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Oh No, It’s Friday!

1/13/2006 By Ravi Jayagopal 37 Comments

Yeah, that’s how it feels when you love what you do. No, scratch that – not just “love” what you do, but are absolutely crazy about what you do.

That’s how it feels when you work for yourself, instead of slogging away your whole life for someone else.

That’s how it feels when you feel yet another week has gone by, you are yet another week old, and you suddenly realize that…

  • You haven’t learned enough…
  • You haven’t achieved enough…
  • You have’nt sold enough…
  • You haven’t earned enough…
  • You haven’t changed enough…
  • You haven’t grown enough…
  • You haven’t loved enough…
  • You haven’t lived enough…

Have you done enough for yourself this week?

If not, put your head down and get back to work – no, not your day job “work” – the real “work” of being on your own, the real “work” of being financially independent, the real “work” of owning your own time.

Fridays – they are for the mere mortals who just live weekend-to-weekend and paycheck-to-paycheck.

Not for winners like you.

Go on, be a winner.

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  1. Britt Malka says

    1/15/2006 at 12:34 pm

    I have EXACTLY the same feeling and thoughs every friday, when yet another week has blown by all too fast!

    But it was different, once. Once, I was an employee, working monday – thursday. Every monday morning I woke up and said: Oh, no, it’s monday!

    That’s when I decided to quit my job and work for myself. I have never regretted that decision (in 1996).

    Kind regards
    Britt Malka

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  2. Britt Malka says

    1/15/2006 at 12:34 pm

    Oh, forgot the most important! It’s good to have you back blogging again. I’ve really missed your blogs.

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  3. Murugan says

    1/21/2006 at 10:03 pm

    Hey Ravi:

    I have a different story to tell………….

    I was working on my own………little did I realise that it was not my own….but I had been a paid employee………..

    This is what happens when you work in a family based organisation. The famil included 3 partners. I was one of them and the other 2 were my Parents…..

    At Happier times, they made me feel BIG

    when there were difference in opinions, they told the entire world that I was just a paid employee……

    I’m in a migration process…………..from being what I wasto being what I cud be………….

    I’m trying hard………..to win!

    Murugan

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  4. John Pollard says

    8/27/2010 at 1:48 am

    I never have that problem because I work/play 24-7 and Friday has no meaning.

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    • Ravi Jayagopal says

      8/27/2010 at 2:19 am

      John,

      You’re right – for most full-time entrepreneurs, Friday rarely has much meaning in terms of an actual day of the week.

      In fact, I myself usually realize it’s Friday only because my kids are already beginning to ask, “what’re we doing “tomorrow?” (i.e., on “Saturday”).

      However, Friday is usually when I’m winding down my operations to give way to more family time. And that’s usually when I take stock of the week-gone-past. And that’s when I say to myself, “Oh no, it’s Friday, and I still haven’t conquered the world yet!” 🙂

      – Ravi Jayagopal

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  5. brian says

    8/27/2010 at 2:06 am

    hi we’ve missed your blog, i echo you comments about the endless week for those in love with what we do. last time i talked to you was on the DAP crush it wedenar. i look forward to the follow up. Your products, services and direction will enable many budding IM’s to quit the day job and spend our time doing what we love doing. I love TRAINING people to achieve their dreams and aspirations. I spent 15 yrs in the classroom, im working on bringing what in teach in class to the net.. thanks for all you’ve done brian. ask

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    • Ravi Jayagopal says

      8/27/2010 at 2:25 am

      Brian,

      Thank you for your very kind words 🙂

      I love to write, and I love to share. So I’ve really missed blogging too. Hoping to blog a lot more the rest of this year.

      – Ravi Jayagopal

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  6. Pam says

    8/27/2010 at 2:10 am

    Surprisingly, that I had to read this blog this morning. Exactly how I felt when I got up this morning…. been contemplating owning my own business for years but have just procastinated year after year. I guess I am afraid of failing. Hopefully, in a few months time I can muster the courage to finally be a winner.

    Have a super week-end

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    • Ravi Jayagopal says

      8/27/2010 at 2:30 am

      Pam,

      If you’ve been contemplating it for years, then I would say just take the leap of faith. Things will work out just fine – so long as you know what you want to be doing, and are passionate about it.

      The day you find your “true calling”, that’s when you should just take the plunge.

      I seriously regret the many years I spent wrestling between going full-time, versus “doing the right thing” for the family.

      Never realized you could be doing both at the same time, and also be having a blast at the same time!

