RADIO SHOW/AUDIO PODCAST
Solutions...with Courtney Anderson! (SwCA)
Episode 161 -
Originally aired 8/5/2014 9:00 AM -
SATISFACTION SATURATION™ series -
“I am Financially Comfortable! How Do I Stop That From Making Me Complacent?"
TALK SHOW EPISODE NOTESYou did it! You climbed that mountain (literally and/ or figuratively) and you are now resting at the summit. Breathe in that sweet air of accomplishment! Very nice. Okay, you take it all in (the view from here, the beauty, the joy of surpassing your goals, etc.). Feels awesome. Wait, are you starting to feel a bit bored? What are you going to do next? You could do nothing. You have already proven yourself and achieved many things in life. Why aren’t you simply resting on your laurels? What is the itch, the craving for the next part? It is SATISFACTION SATURATION™ and you are experiencing it.
You have “been there, done that and have the t-shirt.” You do not want anymore of this mountain. It has reached a point of saturation (as per the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition, “the act or result of supplying so much of something that no more is wanted”). You are craving a new mountain to climb. This series, “SATISFACTION SATURATION™”, is for you. We will address the challenges in reaching the SATISFACTION SATURATION state in regards to specific experiences, how to recognize it, how to treat it, how to prevent it, and how to handle the feedback from other people (“Must be nice to have that job, that house, that car, that award,” etc.). This specific episode is, “I am financially comfortable! How do I stop that from making me complacent?” Is it a “real problem” for someone to worry about being complacent if they have financial resources? Yes. Have you ever known about a person with wealth who hurt themselves (or even self-destructed)? Abuse of alcohol, drugs, food. Addictions. Greed. Being victimized by people. We know the story so well. It is partially due to the challenges that we face when we accomplish financial stability. We forget, in our quest to surpass our goals, to examine how our lives will change after we accomplish what we set out to do! How will our options and daily decisions change once we live out our dreams? What do we do afterwards? Striving for financial independence takes up an enormous amount of time and energy (budgeting, working, saving, planning, commuting, visualizing, sacrificing, etc.). Once we achieve it, how do we adjust to all of the time and energy that we now have available? When we no longer “have to” work for income, will we? When we have the financial resources available for our current situation, short term and long term goals (and those of our descendants and/ or charities, etc.), how do we fill our days? How do we fill our dreams? Do we stop dreaming? Do we stop sacrificing and simply sit (or lay) around 24 hours a day doing nothing? Definition of complacent: “: marked by self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies” Complacent. (n.d.). Retrieved July 26, 2014, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/complacent In some aspects you must exert more effort to stay hungry (as per Steve Jobs’ commencement speech) and create novel challenges to surmount. Deep inside of yourself, who are you? What are you? These questions are exposed when your daily quest to achieve financial independence is realized. You don’t have to wake up at any set time, or travel in rush hour, or listen to a boss, or listen to a client or anything else. Your financial resources have purchased autonomy and freedom to do what you desire, when and how you please. The hard part is figuring out what that is. You must plan ahead to be prepared. Otherwise you risk your financial resources being used as fuel for destruction. With the money to indulge your desires and no one to prevent you from spending on self-destructive things, you are very vulnerable. Be aware. It is a shame for those fortunate enough to have sufficient financial resources to alleviate the suffering and stress of poverty to waste that opportunity on self destruction and/ or to not be of service (to others). To prevent complacency: 1) Be aware of actual dangers (abuse, addiction, etc.) and deficiencies (we all have aspects of ourselves and our communities that we can improve and enhance). Remember, “From those to whom much is given, much is expected.” - http://www.forbes.com/pictures/fljl45lkm/bill-gates-from-those-to-whom-much-is-given-much-is-expected/ “The inspiration for Kennedy's famous observation, "For of those to whom much is given, much is required" can be found in Luke 12:48: "For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.”” (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/02/AR2006060201406.html) You have the opportunity to be financially comfortable but that does not mean that you are comfortable and have no need for improvement and growth. To the contrary, there are urgent needs all around (and within) you. Refocus your drive and tenacity that you used to propel yourself into financial stability to now accomplish different goals. Take your responsibility seriously. |
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