doing the day job. When the dream starts to take off THEN you quit the day job.
That's not the same for everyone. You can't tell someone how to live their lives.
Yep that’s how I’m doing it!!! Slowly and steadily!!!
Really good advice. For me, I saved enough money to not work 3 years to chase my dream.
No - Doesn’t work when your crappy job consumes all of your time and mental energy . sometimes just have to quit and take a leap of faith
That’s no trick unless your pursuing some sort of digital marketing career, or inventing something. I have a dream to pursue a career that involves delivering and hauling pallets for businesses. How am I supposed to do that when I work 7-4:30? I need to be available to my clients during the time I’m at work. Your trick won’t work for me.
I watched this video a year ago and I quit my job to pursue building my own business. I left a very lucrative paying job in tech. Working for yourself is hard, working for someone else is hard but I now go to sleep at night feeling good about what I'm doing for myself. Don't quit your job if you don't have savings, don't quit your job if you don't have a plan. Don't quit your job if you do not have validated highly sought marketable skills. Do it when you have these three things figured out.
You live in fear! All you have to do is jump! Believe in yourself and trust the Universe! Do not ever invite fear for a cup of tea!!
My skills are the thing that I use in my unsatisfying job. Why would I quit my job to go into some other occupation that requires the same skillset, I would be better off not quitting
@@frarfarf because then you actually own your labor and means of production
Another great interview. I am 68 and started writing from age 63. Onward and upward!
Good luck!
Luck doesn’t exist...
I thought I was the oldest one; I am 47. You should post a link to your ouyveye. Here is mine:
terrorhousemag.com/author/andrew-stallard/
@svyatogor92 that's called fallen world. Still keeping everyone lifted up though. :)
You got this sir! GODBLESS YOU!
That guy getting his law degree in his 80's is my hero
That’s a good question, I wonder to. But it feels like what’s important is that he got it, not how he used it: he proved he could make his dream happen and the simple piece of mind that offers would be invaluable in the end
I wonder if he told the student loan people to go fuck themselves? He could past away the next week!
Erik Herdelin haha haha, nice one mate!
Seriously. I’m 41 and can barely function now. I can’t image 85. I’ll be happy to just wake up and take a shit.
Sounds like a lie to me
In 2013, I quit my job to fulfill my dream of moving to the Southwest. I had flown out, bought a house & enrolled my son in high school. I then flew back & drove my son & dog out here from the East Coast. I chose not to work for 7 months & then landed the perfect job. Still at the same job almost a decade later. Some of the questions I got are “you’re not scared?”, “you don’t have a job lined up?” of course it was scary, but it was also extremely liberating & everything worked out.
thank i for sharing
My Great-Grandmother dropped out of high school at 14 to help on the farm in 1913. She graduated high school at 94 and walked across the stage with my sister and they both received their diplomas together. It was always a dream of hers to graduate, she was blind and did the course work with braille in her early 90's.
I'm a 42 years old lawyer, successful but not happy. I have to suffer a breakdown to think in my dreams. So, I remember when I was a kid, I always want to be an archeologist. So, with my therapist help, I decided that next year -2021- I'm going to study archeology! It sounds crazy, because I have a good financial life, and it is very scary to lose your way of living, but, I feel happy for first time in years... With peace...
"I get as many shots as I want to take."
You know, that's really true. I needed to hear that.
But only 1 life and THAT'S the point I think he's trying to make. It's much shorter than you think.
Ditto... those few words hit me like a ton of bricks.
Ya but what reincarnation. You get more chances
I lived half my life for others: here is what i learned - nobody cares about you but you...
I am living the other half of my life for me:
Here is what i am learning
Do what you love
Those meant to be with you will show up
This
I quit my job last year after 27 years of work. I had a good job, so everyone was scaring me with "whatifs". I'm now self employed and I love it.
27yrs yoi retired man didn't quit
Creds, man. Details?
What do you do now?
@@rajveer_ahir Retired... You made me smile 😂. In our county you must have at least 40 years of working status or be at least 65 years of age. But I enjoy it now so no problem.
@@jerrycannon6940 I'm self employed entrepreneur, electronics engineer, very small but stable business. I design and produce different electronic projects, for example remote bee hive monitoring, electric vehicle charging, parking space occupancy and such. I have a small production line for electronic assembly with stencil printer, pick&place machine and reflow line and bunch of other tools. I started working on NB-IoT, which will consume my winter months. I have a lot of spare time for other things and which is most important, very little stress. Wish you all the best.
"Don't let the images in your brain control your actions."
Yeah, I'm really confused by this. Wouldn't that mean DON'T follow your dreams?......
Depends which images you allow to dwell in your mind. They're either inspiring images which preview a desired future or discouraging images which don't serve your purpose.
