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The second aspect of creating happiness for me is mental stimulation. This is different of course for different people but most people need some kind of intellectual challenge to feel like they are growing as a human. I know for most that my mind require near constant stimulation. I could never just retire and live on the beach for the rest of my life. I always need to be learning growing and acquiring new skills. I have met many entrepreneurs who had fantastic exits from their companies and thought they made it only to discover that selling company was not the finish line they thought. After a few months of traveling they had admit to me. I am so bored. I am going to start anther business. That is pretty typical especially for those of us who like building things. We do not want to be done, we want to be doing things. And the game to business is not about finishing, it is about always having something new to start. Again I am not anti-growth we just want to be growing the right things at the right time and your mind should be one of those things.
Certainly one areas of mental stimulating can be your own company, but you have to figure out whether your business is already simulating you enough without overdoing it. Oftentimes with the business once you have a certain formula for success down, it can become a little monotonous. Most businesses, once you have optimized them, start to become necessarily boring. In the case of ecommerce, most of the work time just filling orders, day in and day out. Once you are making money, having established a solid system that allows the business to run like clockwork. You will probably get a little ordered. That is normal. Be careful here as a lot necessarily. Do not burn something down that is working just because you have reached stability. This is why you want to figure out the minimum amount what will keep your stimulated.
What I do with my businesses every year is I try to tackle one new marketing aspect. Once year Facebook Messenger. I spent the entire year figuring out how to create Facebook Messenger chat bots.
It is a simple way to lean new skill serve to need for metal stimulation and since I can usually connect it to the bottom line in some way, it done not fall but the wayside. I am learning having fund acquiring a new skill but I am also working. So I do not ever have to decide between making money and my own growth.
What I have found is that many people who cannot concentrate on single goal have never tied it. They are afraid of picking the wrong thing or risking it all one idea that may not work.
What I have learned is that when you rally figure out makes you happy, the simplest things can keep you occupied. You do not have to do it all once you know the few things you really need to life a good life. Something I really liked about my job was that I was always working with brilliant people. Sometimes with your business working with smart people is enough to stay stimulated. You have go figure it out for yourself, thought. If your business is already making enough money, maybe you can have a side hobby that occupies your mind. Do not neglect this aspect of your growth though. It will make every other area better, if you keep learning new things, do not you think that all affect how much money you are able to make. Of course it will.
