ID-649-Mike Wasylik

Q: This exercise, I just want to know are you going to come back and talk about how to move the bottom line above the need line?
A: This exercise will help you with that, yes. The short answer is all the shit you’re tolerating right now, stop tolerating it. I’ll give you an example. In early 2011, I was still not very well off financially. I was more afraid of calling people who had told me they didn’t want to hire me. I was more afraid of calling potential referral sources who said they would refer business to me but didn’t. I was more afraid of calling people who owed me money. I was more afraid of telling my story and what people would say about me. I was more afraid of that than I was of driving a shitty truck, living in a house with a hole in the roof, and wearing clothes that I didn’t like. I raised my bottom line and said I’m no longer willing to tolerate the car, the house, the clothes, the domestic stuff I was doing, and some of the unhealthy relationships I was putting up with. I stopped tolerating those things and started taking the actions that had to be taken to change those things in my life. I wanted to protect my ego more than I wanted to improve my life.