Sounds a lot like the things Jiddu krishnamurti was talking about
TheMagnificentPower thank you for clarifying ! Makes sense
@Matt Jankauskas now that explanation I can get behind 👍
When you have a job, what you really have is a business. You have only one customer, your boss, and he keeps both the profits and the equity.
dead right about that.thank you.
He also keeps the sleepless nights, stress, responsibility, risk and a shortened life span, no social life, etc. Simple thoughts often betray the reality of life.
Very well spoken
Whoever told you that insight is a little ... false.
"When you have a job, what you really have is a business." No, you have a job and are classed as an employee.
"You have only one customer, your boss, and he keeps both the profits and the equity."
Inaccurate, again. You may have one customer or many. They pay you - and then the boss gets paid. If "the boss" does not get customers, and sales volumes - he's not going to a boss much longer, and you'll be out of work, too. The "boss" hires you (an employee) to free up his time, so he / she can devote their attention to other aspects of the boss' business, or for you to perform in a department. Or because the boss either does not or can not work, 16 hours a day. I'm not a pro-business Conservative, btw.
You make it sound like it's "easy street" or some other b/s. Once your customer volume is huge, and sales are huge, that's a way different story. It's also somewhat rare.
@@Cyberpuppy63 might I increase insight a notch higher upon this subject? Most companies these days are large corporations ,therefore the real bosses are the corporate bosses in which the site manager is a puppet.3/4 of corporate bosses are college trained and doesn't know much about the money making bare operations of a company. I cut meat for 24 years &experienced this with southeastern grocers a.k.a. Winn Dixie/big-lo/fresco supermarkets.these closed 100 stores in one day because they tried to micro manage the stores from corporate(big mistake)the results(bankruptcy)
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Quitting my job as a documentary film maker travelling the world making films of extraordinary human achievements in remote communities miles from anywhere. Had enough of desert caravans, volcanic mountain treks, Wild ocean coastlines, tropical jungles, ancient ruins. Finally found my dream job. I'm a 2nd year chef working with people half my age and i love it. ty
Reading these comments is the most exhilarating feeling of liberation in itself....The world is hard on people.
Finally did! Moved into my car, quit my job of 5 1/2 years, and am making videos and writing screenplays. Going to Los Angeles soon!
Edit: It's Sept 30, 2021 now. I worked on a bunch of shoots, was homeless a total of 2 1/2 years, got a job, filed bankruptcy, then got another, much better job at a film company, live in an apartment in Hollywood, and am writing a lot and taking Corey Mandell's workshops.
@Lena Light Tarot Thanks! I love it. I'm working a lot and am sleeping in my car but trying to find a place to live.
Keep pushing my friend you’ll do great in hollywood
@@jenflores34 Thanks!
Moved into your car?
Maybe I can do that too
Even if you don’t sell a painting for a million dollars and you just enjoy painting in your garage, you go paint,
I'm a doctor but I was made to work as a receptionist.. I totally lost confidence in me. It was really toxic. Today I took this step to resign for my mental health.. though I don't have another job in hand, I had to take this step. I hope I'll get a good job next 😇
How are you doing now? Any update? If I were in your shoes I will definitely open my own clinic, this is surprising as doctors are not going to lose jobs, unless you are barred or your license revoked. Where I'm at, I know some cab drivers, one of them a chemical engineer, and the other an architect, driving cabs, that's because they still need to take certifications to be proven as such, but they used to practice their qual on the country they originated from.
Doc? how u doin?
Why don't you start your own private practice?
Highly qualified immigrants coming to Canada struggling in minimum wage jobs....feeling stuck about staying or going back home.
Immigration and more schooling and certificates in USA/Canada do not make it easy for professionals from other countries to practice, let alone start theirown business in medical field that is fine in their country. And I only know the basics about this. Hang in there!
Don’t simply quit, find a goal and take steps before you jump off a cliff onto your face!
I had a successful sales job for years and I hated it. I finally started taking steps to get a contractor license to hang Xmas lights. Then expanded to handyman services. I set my hours, pay, and deal with customers I like 👍
I don’t make as much money, but I can watch this video and walk my dog without some corporate jerk asking for my sales numbers whilst breathing down my neck!
I feel paid by giving myself more life worth living. I make the decisions and am completely responsible for my failures and successes. It’s freeing to be more in control of your day. Good luck, take steps, work hard for yourself! If you are successful then give back to the community and help others. Hire workers and treat them better. It will pay you back in multitude ❤️
it doesnt matter tho just do it people will wait 10 years doing this
Quit my 9-5 aged 23 coz I wanted to change the world. Became a nurse. Now 49 and still have huge passion for a job that changes daily and can present any challenge throughout a shift. It's bloody hard work. My advice to my kids 'forget about how much money you will earn, choose a job that you can feel passion for'.
Becoming a nurse isn't exactly a high-risk career change.
