As a wise man once said, “Cash moves everything around me, cream, get the money. Dollah dollah bill ya’ll.” Wiser words haven’t been spoken. Fortunately for us, Wu-Tang Clan offers countless life advice we can all take a lot away from. When we take a moment to really look at the message, there is a lot we can take away from it. Contextually framing that message in our personal lives can be very eye-opening. We need money for everything, and money really moves the world around us.
Every single thing that we have, see, or interact with has monetary value. Our lives also have a monetary value. The work we output versus the things(food, activities, homes, hobbies, etc.) we intake can all be tracked monetarily, although that’s just an exercise in anxiety. The way we spend the majority of our time, our jobs/careers, are very monetary.
We work to make money, and these businesses exist to make money too. It’s a paper green world, and we’re all just trying to be our own little money trees. It’s a dangerous game, though, especially for our mental health and personal fulfillment, and finding a career that achieves the intersection of needs, wants, and desires is daunting.
Often we find ourselves doing things we think we need and want, only to later discover that that wasn’t the case. We’re doing it for money, a necessity, but not the end-all necessity. This revelation couldn’t be more true for a life coach and spiritual shaman, Darryl Elvina. Growing up, he found himself doing work he thought he needed, but it would take some shifted perspective to really discover his true calling.
Needing Money
As Elvina was getting ready to go to college, he found himself in a quandary. He didn’t know what he wanted to really do, but he knew he needed to make money. His family, meanwhile, had just the plan for him. “The expectations of me were always on going the traditional route, school, college, degree, engineering job.
I always heard, “Darryl, what kind of engineer do you want to be when you grow up?” As if I had no choice, like I was destined to be an engineer. This route promised financial security and a stable career, but deep down, Elvina knew he wanted more than that. After coming to this reckoning in his third year of college, Elvina decided to shift his focus away from just money and towards finding more fulfillment.
Elvina shifted his focus towards online marketing and consulting after listening to podcasts and books on entrepreneurship. He started to make money right after college doing this, but again he needed more. Elvina decided to remain open to the possibilities and sought out something deeper than just making money.
This desire led to a friend suggesting the Huna Hawaiian Spiritual Workshop, and it was here things finally made sense. He was able to experience the world of healing that spiritual work has to offer. Suddenly he found his ability to generate income blossom and, more importantly, find spiritual fulfillment.
This journey of self-discovery wasn’t easy, but Elvina had finally found his way. After shedding that initial mindset of “every action needs to generate income,” Elvina’s life had skyrocketed in quality. As he puts it, “I broke through plateaus on the health goals that I couldn’t seem to break for years, my relationships got deeper, easier, and more meaningful… And I finally got a semblance of peace within myself.”
So what does this mean for the rest of us? Do we still have to grind non-stop in order to find success or happiness? Did Elvina just get lucky?
The Myth of “The Grind”
The answer to the previous two questions is “no” and “no.” Yes, working hard and pushing ourselves is very important in its own way. Yes, Elvina was fortunate to discover the spiritual world as his calling. However, the “grind” is not essential to success, and Elvina didn’t just get “lucky” coming upon the Hanu Hawaiian Spiritual Workshop.
As Elvina himself has said, “I believe that many entrepreneurs were sold a lie, that entrepreneurship has to be a grind, struggle, and hustle. And it doesn’t have to be that way.”
So what’s the answer then? Is that quote coming from someone who’s so comfortable in his life that he’s lost touch with how it is for the majority of entrepreneurs or careerists? Far from it. Rather, Elvina thinks the secret to overcoming this obstacle is spiritual.”
I believe that your highest level of performance, flow, and fulfillment isn’t through hustling and grinding – it’s through eliminating your unconscious blocks, aligning to what actually matters to you, and going all in and executing on your unique genius and spirit.”
Basically, if we can identify the things that are really keeping us held back, our productivity can soar, and we can achieve more in less time.
At the end of the day, the secret to overcoming the backbreaking grind we impose on ourselves is addressing our mental health.
If we’re able to overcome those blockages that Elvina describes, we can find ourselves suddenly achieving great things we previously thought impossible. For an entrepreneur or anyone really to be successful, they have to first heal themselves.
Once they’ve become comfortable in who they are and address the unconscious things that are holding them back or restricting productivity, only then will they be able to maintain self-sufficiency and success.
It’s easy to lose sight of this aspect of our lives when we sacrifice ourselves to the grind, but taking a step back and addressing yourself is crucial to any sustained success. Whether it’s as a client of Elvina or under the guidance of someone else, remaining open to change and addressing yourself is the fastest and healthiest way to achieve greatness.
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