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The Carpenter Challenge

Picture a builder hiring a new framing carpenter to help construct his new homes. The first day on the job, the new carpenter shows up without a tool belt . . . and without any tools . . . and asks, “Where do I begin?” How much progress do you think would be made by the end of the first day?

Most of us at some point in our lives are like the unprepared carpenter. We make the decision to try a fresh approach to something but have no tools, and haven’t the slightest clue what we want to build. Within us, we have the power to build any life we choose, yet at day’s end, nothing has changed. We just continue to pursue the day-to-day activities of our chosen career, yet we don’t take time to visualize the finished product–our life.

One thing about it, the above-mentioned new carpenter on the job will learn all about carpentry, and if they continued on in the job, soaked up all they were taught, and even took on small projects on their own time, they very likely would have become a master carpenter!

The same goes in the real world: if you want to master the piano, then start taking lessons, practice daily, and in a few years, you’ll be able to play Chopin! If you want something like financial independence, determine a method, learn how others have achieved wealth, and put those practices in place, and forge on until you have your finances in order!

So if you want to add something new to enrich your life, call it the “carpenter challenge” (or whatever you like), and start hammering! There’s no limits to the life you will build.