Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 5

[Shannon]

Will there be a MLS-"component" in the new UMS to support learning topics along your journey to financial success?

The new MLS will be built using v1 as a base, and contains almost every goal that was found in v1.  V1 of UMS does have some scripting in that direction.

I see, thank you. I take you ment to write UMS and not MLS.

Indeed.  I am a bit too tired today apparently.

I would be interested to hear about your findings in the correlation between finding something you enjoy doing (and thus becoming skilled in it) and your ability to achieve financial success, and if this is implemented in UMS to help the user get to this place.

I have seen multiple people talk about how they have tried things and got average success from it, and then tried something else, until they found something that they found themselves enjoying to do - and it wasn't until that point that they started seeing larger success (even though the previous steps were often needed).

Just made me think of a quote from Steve Jobs:

“You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle…

There are arguments in both directions that hold value.  On the one hand, if you can find something you love doing that will make you money, then it is going to be easier and more effective than trying to do something you are neutral to, and much easier than something you hate, to make money.

On the other hand, if your true passion is playing the trumpet, but you're the worst trumpet player ever and that's after years of working at it... well... you might be a candidate for a more pragmatic approach.

The approach UMS takes is to find and then use the best path to your goal, whatever the goal and whatever the path, so long as nobody is harmed in the process.