What do you think when you hear the term “passive
income”? Many people probably think of “income that comes without effort,” but
does it really exist in the real world?
Many people look at someone's success or easy life
and think, “They must be lucky,” or “They must have been born with it,” or
“They must have found the right spouse.” However, it is more likely that there's
been a lot of trial and error, hard work, and investment of time behind their
apparent success that we don't see, and we don't really look deeply into that
process, so it's easy to misunderstand or stereotype.
For example, when we see someone earning a steady
return on their investments, we say, “Wow, they just sit back and make easy
money.” But how many failures did they have to go through, how much did they
learn, how much did they prepare, how many hours of consistent effort did they
put in? We don't see that invisible effort, or we don't want to see it, and we
make a lot of judgments based on the visible results, but that's probably an
arrogant judgment because we haven't done it. If you've ever put in the effort
and time to get something, you know how hard the process can be.
We've all heard the saying that hard work never
betrays you, and while it doesn't always guarantee a positive outcome, it does
leave a mark. More importantly, the hard work you put in should be something
that allows you to grow and have a positive impact on others.
It's easy to look at someone else's success and feel
envy or jealousy. But what if you could channel that emotion into something
more positive? You could learn from what they've gone through, apply it to
yourself, and find your own path. If someone is making progress, cheering them
on has a healthy effect on you. On the flip side, harboring negative feelings
and tearing someone down is just a reflection of your own inadequacies. Tearing
down someone else's success isn't going to improve your own situation, and
you're spending energy where it doesn't belong.
Many people look at successful people and say they
“got lucky,” but most of them didn't get there in one fell swoop. They are more
likely to have worked day in and day out for years, facing failure after
failure and challenge after challenge. What looks like stability and ease may
seem like a windfall, but more often than not, it's the result of hard work. Why
not learn from their process and apply it to your own, so that you can grow
through new challenges, too?
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