Can you commit to yourself for FIVE YEARS??

reinvention is the topic of this post.  

"Don’t look to find the end of the road when 

you are still at the very first step."

Why reinvention?...because ideas become stale, life complacent, relationships distant. the need to be more, do more, make more. the fear of stumped growth. why not reinvention?...

I googled the topic and got hooked on the first finding.  a blog by James Altucher. He is many things including writer, father, entreprenuer, blogger,...but above all he is committed to reinvention.

below is his description of how long it takes to reinvent yourself and what it looks like...

F) Time it takes to reinvent yourself: five years.

Here’s a description of the five years:

• Year One: you’re flailing and reading everything and just starting to DO.
• Year Two: you know who you need to talk to and network with. You’re Doing every day. You finally know what the monopoly board looks like in your new endeavors.
• Year Three: you’re good enough to start making money. It might not be a living yet.
• Year Four: you’re making a good living
• Year Five: you’re making wealth

Entrerenual in tone , however the post has nuggets and I've copied some below... [read entire blog post]:

A) Reinvention never stops.

Every day you reinvent yourself. You’re always in motion. But you decide every day: forward or backward. 

E) Don’t worry if you don’t have passion for anything.

You have passion for your health. Start there. Take baby steps. You don’t need a passion to succeed. Do what you do with love and success is a natural symptom.

C) You need a mentor.

Else, you’ll sink to the bottom. Someone has to show you how to move and breathe. But don’t worry about finding a mentor (see below).

D) Three types of mentors

1. Direct. Someone who is in front of you who will show you how they did it. What is “it”? Wait. By the way, mentors aren’t like that old Japanese guy in “The Karate Kid.” Ultimately most mentors will hate you.
2. Indirect. Books. Movies. You can outsource 90 percent of mentorship to books and other materials. 200-500 books equals one good mentor. People ask me, “What is a good book to read?” I never know the answer. There are 200-500 good books to read. I would throw in inspirational books. Whatever are your beliefs, underline them through reading every day.
3. Everything is a mentor. If you are a zero, and have passion for reinvention, then everything you look at will be a metaphor for what you want to do. The tree you see, with roots you don’t, with underground water that feeds it, is a metaphor for computer programming if you connect the dots. And everything you look at, you will connect the dots.

please read his entire post...nuggets I tell you.

where are you in the timeline of reinventing  yourself? would you commit to yourself for the next five years?

xo,

sb <3