Welcome back!  This series will normally include two principles per blog post to help you identify if you are “Doing” [actually on the road to success] or “Trying” [spinning your wheels and getting nowhere]… but today…Principle 1 is pretty heavy and will be enough to fill your head until the next post.

To get the full effect take a few moments after reading each post to evaluate your own situation and evaluate if you are in fact DOING or if you’re TRYING.

PRINCIPLE 1

 DOing: I will make the time!

You know you’re doing when you have the attitude “I will MAKE the time to work towards and achieve my success!” This means you already have consistent time scheduled in your calendar that you commit to and follow through on each week!  To work on an investment, business vehicle or commitments that are going to get you to financial freedom you must make time for it and stick to those times!

TRYing: When or IF I have the time

You’re trying when you say “When or IF I have the time today, this week, this month; I will work on my business, investment, idea etc…”  This will inevitably have you ‘spinning your wheels! In this case you are treating your financial freedom like a HOBBY and not the INVESTMENT it is.

Treating your financial freedom this way, could be your number one reason why you’re not where you want to be.  You haven’t set up that consistent time in your calendar to make it happen.  You have NOT MADE IT A PRIORITY!

Now, this is going to be a recurring theme throughout this series.  Creating your financial freedom is a long term goal.  You must be willing to work NOW to have your freedom later.  I like to say “If you want your freedom, you have to be willing to work for free.”  Creating financial freedom, requires you to build a ‘machine’ that will provide cash flow. Anything that is truly set up to create Financial Freedom will take an investment of time & money in the beginning, which means you’re not going to be getting paid a lot right upfront…and this is where a great deal of people drop the ball. Most are socialized into: work a week/month, get paid! Work another  week/month, get paid.

Now I’m not saying you have to give up your full time job.  As I mention in my book, your financial success is determined by what you do in your spare time.  Creating financial freedom is not ‘hunting’, it’s ‘farming’.  You’re planting the seed, nurturing that seed, seeing that it has all it needs to grow healthy and strong and then wait till it’s time to harvest to enjoy the ‘fruits of your labor’.

“If you never MAKE the time, you will never HAVE the time.” Doug Nelson

“What you DO with your TIME clearly and honestly shows your TRUE Values and Priorities.” Melanie Nelson

“Business is about helping People.” I love it.
Today’s blog is our final item from current and alumni student testimony. I hope you have enjoyed them as much as we have here at Catch Fire University. There’s nothing more rewarding than to know that you have a positive affect on people and have helped enrich their lives in some way. If you know me, or have spent any time reading my book or experiencing my educational materials you will know that I hold that opening quote to heart.

Without further ado, I bring to you the testimonial story from Chelsia Lim. Careful, her positive, can do, high spirit is contagious!

I developed the empowering belief that “business is about helping people”…
Chelsia Lim, Singapore ~ CFU Bachelors & Masters Alumni

Financial freedom is not only about how much money we are making, it actually encompasses other aspects of our life including our health, our relationships, and spiritual components. It is living the life you want, doing work that you love, having good feeling and living a carefree life. One cannot rely of the economy, the government or the fiscal policies to take care of us.

In order to have the freedom, I learned to confront all the negative beliefs inside my mind that stood in my way.

I confronted these negative beliefs in the Catch Fire University Online Programs! I am so grateful I took the Associates Degree from CFU and right now I am taking Masters Degree, and loving it!

One of the most powerful lessons that was LIFE CHANGING for me was the resistance and fear I had around starting my own business and engaging in any type of sales.

In CFU I developed the empowering belief that “business is about helping people” and “sales is fun”. And because of that I started my own business since I took the course.

I am now living my life financially free, doing work that I love, living happy, healthy and whole (which mirror my dream life!^^) – and it is in line with my GOD’s given destiny to live abundant life HE has prepared for me! J I highly recommend CFU to anyone who wants to achieve their financial freedom too! J To your success and financial freedom^^

And it is all because I received a clear map to financial freedom when a friend on Facebook told me about a PHENOMENAL book “Catch Fire: How to Ignite Your Own Economy” written by Doug Nelson (you will have to read Doug’s book and hear his story to get the importance of the title).