Yeah nursingfis actually worse than a 9 to 5, it's shift work
@@emanuelmota7217 it's an honorable life saving job the dude's passionate about. Win.
missing the point Rick. it's an honorable life saving job the dude's passionate about. Win.
@@TheBlueskyson ignorance is bliss eh? 🙃
do not dilute the energy of your dreams by telling everyone, you only get all their rubbish opinion
I love what Steve Harvey says about Never telling your big dreams to small minded people.
This is true, when we say out loud to another person what we are going to do our brain does not know the difference. Studies show those who keep their intentions to themselves are MUCH more likely to actually do them.
golden rule
Pete T at the same time, telling your dreams to your friends or family means you are holding yourself accountable to your dream and want to execute it. If you keep within yourself, you may never execute it
This is a heavily underrated piece of advice. Not only will other people give you their rubbish opinions, also you increase the pressure on yourself.
Going to quit my well paid software engineering role at the end of this coming June. I'm super fortunate to have a true friend who will let me stay with him rent free as I pursue my film aspirations! I'm so excited and often nervous
Ramon, please give us updates. I wish you luck and I hope you find success! ☺️
@@samantacarvalho8669 certainly! And thank you very much!
do you have instagram? where are you documenting your new journey?
Hey man, I subbed to you for updates. Have you quit your job yet? How is it going for you?
@@andeleon6838 I quit my job at the end of June and took a crosscountry roadtrip so that I could move in with my friend and made it in time to attend my other friend's bachelor party. I've been doing a bunch of errands, settling in, and catching up with friends and family I haven't seen since I left my home state 4 years ago (for work).
Next week things will have calmed down enough for me to get into a stricter schedule where I am focusing on film. I just finished editing some footage I recorded at my friend's bachelor party, so next week I'll start working on stitching together the footage from my roadtrip and put it up on my channel once I'm done. I bought a crappy camcorder and was documenting the trip rather than trying to make a narrative, so don't feel compelled to judge me too harshly on that product once it's on my channel. I am going to be very thorough with my first narrative short film.
I actually listened to my intuition and followed my heart for my dreams and I've now been homeless. I think that a tenure professor like him with a partner saying this is different than someone who is actually already living in poverty to say this. If you don't have shelter, you cannot work on your art and your dreams. It's more about survival at this point.
Yeah. If you don’t have a solid plan on how you’re going to make money (for food and shelter and some what if savings) you’re gonna be sorry
@Rusty Howe coping hard
As someone who’s chased their dreams whilst homeless… trust me it’s possible
@Rusty Howe sounds like youve accepted failure. Oh how grateful I am to not have a working drone mind set like yourself. Play it safe and youre gonna look back wishing you hadnt wasted your life doing a job you hate , destroying your body , all for crumbs from a company who could give two shits if you walked out the door today. Success in my eyes is defined by happiness. If you died today would you be happy with the life you lived ? If your answer is no then changes must be made.
@Rusty Howe you sound like youre trying to find any and every excuse to justify your mindset. Change your mindset thats all I have to say. And btw I dont consider myself to have achieved success , but I am on my way there and I refuse to let anything stop me
I was fortunate enough to be able to retire from my job at the age of 47, start a couple of businesses and move downtown to a mies van der rohe designed town home. I've started playing the saxophone, I've written a novel, a film, and a play and married a fantastic and loving woman. And it all started when I decided to leave my day job and live my dreams.
William Rick Graham Your a great example for us all to get on with what we loVe to do 😊
William Rick Graham Your a great example for us all to get on with what we loVe to do 😊
Your story makes no sense because you said you retired.........
Joyous for you! 😘
For most people security is more important than dreams , our brain has been wired to choose security
only the dead is save
Security is an illusion, you can loose all in one day.
I think security is an illusion, but i do love my security
Well if this gentlemen chose security, would he be where he is now? Only risk takers get both the worst and best out of life.
I grew up without security. My dad has his own business but he's an incompetent hack - the type of person to spend 100s on throwing a BBQ to impress people he barely knows and then our electricity gets turned off the next day because we owe them more than $2000 because he kept begging them each month for an extension and citing overblown health concerns. My childhood was a wreck because of this. We've been homeless and sleeping in our car. We've had to beg people for money to buy food to eat. We've lived with relatives that are so shitty about us "burdening" them that I was so tempted just to run away and sleep in the park on the dirt. Now I'm living my dream every day. When I was in college I was having a conversation with a classmate that I had become friends with about dreams and he said that he had a dream but wanted to work in a company because he wanted the job security. It opened my eyes a bit. I had never worried about job security because I'd lived through the worst-case scenarios. I know I can survive through anything. Giving up your dreams because you're afraid of what will happen seems silly to me. But don't put your family through that shit. I sacrificed having a family to follow my dreams. I've never pursued anyone romantically and I have no intention of having kids. To me it's worth it though.
