[INVEST IN YOURSELF]
When I was working full time in Fashion in my 20s, I had the employee's mindset: If I work hard to serve my company well, I'll get a promotion in a year or two, keep working hard day in day out and in 5 years time I'll reach my goal to be a manager that I thought was my highest goal (oh and hello for a 20-60% pay rise) Then I would buy a house, get married, live a happy life.
Which I did (I was using the Law Of Attractions without me knowing, I thought that was goal settings + taking actions + follow my financial excel spread sheet religiously)
After my dream had "came true", I got promotion almost every year until I reached to the top.
I wasn't satisfy, my soul wanted more than just to be the best production manager in a small family fashion business (that is not my family), making my boss (and his family) a millionaire while I earned a fixed wage.
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To be honest I'm not even that into Fashion & Trends anyway, I still wear the same clothes that I wore when I was a teenager.
What I enjoyed in that job was the manager title, the perks (free clothes!), the stable pay check, the business trips, etc.
I didn't even get to design or create anything anymore, we were copying actual final products from Europe and made it our next hottest 'new trends".
Which was an insult to a creative person.
📷🎥 2016 Goal - Wedding Photography
2016 Xmas I realised that I can dream even bigger, set a even higher goal and make it happen:
Why can't I make myself a boss and build a 6 figures wedding photography company?
If I work hard for myself, I can achieve this goal in 3 years too right?
I've done it before and proven that it is possible right?
Yup I was aware that I had no idea about the Wedding industry (the market, the pricing structures, the business skill set, Social media & SEO, didn't know any of these).
I didn't even know how to use a proper camera that is not an iPhone. lol
But ignorance can be a bless sometimes.
All I had was guts, values and passions.
I was committed to learn, start before I was ready, took on paid wedding jobs before we even had a proper portfolio, invest time & money to this self learning journey.
Keep pushing & growing & expanding out of my comfort zone.
Glad that I had this breakthrough and just went for it.
Now I get to work with talented artists to create pretty wedding photos, albums & videos for engaged couples;
I get paid to travel the world to shoot wedding photos;
I am working for a company that I am truely proud of, oh and I get to keep the profits too, how can it get any better?
I can make any decision and set any price I want, I can say no to some jobs that I can sense trouble, or give discounts to brides that I would like to help, which empowering me, which is awesome!
As long as I take 100% responsibility to the end result, keep my clients, my team and myself happy, this is a much more fun than working full time for someone else's company!
🧘♀️👩💼😎 2019 NEW GOAL
Now that our Wedding photography business is booming, I'm going for a even bigger dream and do something totally new again.
Why not?
What would I lose if I fail?
What is failure anyway?
Will I regret on "NOT" taking this "risk" when I die?
Or will I regret on taking this risk because it is risky?
What is risk by the way?
If not now then when?
If not me then who?
What would the future me say to me if I stay where I am because I am scared?
I'm committed to achieve this new goal (which I think this is it! My life purpose!)
Yup, I'm also aware that I have no idea about this next new journey might happen but I will make it happen and enjoy every second of this human experience!
I'm going back to school willingly to study all the skills I need to get there;
I will attend to as much workshops & seminar as possible to learn new things;
I'm reading lots of books / audio books / podcasts about these subjects already...
And I'm gonna throw myself out there shortly and start getting paid clients before i'm "ready" haha
Say yes and figure out how later. Yeah why not?
Life is so much fun and exciting now, can't believe I wake up super early every morning and can't wait to go to "WORK"!
I'm gonna nail this Game call LIFE!
Be the master of my life!
Watch out to this space folks!