      Have only one life to live – you can only hold your breath for so long 🙂

      – Ravi Jayagopal

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  7. SHEKHAR SINGH says

    8/27/2010 at 2:16 am

    I am feel same as like you, but adding these weeks we have a year & we learn some thing from our past. what we have achieve.

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  8. naina says

    8/27/2010 at 2:26 am

    good

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  9. Clare Josa says

    8/27/2010 at 2:33 am

    Hi Ravi,
    Thanks for reminding us about this post this morning.
    That’s EXACTLY how I feel about Fridays!

    So many of my friends get Sunday evening dread syndrome – for some it starts as early as Saturday, where they start to dread the next working week. Then they spend their whole week aiming for Friday evening.

    It even inspired me to blog about it last year: 7 Survival Tips – How To Beat The Monday Morning Blues: http://www.thetransformationclub.com/7-surival-tips-how-to-beat-the-monday-morning-blues/ 😉

    For me, I LOVE Monday mornings, ‘cos I get to spend another week doing what I LOVE – inspiring people to make simple changes to transform their life.

    I gave up the “day job” mindset 7 years ago and I have never looked back.

    “Oh no, it’s Friday, and I still haven’t helped everyone on the planet feel happier!” 🙂

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  10. Kalpana Chaudhari says

    8/27/2010 at 2:42 am

    Hi Ravi,
    Nice to meet you, How are you? I feel very pity about my self that I have not done any thing for me so far but you must be knowing the Indian social pattern ,30 years ago the girls and women were allowed to only certain things.I certainly claim that I love learning and teaching Maths.I sacrificed many things for my children and my family but I feel very satisfied when I learn that my children are doing their best.
    Ravi , I am searching the name for my grand child and I will be in US in next month.
    thank you very much

    Kalpana Chaudhari

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  11. Neha Malviya says

    8/27/2010 at 2:47 am

    Hey…

    Dis is d 1st time i m reading ur article…i m really new to it. bt u r really superb…Ravi u Rock…
    Keep writing n sharing wid all of us…

    I am Waiting….

    Keep Smiling…

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  12. Vandana says

    8/27/2010 at 2:58 am

    I felt the same when i was working…. ohhh its monday…
    because i had to go to work for more than 9 hrs a day…
    but now I am no more in job just because of marriage and now i miss those days.. and really want a monday, when I will tooo go to office…
    but one thing is common in both the time frame.. is that…
    I still says.. on monday that ohhh its monday again.. because my hubby has to go office and I remains alone for all the day…
    🙁

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  13. GrahamFP says

    8/27/2010 at 3:27 am

    Yes, we would all benefit hugely if we set to to work on ourselves and (I have no commercial interest in this) to that end I have boght “The Five Pillars of Life” by Dr Symeon Rodger, I recommend it for just that purpose.

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  14. Narayana Dasari says

    8/27/2010 at 3:34 am

    Ravi this blog sounds gud,

    Every Sunday evening, I will be thinking that weekend is gone and wait for another weekend. At the time I love every Monday morning. Time came to plan – the task’s that are in my Q to complete this week.

    Keep writing and stay in touch,
    Narayana Dasari
    Hyderabad

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  15. Naresh says

    8/27/2010 at 3:40 am

    Hi Ravi,

    After going through your website, I came to know about your intelligence and communication.

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  16. soubhagya says

    8/27/2010 at 3:43 am

    Truly Inspiring blog.I realized that so much I have to look forward to till it’s another such Friday.

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  17. Ahu says

    8/27/2010 at 3:49 am

    Thx for your email

    Do keep in touch with us

    Reply
  18. Pablo Richards says

    8/27/2010 at 4:03 am

    Very thought-provoking, and very timely for me as I am launching my own business in a few days. I was laid off from Intel Corp. after 23 years. I’m really starting to believe that it was one of the best things that has ever happened to me! Sometimes you need a little push to move to where you are meant to be!

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  19. Jai Raj Chaprana says

    8/27/2010 at 4:28 am

    I felt the same when i was working…. ohhh its monday…
    because i had to go to work for more than 9 hrs a day…
    but now I am no more in job just because of marriage and now i miss those days.. and really want a monday, when I will tooo go to office…
    but one thing is common in both the time frame.. is that…
    I still says.. on monday that ohhh its monday again.. because my hubby has to go office and I remains alone for all the day…

    Reply
  20. anil says

    8/27/2010 at 4:32 am

    it is the fact, but found to difficult to follow, everyone wants to follow the routine, and never dears to face the changes or do the changes…
    really nice one thanks

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  21. poonam tripathi says

    8/27/2010 at 4:37 am

    hi,

    exactly the same feeling & as I truly agree with you …monday morning its like going back to the same old work load heading on you…with a long week waiting & thinking oh it’s friday.

