It’s different for everyone… that age when you simply don’t have the drive to “grow your business” or “attain a higher level of success.” I’m there — my brother, who is 5-years older than I am, isn’t. He suggested I read a book about how “achieving 10X growth is exponentially easier than striving for 2X growth.“ I immediately thought…
I don’t want to grow anymore. I’m finished with that.
He wants me to absorb the book and have amazing ideas insofar as how we can apply it to what we do. He wants me to excitedly prepare a list of forward processes that he can modify to his way of thinking. My brain responded with, “NAH.“
I’ve got stuff to do like…
What I said to him instead is that my work related reading is more along the lines of technology. Afterall, just yesterday I was alerted to the fact that all the trials he’s downloaded in his energized frenzy for “new stuff” to implement has resulted in passwords of our secure areas being exposed in a data breach. Not just a couple places are we vulnerable because of these actions — it’s like more than 20. I’m herding mosquitos here. 🙄
I feel accomplished when I can simply maintain.
Maybe it’s different for men than it is for women. Maybe it’s the desire for a different lifestyle even going into that life after 65 (not there yet, but so close I can taste it). And maybe it’s a lifetime of experiences that culminate into goals that just don’t align with those who’ve had experiences that are different.
I’m at a place in life that I want to wind down some… enjoy things that don’t require me to make more and more money or sit for hours on end in front of a computer. I want to wrap up the last project of the spring/summer (there will be one more big project — concrete in the garage part of the barndo and possibly entry doors), think less and enjoy more.
What about you?
No matter your age, are you interested in “growing” or are you satisfied with “maintaining?”