Important goals

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Example #2

 

a musician. many professional top musicians may have started at the

age of 5-10 years to learn one primary instrument and up to 2 or 3

secondary instruments. he may have

 

spent an average of 1-5 hrs of practicing every day for 10 - 20 years

or more

spend hundreds of hours of professional music lessons in theory and

practice each year, totaling up to 500 or more us $ annually

2 or 3 or more quality instruments, worth a thousand us $ or more

maintain or repair them on a weekly or daily basis - totaling 100 or

more hours a year

rent a separate room for music practice with a few friends

by the time he is a top professional musician, may be in his 20s or

30s - he may have spent easily 10'000 or more hours of learning and

practicing PLUS a similar number of hours of WORK to finance all

these many thousands of us $ of accumulated expenses during the 10 -

20 years of learning and practicing.

 

Example #3

 

a professional SCUBA diving instructor. about 2 - 3 years after his

initial diving, by the time he is a qualified novice instructor,

ready to apply for a job, he most likely has

 

undergone various certification courses and diving trips to gain

additional expertise in various diving environments - possibly on

different continents, in fresh water and ocean, beach and boat

diving.

spent easily 1000 us $ of course fees

used 300 us $ of books and learning material

traveled far more than 1000 us $ to different diving location by air,

boat and road

depending on the climate - spent us $ 1000 to 2000 or MORE for his

professional diving equipment needed for proper training and

preparation

spent another 5000 us $ or more for a TOP quality diving instructor

college education - including all expenses - to finally be certified

as a novice open water instructor with a number of specialty

instructor ratings.

spent another few hundred $ for boat/skippers license and compressor

repair seminars and diving equipment repair seminars held by several

various diving equipment manufacturers at different locations in

different countries.

spent several 100 of $ in diving equipment maintenance, repair and

replacement parts

has acquired some advanced mechanical skills BEFORE starting all this

a.m. training

has multilingual skills in communication with people, teachings

skills, business management skills and far above average quality and

safety consciousness as a result of his PREVIOUS several years of

professional activities.

has worked in a very qualified job AND saved from his earnings for 1

or more years to finance the overall total of far more than 10'000 us

$ for ALL of the above training and expenses

and of course he is willing to CONTINUE his training and learning

year by year for as long as he is an active professional instructor.

visiting yearly seminars about various topics to become a REAL and

qualified experienced professional during the course of years.

spending hundreds of $ in books, magazines, and seminar each year

 

to be continued...