*** #3 - Building your dream whilst working full-time? Get this No. THREE investment right.

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This article is a continuation from the previous article #2-Building your dream whilst working full-time? Get this No. TWO investment right. Let’s reset the scene if you’re brand new here, if you have read the article, you can go straight to Investment no.3

If I say the word “investment”, what comes up for you?

For some, it brings images of property, money, men or women in suits or graphs. For others, it could be words such as risk, loss & gain, strategy, growth or numbers.
When you decide to build up your dream, you may do so swiftly and effectively while still working full time at your current job. That’s when the word “investment” will take a whole new meaning for you. During this transition time to setting up your own business or job or career change, you will need the appropriate investment portfolio. In my book Passion Pays, I refer to four specific types of investments that you will need to manage. I am laying them out to you, each in one article. In this article, let’s view the third investment. Are you ready?

Not so fast. Just like any journey, before we set off, let’s check that you are fully equipped:

- Belief in your dream? Check.
- Awareness of your emotional reason, your ‘Why?’. Check.
- Willing AND ready to commit? Check.
- Read investment no.1? Check.
- Read investment no.2? Check.

Now, we’re ready. So, the third of the four investments.

Investment no.3: TIME

Time is probably our most precious asset. We all have seemingly the same amount, yet many of us feel time-poor; simply because we don’t give our time to what matters most to us. Time to change that!

If you want to live your dream at some point, you have to take time to start it. If you don’t start, how can you finish? If you want to make progress on your transition journey, you really must put time aside to give attention to your intention. Even if your full-time job is keeping you busier than a one-man band, take some necessary steps towards your dream goal however small, as long as even the small steps are the biggest you can take right now.

Where can you find or make 30 minutes today? Or even this week? Make the commitment right now: Put it in your diary. Tell your friend or your spouse you won’t be around. Program the TV and your phone to sleep. Take the dog out after that. 

If you are too conscious of time you have “available”, you may feel eager to not only start but to relentlessly keep busy working on your dream.  However, with effort and character building comes patience. I realise how much more compelling it is to go for instant gratification, especially in our fast-paced world, yet time is your friend. Don’t confuse busyness with effectiveness.  Use your time wisely by filling it with what makes you feel supported, what makes you see joy and beauty, what keeps you passionate. The rest will follow.

Before you go... there is ONE thing you must take away from this article. Just ONE. Now, let me check: what time in your week did you choose to make your third investment?

Take time to digest and plan your (first, second and) third investments (more to the point!). In my next article, I will take you through the last investment no. 4. If you want more inspiration to build your dream, go ahead and download a free sample from my book Passion Pays, on which this article is based and where I go into much more detail.

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