Such an amazing video! Whar stood out the most for me was when he said that colleagues/friends usually get angry at you for leaving, thinking you are ungrateful, how dare you leave us here....I have experienced that feeling. You can truly see their fear and envy reflected back at your bold and valiant move
My "problem" is I don't have dreams. I'm curious and have lots of interests and hobbies, but nothing makes me feel so passionate about it that I know I want to make that activity "my mission in life". What I know I want is at least time to dedicate to my interests, though at times I feel sort of missing out on purpose or at least passionate drive.
You're not alone in that
They, now, call us multipotentialite.
Look up Barbara Sher. You, my friend, are what is called a scanner. Michaelangelo was a scanner.
After some time, you will discover that you have a theme over what interests you. THAT is your calling (the theme), not one specific thing.
@@tcnotrvlr Thanks Alvaro, I'll check her out and will reflect on the theme thing in me and my life.
If you have anything you enjoy doing them you have a dream. 😊
The real fear is in staying stuck xx
I quit my day job. Had $50,000 to start my business. By year three went broke. I lost my girl friend, friends, and family dismissed me because of failure, though I never asked for money or support. I had to give away my dog because I couldn't take proper care for it. I pressed into it anyways and became homeless living in my car. I pressed further and moved to Colorado for better summer weather and kept at it by utilizing public libraries. Still couldn't make a solid steady income. Nearly died in the winter. Breaking point was being homeless, catching the flu, no one around to help or care; so, after I got better I took the last of my money, moved home, on my own accord, and got my job back. And, that's where I am now. My family and friends came back into my life because I am back playing the same game of life that they are playing. However, the relationships only work because I have to put aside the knowledge that they only care for me when I meet their expectations. My mom says I got to learn a lot about myself, and had an adventure. This is her way of validating the coldness which she showed to me. My fiends have similar sentiments about leanring one's limits and such. I think it is all just words one says who hasn't faced limits and read false FB quotes too often. An abused wife, would probably rather never have been abused than get the opportunity to learn about her own limits and herself. The things I learned, I wish I hadn't. Businesses fail. Some never reach their potential. I am not the same person I was years ago. I am now one who knows the cold. One who knows that the cold knows not of me. Some choices lead to death. I often wonder if a physical death would have been more humane. Good luck out there. I wish that no one has the same experiences as I did. The stars are beautiful but they might not think that you are too.
I enjoyed reading this man , i to lost everything much a simular story to yours . What i learned is that nobody cares and i mean nobody , its dog eat dog out there and your right death would be more humane , i often wish i was never born at all .
@@chopperread2698 Sorry to hear that, brother. By the statistics alone stories like ours are in the majority (maybe not homelessness but business failure and depression) yet we never hear them. Sob stories with no pay off; I suppose. I hope you are able to keep yourself going. I planned suicide thinking it was what the universe wanted of me. While setting up I decided if the universe wants me dead its gonna have to work harder than that to get me. I hope you make the universe work hard for it too.
@@YellowhatDick thank you , sob story with out a pay off is right , which got me thinking maybe we could make it pay off ... do so speaking about our stories to help motivate our people to not make the same mistakes ! I planned suicide also , wrote letters and picked a day but i didnt have the courage to go through with it , now i just about get by in my dead end job , over worked under paid and under appriciated . All that keeps me going is bitterness , i want to see everybody who judged me or didnt care go into the ground before me .
Wow!
@Trev Bubbles thanks for the comment trev hope your doing ok man , nobody nows what its like till it happens to them and nobody gives a dam bout me or you its so sad really i myself would do anything for a homeless friend brother sister dad mam etc but non of them seem to care bout me , i was lucky enough to get a dead end job and get out of home lessness but im just about keeping the wolves from the door , hope things get better for you man
"To worry about what others think about you is a complete waste of energy" So true - THANK YOU Ken Atchity and Film Courage!
Don't thank them find yourself.
Basically the Horoscope for everyone is You're gonna to die, but how you go out is up to you. Either a life full wonder and adventure doing what you LOVE or 75 to 80 years scared in a corner worrying about everything.
Youre so right..
I’ve wanted to be a tv/film actor since I was 21. I’m 41 now and wish I’d chased that dream twenty years ago. Fear stopped me.
Dan Jr. Live it’s never to late! And you got the look😘
FLYTAILS MOBILE SALON thank you for those kind and encouraging words. I know I have to at least try to chase that dream.
@@sociallydanjr2163 A lot of actors only became famous at a late age - Steve Carell for instance, one of my favourite actors. If you work your ass off for a couple of years, you have a good shot. Go for it brother! Either way, I'm sure you'll have fun trying! :) We only live once!
Hey man is your profile a screenshot from Homonculus?
@@chetaffordsimmons9252 my profile? Or are you talking about someone else?
