Author: philipdodson

Hi I’m Philip Dodson entrepreneur co-founder of @Work Hubs and founder of Dodson Commercial I am passionate about revolutionising how & where we work, enabling individuals and business to connect, network and grow. Self-employment within the next 7-10 years will become the norm in the developed world, alongside this will be a co-working revolution. The future is all about sharing, collaborating and helping others to succeed. Find out more – @WorkHubs

True prosperity

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True prosperity is something we all have but do not realise it.

If we chase money, wealth, what we do not have, sure we can be motivated and driven. But when we get the perceived prosperity, we will still not be prosperous. We will still deep down be discontented and wanting more, we will have already moved onto future increased fake prosperity, so we will not even appreciate the extra wealth.

True prosperity is this precise moment that you are reading this. That is because this present moment is our only real life. If we adopt gratitude now for all that we have and accept that is what we have right now, then we will give up on the pursuit of fake prosperity and be truly at peace with all that we have already.

Constantly wanting to be in the future, with it’s projected hope and salvation means we are always waiting, instead of enjoying the only true prosperous moment, life now.

If it is not broken don’t fix it

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This true to a certain extent.

If the car is running fine, well perhaps leave it alone, don’t tinker with it. However, if we don’t get it serviced, change tyres and so on, it may not continue to work so fine.

We may be doing a good job, the money is coming in and everyone is happy. However, what if technology changes and we need a new skill to do our jobs and we don’t have it and someone else does? So then the job may not be going so well, perhaps we could have invested in keeping up to date with changes occurring and learnt some new skills.

The point is the mentality of ‘if it is not broken don’t fix it’ maintains the status quo and safe is the new risky in today’s world. We could choose to be working on getting even better as a habit, a daily ritual, then it’s not about maintenance, it’s about improving, doing our best, making a difference.

Also, the status quo becomes dull, uninteresting and lacking in rewards. The exciting things happen when we break things and find out how to fix them and make them even better.

Breaking things changes the world not fixing leaves everything as is.