ecoTrain Question Of The Week #19: What are you addicted to and how does it help or hinder you?

Addiction comes in many forms good and bad. Bad in the way you can get caught up in substance abuse which thank fully is not the case with myself. I can't remember when last I had a drink and that is genuine.Sometime last year I think as it has never played a big role in my life. I enjoy it so don't get me wrong, but it is not a have to have scenario.

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These days I just don't stop and strategise every business move thinking outside the box if needs be.

What I have is an addictive personality though so when I get involved in something it consumes everything I do.My focus will remain on whatever my mind sets itself on and it doesn't let up. I don't think I was always like this as I would be a multi millionaire these days instead of a work in progress.

About 5 years ago I had a blood clot hit my lung putting me in hospital and this got me thinking. This so called lucky escape made me channel my thoughts into what is important and what isn't. I select what is important know and that is where my entire focus lies. Yes the blood clot could have killed me as the type I had is known as the widow maker yet it bought me back to life into something I have never experienced before. The driving force within me is just that powerful how can you not succeed.

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Happens more than once as it is all around you if you just look.

I have had many business ventures in the past with mixed results and whilst sitting in hospital I was able to break them all down selecting the good and bad bits. Things just became crystal clear like they had never been before and why it had such a massive impact on how I am today.

The business I started over a year ago has been where my focus has been and every deal that is achieved whether big or small excites me to want to achieve more. I suppose it is a bit like winning at the casino as you just can't stop. I think it has something to do with challenging your self to be the best you can at whatever it is you are doing.

Growing up I never came from a rich family and have had to work hard for everything I have today. I appreciate every dollar I earn and everything around me and not bothered by material things at all. For me as long as something works it doesn't need to be replaced as financial security is far more important at the end of the day.

I have learned that whilst as frustrating as it is chasing business is actually quite fun. I am never put off by anything and will have my mind whirring at 1000 mph trying to see another angle. I believe there is always an angle and this is where the obsessive/addictive personality kicks in.

There are certain business accounts I have been chasing for over two years now and my mind will not let me stop until I have landed them. Five years ago I would have given up and just moved on, but these days I can't. It is not the idea of failure but the self belief I have within that knows what is possible. There is a driving force that just keeps pushing and bashing away at whatever lies in front of me.

I have mentioned this before saying Hive was one of my biggest challenges ever starting from scratch with no investment. Plugging away day after day as other accounts gave up around me. It was just another challenge that I had focused on and it is kind of addictive. The harder things became the more I threw at it and this has helped me understand myself a little more in the process.

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I burned out two motors in 3 weeks on my last weight loss challenge exercising twice a day for hours at a time. The weigh ins were fun.

I knew a while ago I had an addictive personality when at work we had a weight loss challenge. It was something I enjoyed and won hands down as I just wouldn't stop exercising. Going for a spin on an exercise bike would literally mean just that and doing 100 km or even 150 km over a 3 or 4 hour ride was not unusual. I would lose 3 kg's in one session just from perspiration which is probably quite bad for you lol. I always drank fluids so as not to dehydrate but the weight loss thing was not a proper challenge really considering how I went about it.

The big difference is how I think and process the thoughts now in the right way concentrating on what I feel is important.The only regret is I never had this type of thought process 20 or 30 years ago as things would be so different right now.