To live the dream you have to have the balls to quit that salary job and the peer group pressure we all feel when working in the corporate world. I quit 6 years ago and wake up every morning and do what I feel like doing. It's the most liberating feeling you can imagine. I'm now 54 and enjoy so much time with my kids. Something that's not possible when working in the corporate world. I make more money now than I've ever made being an employee and I don't have to deal with those ass licking creeps who play the company politics to further their own benefits. Don't be fearful..just get out there and do what you want to do.,
So, what exactly do you do?
Ever since I was a little kid, I was told how we need to get a job, work your life away, and eventually retire. I watched as my dad went off to teach kids every day and then return, a very honorable individual who contributed to society by taking on the task of trying to educate and mold students to learn. My dad was definitely a great man, but something I always wondered as I listened to my family and society is what was the point of it all? I see people wasting away, miserable at these things we're supposed to want, where they brag about having these overly expensive things. Then one day, I looked at my family, looked at their mindset and realized how I wanted none of it. I didn't want to waste my life doing a job, I didn't want or care about those nice things, I didn't give a damn about money, where the only reasons I pursued a paycheck was because it was a means to have a roof over my head and food. I came to the realization that work is worthless, it'll do nothing in the end and that we as a species need to focus more on our time, not wasting it working for someone else.
In essence, if you don't create, you disintegrate
I totally agree with you but the way our system is set up we have little to no choices.
So how do you support your self?? Afford medical care, housing, food, etc. etc. I’d really like to know…Thank you
@@lilianpoulsen8394 Get a job
This is a great sentiment, but of course we are forced to work on end because we will need it when we grow old, we need money to pay for meds and hospital bills, and also of course food on the table and roof over our heads, but I agree with you, we don't need excess money in exchange of wasting our life away having a very stressful 9 to 5 jobs, because at the end of the day, what if you died, will you be able to take those material things with you?
I quit my job at the beginning of the year. Mentally, I quit it 5 years ago. I'm in my 40s now and I'm finally dreaming what I'd like to do when I grow up.
What do u do?
I love the way this guy thinks. Rejection is an illusion
Rejection and fear doubt all fake!
Its not fear.....people simple dont know what they would love to do .....simple as that
So true, think this is the problem for most people, they only know what they don't want.
So true,, different pathways , changing your mind as yrs pass,,,
yep, if i only had that one thing that is woth risking. Sadly, i have only wants, needs, no clear dream aside from finally relax and dont do anything
What if a dude aspires to be a porn star
@@_Wai_Wai_
Go for it! Why not? Not sure what the pay's like.. u might have to get a job on the side! Lol.
The older you get, the harder it is to serve two masters. The pay becomes higher and harder to leave, and physical loss of energy is a reality. Doesn't mean it can't be done. Just be aware of some realities that it gets tougher, not easier as time goes on. I've lived through corporate jobs with good money and striking out on my own, only to find myself crying in the middle of my living room because I didn't know how I'd pay the rent. It's easy to take for granted the things we have when we fantasize about something better. There is a financial reality we have to account for. Get a plan. Live below your means. Figure out a way to do both as long as you need to...it doesn't have to be "either/or" it can be "either/and." At least for a period of time. Keep at it. What you want to do is get the horse running alongside the stagecoach before you take a leap. It may not be easy, but it's possible. Good luck to all reading this...we are all listening to this message and reading comments because of the same dissatisfaction....
At age 60 my wife and I finally bought a piece of "raw" land after renting our entire lives. It is 750 miles away. I've been working on it for five years now. I'll work for 6 months saving money and then head to the property to work on it for 3-4 weeks (until the money runs out! Ha!) It was the scariest thing I've ever done. I came to to a point in my life where I said "This is it, now or never" . We just raised our Timber Frame from lumber I milled myself. Heading back in 3 weeks to put the roof on. If you live your life dreaming about the life you want and then work towards it, pretty soon you are living the life that you had only dreamed about.
“What I must do, is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. RW Emerson
I quit my day job over 17 months ago and have never looked back... This is
pure gold what this guy is saying.
I walked away from my career after 7 years of college and 25 years on the job because of anxiety. I could no longer take the daily pressure. I tried everything to get over it and eventually walked away. It was very hard to give up something I was good at and enjoyed. I have started my own business now and doing fine financially but I do miss it. Just getting over your fear as he suggests isn’t always so easy.
@Swimbait1 Good for you! Don't ever forget that in the midst of experiencing your anxiety: you did something out-of-character and extremely courageous.
I did this years ago. It put me in the poorhouse. Now, I'm back to working with a whole new attitude and less stress. I do my dream job on the side. I need the money and benefits from my job.
