Is the aptitude for controlling your focus, emotional & mental states, and more importantly concentrating your core thoughts. We all sooner or later discover that our life is a vessel given by our Maker. And that we each of us are the chief captain of our individual soul, the director of our own life’s choices. And it’s best to sort that out before any regret or spitefulness begins to set in.. I consider my experience fabricating back in the day and realized that the plug of internal conditions will inevitably shape the mold of external conditions. Like I said in the last lesson; in order to control your bank account and personal finance. You must control your thoughts, the story you tell yourself, and master the treatment we are willing to accept.

Undoubtedly when times are good, the markets are booming, and there’s more than enough to go around. It is easy to be optimistic, and even easier to sound like a genius on the latest & greatest opportunity. However when the seasons change and the times are hard, when the market corrects, and the winning streak runs out. We see who really knows what they are doing and who can hold fast the faith to keep on keepin’ on.. And that’s called the game of Life. It isn’t until the tide of life goes out that you get to really see who’s been swimming naked and just talking the talk. Now the finalists of fortune must master their ego and find their true self. The idea of self-mastery is a lot of things and plays out in a number of different ways. Again with many of the other lessons; this assuredly is not something to be trained or taught. Merely a philosophy to take with you on your quest for financial mastery. But I will say this speaking from experience, on my own journey. I believe having an obsessive devotion to crafting the life I desire most and creating the most effective uses of my time marches me closer to my goals. 💡 The key to anybody’s achievements is relying on a clearly defined goal and a well thought out plan to stay on course when times are hard and to keep track of the pace when times are good.

The craft of mastery is ultimately the ability to precisely know what you desire most and the discipline to carry your goals day in day out. It’s also a degree of feeling and acting as if it is, that you are a person who is already accomplished. No, I don’t mean fake it til you make it bologna. However, countless times I’ve reminded myself to “make it so you don’t have to fake it” or “if I can take it I can make it”, and positioned myself to act as if in a certain role or capacity. In a pragmatic sense; when I was 1st mate for a sailing charter I eventually would take the helm on occasion to sail the vessel if the skipper needed to step away from the captain’s seat. A tale for another time was when I nearly missed driving our $3M+ catamaran into a concrete dock because of my nerves, foul weather, & stormy conditions. Practically speaking it was in those moments that partly shaped my confidence that I have to this day. But in an ethos sense; it’s the audacity to believe that a poor peasant can someday change their stars into nobility. To be able to materialize the resources needed to have the luxury to spend your time how you want with those that you want. To embody progression in a new endeavor with poise and grace because you already have a proven track record making headway in other arenas instead of embracing limiting beliefs.

If you can maintain this ongoing mentality of future accomplishment with your current beliefs- envision how it looks and what the emotions feel like then you will obtain the terminal velocity of self mastery. Candidly I haven’t always possessed this level of mental fortitude; just like any other craft it only happens over time. So I take stock that it’s been trial and error on my part to figure out how to be productive and honor my goals and be a true friend to my future self. Frankly though; the “Be, Do, Have” principle has been at play for my most recent developments. Affirming what I like about me, time blocking, sticking to my routines, exercising, planning out goals, tasking important things, showing up for others, and muting distractions are elements in my financial ambitions. 🔎 When dramas and doubts appear though, I do what I can to refocus on how the best version of me would handle things. I often have to pause to control my emotions when little frustrations or annoying occurrences happen to me. blah.
Craftsmanship of the self as I put it; is holding our internal self in high regard despite the external circumstances. It could be described as mental transcendence. A command of stubborn thought and emotion. A firm pledge to yourself to perform any action as long as it takes to produce the satisfactory results. It’s the discipline, self control, and resolve to rise above our monetary constraints and time restrictions. And enthusiastically believe that you will achieve it despite all the evidence to the contrary. Truly the battle of the mind is waged anew daily.. It is a continuous strive to feel accomplished in the pursuit of excellence. In this station of my life; I’m crazy enough to map my wildest ideas. Weird enough to spend time alone playing a game against my future self. Odd enough to let my imagination run free. Open minded enough to keep an eye out for elusive serendipity. Year after year; day by day I work on my craft and know that my heart is true. The moral of the lesson on self mastery is perpetual intentions, feeling accomplishment before it arrives, and steadfast action. In addition to first controlling myself I’ve then gained control over my finances.