“The world doesn’t owe you happiness. Your boss has no reason to let you choose your own projects, or spend one week out of every four writing a novel at your beach house. These rewards are valuable. To earn them, you must accumulate your own career capital by mastering a skill that’s equally rare and valuable.” – Cal Newport

Knowing that you want financial security is very different than executing the action required to obtain financial security. Does it help provide fuel to forge ahead when times get tough? Absolutely. If you want financial security because you want to help your sick child get the best treatment possible is better than a vague sense of wanting it to buy a Ferrari. In either case, however, the deeper question remains:

What are you willing to struggle for in order to obtain the life you want?

Everybody wants the good life. The better question is are you willing to earn it? Today and over the weekend, focus on three words: persistency, consistency and focus. Regardless of what you decide to do, if you apply these three words to the formula, you’ll be a success…