Absolutely love this! This has hit home on so many levels. I will leaving my job soon after over 12 years in a decent government position, saying goodbye to the promise of healthcare and a decent pension. My soul was dying inside. Soon, I will move back in with my elderly dad to help care for him, be closer to family, taking business courses and start my own business and a non-profit. Thank you for inspiring me on my journey to freedom and living a life with purpose 💕
Hey how is it going?
What business did you start? Hope all is wonderful on your end. Courageous. Keep going!
@@obaiman123
Looking at the profile, it didn't go too well lol
They're dead. Are you happy?
As hard as our "dayjobs" can be, they're far easier than living on the edge and possibly facing "failure" in pursuing our dreams. But failure is continuing down the easy path of a steady paycheck and letting your dreams die. I left a cushy job at a financial institution and took my dreams to NYC. I'm waiting tables now, after not working for 9 months, just acting and auditioning. Started a personal training business and have been doing pretty much what I want for the last 9 months.
Awesome I want to do the same but have kids my son the only one under 18 now so I'm making changes towards that goal
Failure is continuing down the easy path of a steady paycheck and letting your dreams die. - Paul Sklar
OMG! That's my plan. Since 2003 working the farm's business. Nice. Cushy.. My plan is to work with the over 40 crowd in fitness. That's all I think about. Thanks my Friend. GoBeDo Fitness! 💪😊
Happy to hear you doing what you want even if it is tough & risky!
That great to hear! My dream is to make animations on UA-cam. Much love to all you dream chasers
One of the saddest days of my life was my last day of my career, I don't think I've ever cried that much in my life in one day. But I kept telling myself that this was the right thing to do and the right time to do it (I was 54). The next day I woke up and thought "I never have to work again" and I went from crying to smiling right there. Yeah, I don't have the money I would have had if I'd kept working but I am so, so happy and very grateful/blessed which is a nice place to be.
Work should a be a calling not a comunity service.
4 yrs on how are you doing ?
@@zblog68 Well, it's been 13+ years since I pulled the pin and retired and I still considered myself blessed beyond words, thank you. I now have a saying that describes life pretty well: I was born to be retired. Thanks for asking!
Everything is telling me to Quit my job. I am feeling this in my heart and this is giving me the courage to live out my dream 🙏
Same! Hoping you followed your heart and doing well! ❤️❤️ I plan for my last day to be today and move forward with a life without stress and dread from the 9-5🙏🏽
I'm also about to quit my day job of 15 years in 5 weeks time! I hope you're doing well.
Love this quote "Fear is about things that haven't happened or may never happen." A created situation in our minds. Awesome!
"You can't govern yourself by what other people think". Thank You Sir.
Just before his death at 91, my father was ready to start another in a long line of businesses he birthed in his lifetime. At 71, I am a year away from opening my first Cafe...after losing my last small business of thirty years to our most recent recession/depression. I have not felt so free and energized in a long, long time! This video has helped me put to rest a close friends 'concerns' about my 'pipe dream' plans. Thanks.
How are you doing Steve?? :) how is your Cafe doing? Hope everything is amazing!
@@PanteraRosa91 - Thanks for asking. Covid has delayed things...not stopped them. I believe that 2022 will be the last for this pandemic. With my savings topped off, if there are no more lockdowns...my Cafe will open later this year. I'll be looking for a location starting in June. Stay well!
I love this! My grandfather had 3 careers in his 92 years. I'm turning 40 this year and feel like I just started living. My daughters is 20, hates college and doesn't know what her passion is and is so worried about disappointing us if she drops out because she gets free tuition from me working there. I told her I just found out my passion so you have time. No worries! Only way she can disappoint me is by looking back at 40 and wishing she followed her passion and not her parents dream for her. And now I can quit my job (which is miserable). I started a podcast this year and plan on moving out of state for the first time and just have this free feeling and I love it.
Your story is heartfelt. Are you having fun operating your cafe? Keep going.
@@reesemonique Good afternoon. What is your podcast? I hope your still living. Keep going!
I love this, “the dream is in your brain for a reason.” Thanks so much for today’s inspiration. Chase your dreams. 💫
This video was one of many that tipped me over the edge. I've been self employed for 6 months now and have never felt more fulfilled.
Take the leap and don't look back.
“Your job is to do what your dreams tell you to do and to do it with all your might...” 🙌🙌 What a great way to put it. #motivation #reminders
GOD I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO CLICK ON THIS....IT GAVE ME CONFORMATION TO TAKE THE LEAP OF FAITH
I’m on my notice. Just two more weeks.
Im just 23 and earth is big. I’ll do what I like.
