How to Work on Personal Projects After Working A Full Time Job

Sharif wants to work on his personal portfolio but works a full time job and loses focus and confidence. How can he #stay #motivated despite working a full time job? He'd rather spend his free time playing video games, watching movies and relaxing, so how can he find the energy to work on his side #hustle?

00:20 Diagnose the real problem. Do you really want it? Audit your time.
2:25 Get brainwashed by Mr. Chris Do. Learn to find joy in progress for yourself.
3:20 Don't judge yourself as to whether what you'll make will be good or not. If you learn to love the PROCESS, that's the point. It's who you become in pursuit of the goal, not the goal itself.
03:25 Enjoy the process vs. the end result. It's important to have big goals, but it's more important the person you become in the pursuit of that goal.
4:08 Combine your free time with things you actually like, blur that line. Ex: Work = Shooting film. Hobby = Traveling. Vlog to blur that line.
04:10 Combine your hobbies and interests to blur the lines of what is hobby and work.
05:10 In order to get what you want, you have to be willing to give up something. In other
words, to get what you don't have, you will have to do something you've not done.
5:52 Life is long and the amount of time you have to achieve something is short. If you work hard now, you'll reap the rewards for the rest of your life. If you spread out of the work, you'll realize years later you aren't far from where you started. You'll regret that you didn't give yourself the best shot.
06:15 My dad's advice. Life is long. The time to achieve what you want is short. Concentrate now (give up the short term rewards) for the long term gain.
9:57 Growing up is about sacrifice. You'll either do it now or later, but you'll have to.
10:00 The sacrifices I made (things I enjoyed) for the things I wanted (my career).
11:45 Does your job feel like its sucking your soul? If so, perhaps you need to find another job?
11:52 Pursue a career that's rewarding emotionally and financially.
14:00 Just getting started is the hard part. Do a little bit will eventually get you into the swing.
15:07 Make small commitments in a process. Embrace the difficult, embrace the grind.
17:52 Find motivation by a higher purpose. This will propel you to strive to improve even in your downtime activities.
18:50 Wealth is your ability to convert knowledge and experience into equity and capital. - Jim Rohn

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