2. Financial security

There is absolutely nothing more likely to dampen the prospects of becoming rich than a nice, fat, regular salary check. — Felix Dennis, How to Get Rich

For a large amount of the last 8 years, my income was extremely sporadic. There were plenty of months where I wondered if I should just give up and get a job. There was even a year when I almost quit. I had to temporarily give up financial security in order to do the work that I wanted to do and have the lifestyle I wanted.

Giving up financial security isn’t easy. As billionaire Shahid Khan said“money gives you choices. Not having money sucks. You have to say no to so many things you want to say yes to.

I missed friends’ weddings because I couldn’t afford the trips

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I gave up vacations that friends had invited me on

I stayed at my parent’s house far longer than I ever intended to

But when you’ve been fired from nearly every job you’ve ever had, the safety and security of a steady paycheck are an illusion. Gambling on the uncertainty of my entrepreneurial path seemed like a better bet than the supposed guarantees that came with a steady paycheck. I figured building a body of work would be far more valuable than to keep adding to my resume of failures.

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