Do You Work Too Much or Too Little and Why This Doesn't Even Matter

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Hey folks,

By now you should be realizing I'm not big on quotas and trying too hard when it comes to reselling as if you can somehow will your self into millions of dollars just by hard work alone. Yeah, that might make you cringe, but the truth is told, there is something purely unappealing about thinking about reselling on eBay as a full-time job and becoming some multi-millionaire. Not that I'm anti-hard work or ambition. Hardly! But I do know what it means to feel inadequate and unsuccessful in times of hard duress and extreme ambition, only to see my fruitful labor be thrown out the window amidst unforeseen circumstances.

But with all this said, I'm here to tell you if you're asking yourself do you work too much? quite a bit, chances are, yes! But have no fear, because even if this is so, you don't have to quit your day job and jump off a bridge. You just have to change your perspective and find success in the mundane, which can allow you to become the greatest seller of all time if your heart so desires.

Raise Your Energy Levels

I'll keep this simple. While I like to think of myself as a budding spiritual guru for the emotionally stunted and Westernized and atheist millennials, I have a habit of bringing too much of my very antiquated Christian background into things. But while that may be a mouthful of nothingness for many of you, I just simply want to remind you that many of my business practices are based upon new thought and medieval spiritual practices that may offend.

Not that you care!

So, when I say you need to raise your energy levels, what I'm simply referring to is changing the way you think about your own reselling business. Which, for many of you, means recognizing how your thoughts shape your world around you, to the point where your own complaints and negativity are bringing you down.

A lot of this stems from lack of motivation but even more deadly, fear, which is where this lack of success stems from. And while that sounds simple enough, the reality is if you think you work too much but refuse to do anything about it, you're coming from the very same dark place. Which means, yes, you're not going to be successful, but worse, you're going to get burnt out before you ever get to taste the fruit of your hard-won labor.

In which case, maybe now is a time for a break and some relaxation. Better yet, maybe reselling just isn't for you. I'll be blunt: reselling and thrifting is in my blood, straight from my forefathers who brought their bartering and trade system to this very immature country. So I know even if I never make eBay my long-term full-time goal, I'll still be hunting down glorious treasure at estate sales and auctions, not to mention occasional thrift store.

But for many of you, this might not be the case. In which case, I have to ask, why are you doing this?

Perhaps you saw a video on YouTube promising you millions of dollars in sales if you just list 100 items every day. Maybe you thought you could make a go at something you never were intended to make a goal at in the first place. Whatever the case may be, now is the time to address these questions and get out if you have doubts.

Still with me?

Is All That Effort Paying Off?

Sometimes we have to pull back from our very 3-dimensional reality and begin to see time as something we have to overcome, not succumb to. Which for many of you simply means letting go of arbitrary ages and timeframes and finding success wherever it can be discovered. Which means if you're pouring all of your energy levels into your new eBay career but coming up with middling to frustrating results, maybe now is the time to think long-term and see the overall arch of your career before throwing in the towel.

If there's one frustrating thing to learn in life, it's that while human endeavor may bring tremendous results and change, often it has to come from a collective mindset rather than a single achievement. Which means, no matter how hard you work, you might still end up in the same spot you are in life regardless of how motivated you were in the first place.

Not to say your hard work is wasteful or being spent on an unnecessary time restricted labor schedule, but just that maybe now is the time to relax and watch the seeds of your business tree grown rather than continually harvest plain dirt.

It's a hard lesson to digest, but often the single greatest moments of triumph and growth have stemmed from complete inactivity.

I like to think of these moments of growth as spurts in our own maturity, which often yield larger gains than single achievements that may seem awesome but are very minuscule. But again, you have to learn to let go of the negativity preventing you from relaxing and trust your own instinct that your fruit has been planted in good soil.

Which brings me to my last point.

When Is It Time to Harvest?

If you plant your seeds in your business early on and keep a steady work pace, you're going to see results. While they may not reveal themselves right away, the truth is your work has not gone to waste. Even if it means you're business failed in the short-term.

But just as no skill reveals itself immediately, so goes immediate profits. But I have to ask: If your business is making enough to at least bring you contentment and enjoyment in what you do, isn't that enough satisfaction for the moment?

Maybe now is the time to relax and let go of this work-all-the time mentality that Westerners and especially Americans cling to. Not that hard work doesn't pay off. Rather, the contrary is true. But maybe we need to begin to adopt some Eastern philosophical principles into the fold, such as relaxation and dareIsay meditation.

But to get to that point you need to keep hope that you're going to be successful while recognizing that God or the Universe simply has other plans for your own ambitions. Not to say whatever high power you subscribe to doesn't care, but rather, maybe you don't see the true beauty of where you're actually headed.

So before throwing in the towel and saying fuck this business, take a second and truly ask yourself if you really need to follow those unnecessary listing quotas and guidelines. And better yet, just take the day off.

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As always, many blessings and may your treasure hunting be glorious!

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