I'm 37 years old. I just made one of the biggest decisions of my life. I always wanted to become a full-time artist, and finally, I have resigned from my full-time employment to pursue my dreams. I am on my third day as a full-time artist and as much as I wanted this I was starting to doubt myself. Being on your own with your thoughts can drive you crazy. I was even questioning myself if I have reached a level of craziness. As much as I am trying to encourage myself, I was finding it hard to convenience myself. I was thinking that I might be naive or fooling myself. It's a constant weight on my head and chest. You can't just get rid of it. I happen to come across this video, and my god...I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your words are very to the point. This is very encouraging and reminded me again of how bad I wanted this when I was employed. You reminded me to follow my dreams, my passion, and myself. God bless you, sir. I will listen to this video every time I start to speak shit to myself XD
I pray that everything will be okay. I'm in a situation where sometimes I doubt myself like, am I good enough to accomplish my dream? I am in a place where I could see from above that I was in a job that's not important to me. it is just a way of me making money and This is it! I do not want to belong in this place but I could feel the fear inside of me like there was a fight between a heart and mind reading your comment make me feel good though and I would quit my job when I finish my contract and start a new life and pursue my dream. Friends of mine told me, he said “never think to yourself that you’re not gonna make it coz you can make it happen and you are capable of doing it”.
Thanks, bro to lift me up. God bless you ❤️
From childhood you're told to pursue your dreams. Few of us support the dreamer.
Quit my job today!
Luca Boni, how’s it going?
I just quit my job a few days ago.
Me too. I'm homeless now...
This is your landlord. Call me.
I did yesterday 🙋🏻♀️. We will be amazingly great!!!
Fear of the unknown can paralyze you if you let it. So take a leap of faith, put your plan in order and execute. ❤️💪🏽🙏🏽
"One of the biggest factors is fear, and their friends inflict it on them."
And that, is why I have no friends.
Is what I keep telling myself on lonely nights with a box of Domino's as my sole companion.
I’m going through this right now with friends and opening my business. Pheeeewwww it really exposed who the real ones are.... 💕
I went through it too, I know the feel. The business went better than I could've ever hoped, but you will discover your true friends through the process. The funniest part is the dismissal and almost blatant ignoring. Hard to explain, but it's almost like people have to look in the mirror if they acknowledge what you're doing. Don't expect everyone to be happy for you. The great thing is you'll also discover people who are. Have unwavering belief in yourself even when the odds are stacked against you. You can do it.
@@derekdicarlo8680 OMG!!! That whole response totally touched me because it is true that you will discover your true friends through the process.... Thank you for the words of wisdom and encouragement, it's greatly received and appreciated.
@@iamposhgarcia No problem, best wishes going forward!
I'm goin thru the same
Maurandis Da Radus Films VEVO This whole experience has taught me to be my biggest cheerleader. Keep going Maurandis!!! You will find your true friends along the journey 💕
What kills dreams? Outward influence.
Family struggles and pressure to just get a job and stop being some stupid dreamer.
So, the guy or girl finally gives up... punches the time clock and gets drunk all the time to dampen the pain! His motivation and creative desires are now suppressed enough so he’s not such an energetic thinker. He can finally be satisfied becoming just another statistic!
I've been in law enforcement for 10 years. I now have a little one. I'm a 247 single mom. I have such a deep calling to get out and do something different. But I am afraid If I quit that security of being able to provide for my daughter will be ripped away from me . Will I be able to provide for her?!?! It's so scary you have another little person to provide for. I feel like I'm stuck in a transition .. I do have little projects going on.. but im afraid to take that leap! I am meant to do more!
I pursued film and comedy and it’s kept me VERY happy. And it’s taken years for it to precipitate a payoff, but it was ENTIRELY worth it. Don’t be miserable. People will discourage you and that’s not ok.
Most of these people had money, or had someone who had money. In the end, its about your CONNECTIONS, not just you.
More valuable you are, then more CONNECTIONS you gonna get! FACT! "Be So Good They Can't Ignore You"
Corey Davis everybody knows somebody who knows somebody who knows somebody. You can choose to look at reasons why you CAN live a life of your dreams or excuses why you can’t. Were Oprah, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Steve Harvey, Jim Carey, Jewel and so many others well connected? Or were they homeless and some living out of their car or started a small biz from their garage? I hope instead of looking for reasons why others made it to make you feel better about not trying, changes within you.... so hopefully you instead look for reasons why you CAN make it and no longer look for excuse why you can’t.
@@purposewarriors Well, I did say its a two way street. Both your efforts and connections are needed. All those people you mention still had people that invested in them.
Corey Davis so so true, I’m just struggling to keep my job never alone thinking about my ideal job!
Corey Davis bullshit. connections can be made via putting yourself out there. i went to work in a ski resort with 300$ left, and was offered jobs and chances i would never had dreamt of.
Elon musk quit standford uni to program paypal app and made a fortune. many such stories. lots of people with money and connections end up useless playboys and in jobs they are incompetent for. with wives who cheat on them with... risk takers.
Bravery is the ability to walk through fear.
