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Stop Running. Seriously. Stop

May 01, 2026
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I’m writing a different type of note today to you.

It may make you feel uncomfortable; truth often does that.

 

But it’s really to ask you 2 important questions:

  1. When you look at what you are doing daily, does it lead you to the desired life you say you want?
  2. If the answer is no, what is really stopping you?

 

You may have signed up to get a free tool, or learn about project management. 

 

However, the fact is that these are a means to an end.

 

Project Management can be a tool for having a lot of money - and having a more organized life. So, by itself, it is useless if there is no larger goal that you are applying it to.

 

Let me ask another question you may find uncomfortable.
It’s the last question I will ask today.

 

If you say you want “more money”, and I said I would give you that exact amount today (here goes):
What is the exact amount of money that will make you financially free?

 

If you don’t know the answer to this, you may be chasing a dream forever.

Why?

If you don’t know where you are going to, how do you know when you get there?

How will you know if you have already gone past there?

And how do you know you are not wasting your time going elsewhere with the actions you take daily?

 

I coach and mentor people and ask them these kind of questions.

They are often stunned as they think about the answers - or the fact that they have not really thought about these. 

 
Look, the goal of life is not to hide behind work, or learning project tools, or ambiguity - because time is going.

 

And time, at the end of the day, is your life.

 

Hoping these questions will get you thinking about your life’s direction.

 

And really (really) wishing you all the best.

 

I’m rooting for you.

 

John Nova 

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