Big Money, The Long Game, or Feeling Human: Pick One.
You’ve met Joe at networking events multiple times and you’ve been running in the same circles for a couple of years, but you don’t know him very well.
You made some very insightful points in an all day Saturday class two days ago that he also happened to attend, and he was newly impressed by you. He called you this morning to discuss with you privately a deal that has landed in his lap. He thinks that you are the exact right person to partner up. Joe has shared some of the details and the project has the potential to be very lucrative, if you both work pretty hard and move quickly. You also happen to have enough capital to put into the opportunity from another deal that recently came to fruition. Unfortunately, you are super swamped catching up your financials for tax season, and you’ve recently agreed to be a volunteer leader for one of your networking groups.
Meanwhile, you deeply valued the instruction you and Joe received on Saturday from Jan.
She frequently teaches large groups, which you often attend. Jan also runs a highly respected Mastermind and only takes applications twice a year for very limited spots. Right now, she is laser focused on investment type Q, which has been piquing your interest. You are a committed wealth builder and you think Jan has exactly the knowledge and background to help you be very successful with investment type Q. However, it is a significant time and cash commitment. Plus, you have some misgivings about Q and you wish you had more confidence about taking the plunge. On the other hand, if you don’t apply for the Mastermind right now, you’ll have to wait at least six months before you can try again.
To complicate matters even further, you just got some of your time back since that other project wrapped up nicely.
You’ve been having weekly get-togethers with your loved ones and friends, whom you’d been missing dearly. You’ve started hitting the gym again for the first time in who knows how long. You’d been shorting yourself on good rest for a while before that project finished, but now you’re getting a solid 7 hours of sleep every night. Sometimes you even get 9 hours! You feel physically and mentally better than you have in a very long time.
If you do the deal with Joe, you can keep the volunteer role and keep going to the gym. You will probably have to reduce those weekly get-togethers to every other week, and those 9 hours-of-sleep nights are over until you wrap this deal. You’ll work really hard, and might make a lot of money. You can’t possibly take on the Mastermind with Jan if you agree to work with Joe.
If you are accepted into the Mastermind with Jan, there are scheduled meetings and events that will be important to attend and you lose a lot of control over your schedule. After all, the whole point is to get as much concentrated time with Jan and the rest of the group as possible, right? You almost certainly have to give up the volunteer role that you just agreed to do for a year, and although you know there will be understanding, you don’t love how that’s going to look. You also know that Jan is focused right now on investment type Q and you’re not sure that’s work you’re going to enjoy doing. And what about loved ones, the gym, and that super delicious sleep?
The Hustle: Pass on the Mastermind with Jan and spend every moment possible working out the deal with Joe. If you take the time to thoroughly assess the opportunity with Joe you might still turn it down, and you will have already missed the deadline on the Mastermind application.
The Growth: Pass on the deal with Joe and apply for the Mastermind. Building a professional relationship with Jan takes priority over deepening a professional relationship with Joe. You’ve been around each other for years, anyway. What’s up with right now? If you get declined for the Mastermind, or they run out of spots before your application is considered, you will have already missed the chance to get in on Joe’s deal.
The Recharge: Neither. You spend some time with yourself and your loved ones for a bit. After all, you’ve earned it.
Something Else: What is it?
Choose Your Adventure
I want to hear from you. Which path are you taking?
Reply to this email with "JOE," "JAN," or "ME." I’ll be tallying the votes and sharing the psychological breakdown of each choice in next week’s Journal.
To be continued...
