Are You In It Just For Yourself?

I wonder how many people will be able to answer this question honestly?

Are you into IM, running a home business, or whatever you want to call it,
just for yourself, just for the money?

More to the point, are you just for yourself?

A wise man said something today that hit home with me.

"If you're not for yourself, who else will be?"

"If you just for yourself, what good is that?"

What he meant, essentially is this.

If you're not looking out for yourself, regardless of what it is you do,
nobody else is going to look out for you.

In other words, if you want your home business to work YOU have to
make it work. You can't rely on others.

On the other side of the fence, if you're just in this for you, what good is
it?

In other words, if you're not making a difference in the lives of others
by providing them solutions to problems that they have, what are you
getting out of it other than just a paycheck?

How many of us are TRULY in it for others as well as ourselves?

How many of us can answer that question honestly?

Don't get me wrong. There is nothing wrong with doing something just
for the money as long as it's legal and ethical. Certainly when we had
our little paper route at the age of 10, we weren't doing it for anything
BUT the money. Did we really care that each and every person got their
morning paper? We delivered it because we had to.

And there's nothing wrong with that.

But if that's all there is, how full are our lives...really?

There are days, if I'm honest, when I wonder if I do any good at all. It's
not like I get my email box flooded with emails from people telling me how
I've changed their lives.

But then, on that rare occasion when somebody DOES send an email of
thanks, I think to myself, "maybe I am doing some good."

It's not easy when you essentially work by yourself. Sometimes there is
no feedback at all and there are very few people you can turn to.

So yes, there are some days I just say "Screw it! I'll do what I have to do
today so that I can pay this month's bills."

They are NOT my most enjoyable days.

The enjoyable days are the ones where somebody let me know that I
mattered.

Don't get me wrong. I know that it matters that I am able to pay my
daughter's college, our home and whatever else. But these days, with
so few bills left, I don't even have to work anyway.

And sometimes I wonder why I do.

And then I remember that I actually enjoy what I do...especially when I
feel like I matter.

Maybe I'm one of the lucky ones. Maybe I'm one of the rare ones. I
honestly have no idea. I certainly can't imagine those who promote
scammy CPA offers that they're in it for anything BUT the money.

But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they think these offers help people.

Anyway, where are YOU in all this?

Simply put...Why are YOU doing this?

Is it just for the money, or do you care?

More importantly, do you understand that, to a degree, you MUST be for
yourself because outside of those few people who REALLY do care, nobody
is going to personally take you by the hand and guide you through the
mine field.

I'll leave the importance of doing for others to you. That's between you
and your conscience.

Believe me...I have plenty of days where I wonder where my priorities
REALLY lie.