After languishing and struggling existentially throughout my 30s, I'm finally buckling down to recommit myself to the two areas in which I feel most competent and confident: writing and being a personal trainer. For too long, I've held onto too many other "dreams" that really functioned as distractions from the main dream, which is to be a published novelist. I've started working in earnest to improve my mental health and self-love, to stop punishing myself, to let go of the pain, anger, and loss that I've lived through and that have become the defining features of my life, far more than hope or any single dream. I'm fighting to make my 40s the decade in which I live the dreams of my 20s. And if it costs me a decade, well, with any luck, I'll still have a few more left to enjoy it.
This is tough. I struggle from not having one dream/knowing what it is I have many but you have to pick one right. Is it too ambitious to a renaissance man famous for doing a ****load of random stuff?
Maybe after some soul searching I should pick one to start and go for it 😈
Kudos to you! I hope you've made great strides in your chosen path and in the letting go...when you find the treasure or purpose in the tough experiences, letting go becomes much easier. :)
Hope I'm not too late, but if you're still looking for somewhere to get good advice about navigating the social media/writing landscape, Dan Koe has helped me out immensely with my own process.
Mentally for me I had to quit my job. I found myself depressed, physically not able to do anything from the thought of going to that job. I absolutely hate healthcare right now!!!!!! I feel free already and I worked my notice. I’m going to truck driving school in Jan. While starting my own business. Good luck to everyone 🥰🥰🥰
I'm all for pursuing a dream, but poor,hungry, and homeless is not for me.
Most underrated comment right here. In a world (our world) where wages vs the cost of living is getting worse and worse, "follow your dreams" is a nice sentiment, but needs to be tempered with increasing practicality.
It's not for everyone that's for sure, but a lot of successful people started out or became homeless and poor.
A lot of people stay at "safe" jobs and end up being poor anyway due to layoffs.
If you're gonna fail anyway, might as well fail doing what love.
You can always just start small on the side and grow it.
"I get as many shots as I want to take."
This hit me.
I also wonder why people believe they can't do it again. This is also easy for me to say to others and harder to say to myself. Honestly you can only try and either be rejected or accepted. Life might change or stay the same. It's better to try and find out.
Having a job with enough salary is a blessing. Having the same grocery and living at the same home for 30 years is a blessing. Good home sitting with the people you love watching a movie in a quiet weekend is a blessing. We just don't care about blessed life anymore. We want more of everything. Fame, money, women, we want anything and everything although all receive a big zero at the end. God bless you.
Listen up to all of you who want to leave your corporate and stable jobs to pursue what you think is a dream or some passion out there.
I've spent my life in the Arts the past 30 years and it has been an absolute brutal beatdown. It verges on daily anxiety and absolute exhaustion at the struggle. Everyday now as I get older I wish I had a stable performing promising decent job.
I have a master's degree and I've traveled the world in pursuit of my dreams but mostly my dreams have broken me.
Dude spits the truth here. Im a live musician, songwriter, and composer. Mannnnn if I would've quit at this when people told me to, Id be so miserable. I enjoy everyday because Im following thru on my dreams and my own personal goals. Great interview. More people need the mindset that this guy has. People would be a lot nicer to each other if we all focused on our dreams. Much love :)
oo how are you pursuing it?
best advise ever " divorce your spouse if they do not support your dreams".......It worked for me
Seriously?
I am one lucky bastard to have married a true love, friend, partner and supporter in any way. Now we have two kids. I run my own business. We have a wonderful place to live. And it‘s because of her. She belived in me like nobody ever did. God how much i love her!
Or fire your agent
F yeah! They’re an anchor holding you down.
Preaching to the choir on that. If they won't support your dreams, they are probably scheming to divorce you at a time suitable for their plans.
I worked in factory and did real estate for 7 years, for her to get BSN. I could have got a BS for me at same time, but she would have to have lived in a 1500sf house on a city lot, while in school, instead of 3000sf house on an acre. I got knifed in the back, betrayed and divorce raped as my reward.
I'm glad that i found this video because i just entered a new job now i planning to end it in 6mounths the reason why its killing my soul and my dream.
My wife and I both working in good paying jobs in our 30s sold everything we owned, cleared our debts and went bush to live the lifestyle we wanted.
We found a life and wealth differently than the normal way things are done.
We both in our mid 60s , successful and glad we jumped ship 30+ years ago...
Oh yeah lol. I went after my dream and currently am homeless with a wife and two kids. Pursuit of happiness movie. I'm living it...
The end of that story is great
@James Orman You don't get it? Success is a numbers game. If there are ten runners only one can win the race. Being a billionaire is not one billion times better than living on the breadline. His success does not wipe out the suffering of people that tried and failed. Your nation is hideously unforgiving on the ones that try and fail.
narcissist
This gives me energy and motivation to escape the matrix
First step to escape the matrix is fasting.
Left my day job to pursue my dreams. Scary but learning to have faith in myself.