To Double Your Income, You Must Reinvent Yourself

If you keep doing what you've always done, you will always get what you've always got. Some people will say that you should stick to what you know. Whatever you believe now is undoubtedly allowing you to get the results you are currently obtaining but at the same time, it is also holding you back from your true potential. Rather than sticking to what you know, focus on what you want. Steven Covey states, "Keep the end in mind."

In Leviticus, the bible reads over and over, regarding skin diseases or other sicknesses, "They must be cast out from their people." I love this, because it doesn't say that the people must outcast the man in question. It just says, they must be cast out. This means that in order to remove the ugliness, the disease, a man may choose to separate himself for a period of time. The wilderness, the desert, is not necessarily a bad place for a man, and you will find many of the great leaders, purposely allow themselves alone time to reflect and allow the reinvention to happen.

There is a parable of 100 sheep, where 1 is lost. The shepherd goes to find the sheep, leaving the 99. Often times, the shepherd would break the leg of the lost sheep, forcing the lost sheep to stay with the shepherd and completely rely on the shepherd for all its needs. In turn, this would then reinforce the bond between the sheep and shepherd. The reason heaven rejoices, is not because the one sheep is reunited with the fold. The one sheep is, in fact, different from the 99. The 1 sheep has a newly found discovery of where its strength lies. In a sense, the one sheep, with the newly created bond, is now stronger and less lost than the remaining sheep.

What you think now, what you do now, results in your current income. In order to double that income, you need to go down to the roots, to tear out, to sort, to cocoon, to brainstorm, to reflect. When you emerge, with new thoughts, ambitions and ideas, you may put in place a foundation that will lead to doubling your income.

This post was reposted from http://finlit.biz/business/to-double-your-income-you-must-reinvent-yourself/, originally written on January 7th, 2014.