Not Exactly.
“Do what you love and the money will follow”. No doubt, you’ve heard this before, most likely from a deal-of-the-day guru or a “life coach”. For most people, “do what you love” doesn’t work as a strategy to create great wealth. It is another myth fostered by hypocritical gurus and so-called life coaches who are probably 3 clients away from broke.
If you were like me, “do what you love” is not an option. Few people have the skill to make a career out of “do what you love” which is why the Fastlane is so important as an alternative.
Think about what you love and then think, will someone pay for it? Are you good enough to make money doing it? Most likely, you aren’t.
I love to play basketball, but I suck at it. I can’t parlay my love of basketball into a career. I love to play piano, but again, I suck at it. Many things I love to do, but I suck at them! If I ever was to pursue a career in any of these “loves”, I’d need unlimited time and money because no one would pay me a dime do it. Who wants to endure that ineptness?
Which brings me to my unfinished book.
I love to write. The book represents a dream of “doing what I love” and that dream was made possible by the Fastlane. If I needed an unfinished book to pay for my mortgage, I’m not sure it would. You see, “doing what you love” for money often isn’t good enough because we aren’t good enough. Or, so many people are “doing what they love” that the marketspace for that activity/product is saturated resulting in depressed prices.
People pay to have their needs and wants solved — they don’t pay to satisfy your need of “doing what you love”. People pay for solutions; not for your enjoyment.
For example, my book and my enjoyment to write it was possible because I didn’t need the confirmation of money to authenticate if I was skilled at it. If that sentence is too complicated to understand, you get my point. Maybe I’m just not good enough. Whether I sell 10 books or 10 million, my book is a testament to “doing what I love”, regardless of my competency. The Fastlane allowed “money” to be removed from the equation. Now, I don’t need to get paid to “do what I love”. I just do it.
FASTLANE DISTINCTION
The marketplace doesn’t care about your love of whatever. The marketplace gives credence to those who have the power to provide solutions and solve needs. If “doing what you love” doesn’t fill a need, no one will pay you to do it.
If you can’t parlay your love of something into an activity that someone will pay for, it doesn’t work. Lebron James gets paid to play basketball because he is good at it. The destination of the Fastlane is to remove the confirmation of money from your “do what you love” activity. Because of the Fastlane, and if my ankles allowed it, I could play basketball 7 days a week. I don’t need to get paid to “do what I love” because I can do it for FREE.
What about you? What things do you love? Video games? Homeschooling your kids? Sculpting art? Day trading? Volunteering for church?
If you are one of the lucky few who can earn an income from a specific activity that you love, kudos to you. And congratulations … you might not need a Fastlane and a Slowlane just might suffice.
But for those of us who can’t transform our loves into income, there are other alternatives paved by the Fastlane.
That method involves repositioning your goals and visions into a greater end — that end will transform your daily life into something that you will enjoy. If you can’t get paid doing a specific activity, you need to identify a specific “WHY” or “end goal” which makes your daily activity a means to the end. What is your WHY? Why are you doing this? Why go Fastlane?
For me, my “WHYS” read like this …
- “I want to be my own boss”
- “I want to pay my mother’s mortgage off”
- “I want to wake-up in the morning without an alarm clock”
- “I want to someday write a book without the pressure of money”.
These WHY’s can turn your daily activities into motivation — the “do what you love” metamorphosis required to move into the Fastlane.
What are your WHYS?
MJ
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