by Cassie Howard | Aug 16, 2016 | Business Basics |
I wish I could say that everyone in my life is super supportive and understanding of my all day, every day hustle & grind, but that would be a lie. The truth is that the majority of my family and friends just don’t get it, nor do they even CARE to get it. Thankfully, many of them just stay out of my way and let me do my thing, but some of them, mostly those that are closest to me, like my parents, are always trying to talk me out of doing what I do. Not because they want me to be unhappy (which I damn well would be if I stopped doing the work I love so much!), but because they just don’t understand my passion, and so they want to protect me by telling me to “quit while I’m ahead” and “get a real job that is more secure” (I guess they don’t realize that the most secure job in the world is the one you give yourself). While I was talking to someone the other day, I mentioned I had a stretch goal of a million dollars this year. They asked me why I wanted to make so much, why did I need all that money? No one was really going to pay me that much, would they? I try not to get into negative conversations like this, but this time, I gave in and validated my reasoning for wanting to make a million dollars this year. This person went on to talk about how they definitely didn’t need a million dollars, they just wanted “enough...