    Regards,
    Poonam

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  22. Ray Naguran says

    8/27/2010 at 4:41 am

    Hi Ravi
    Great post, and inspiring too. Came across your site while looking for a membership site plugin. Plan to have my site started by next Friday, with DAP off course!

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  23. susans says

    8/27/2010 at 4:44 am

    Thanks reminding me value of life that nothing enough in life but we need to go for more and more to be get sucess
    if we stop demanding from our self our life will be stop

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  24. KRISHNA PRASAD MENON says

    8/27/2010 at 4:47 am

    “GOIN’ FULL TIME VERSUS” “DOING THE RIGHT THING”,
    THAT SUMS UP EVERYTHING.THE PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN UP IS ONE THAT EVERYONE IS GRAPPLING WITH.CARRY ON THE GOOD WORK,RAVI –
    AWAITING FOR MORE OF THE KIND.

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  25. Girish says

    8/27/2010 at 5:32 am

    Hi Ravi,

    Good one indeed.

    Expect a lot more from you

    Girish k

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  26. Rajeshwar Dayal says

    8/27/2010 at 7:02 am

    Hi Ravi,
    very nice to receive a mail from you, as you said I have the same feeling like you, till date if I see my past life I feel very much nervous what I earned and how much I got benefited from the life, what I have achieved.

    I am not a owner of the firm I am a small employee working in middle east and my family stays in India.

    OK Thanks,
    Dayal

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  27. Kathy Kirk says

    8/27/2010 at 8:12 am

    Hi Ravi,
    Glad you’re “back”.
    The trick is to know that you already ARE enough. Working for yourself, if you don’t pay attention, can quickly translate to never enough – time, work done, etc.
    From that knowing place of I am enough, it all falls into place with ease. It’s Universal Law.

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  28. Michael says

    8/27/2010 at 8:13 am

    Hi Ravi,

    If it wasn’t for Friday, and late Saturday night at a Frank Kern shindig, we wouldn’t know each other. I’m sure glad I didn’t just stay at home.

    Peace,
    Michael Wilson

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  29. Allen says

    8/27/2010 at 11:16 am

    Hey Ravi,

    Glad you’re back blogging!

    We met over 2 years ago on the flight back to NYC from Frank Kern’s Mass Control event. We were both working 9-to-5 day jobs at the time and considering what it would take to go full-time in IM. It sounds like you’re now in San Diego, and it would be fun to catch-up and hear the interesting turns that our lives have taken since.

    Best,
    Allen

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  30. Franni says

    8/27/2010 at 2:02 pm

    Good to hear from you again, Ravi, and hope that whatever life has been throwing at you during the past few months will soon be moving very swiftly towards better things.
    I bought your WebmasterInABox way back when I was slaving away in our family business – and blessed your skills and generosity in your pricing at the time.
    To those about to take the big step whether with family or setting up alone – I can remember slaving away over a hot project on more than one festive “break”, but look back now fondly on those times as ones where the learning curve was vertical, and where you cannot better the friendships you make amongst those willing to share their skill to help you improve yours. Good luck to you all.

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  31. jharana says

    8/28/2010 at 12:30 am

    hey Ravi,
    i am doing my masters and i am 23years old. and i have this feeling from past 7years.
    the very same feeling comes to me every day saying me that i haven’t done anything. and this feeling makes me realise what all i have to do.. my very own feeling of being completely independent in all ways. your blog inspires one t really be something of what they are capable of..
    it depends whether people take it by heart or just read the words..
    anyways thanks for sending me this blog

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  32. Sandeep says

    8/28/2010 at 11:28 am

    Hi Ravi,

    I m new to ur blog. i liked the way u pointed the way of life..
    thanx a lot for blog.

    Regards,
    Sandeep S S

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  33. Asha Rawat says

    8/31/2010 at 12:38 am

    Hi Ravi…… Nice to read ur blog n everybody’s experience.. I m new… N I too have something to tell u.. When I just passed out engg. I got a job in software in mumbai (India) .. First I really enjoyed coz I was learning new things.. Then I realized that I was getting stressed out phsically n mentally since I was working nearly 10 hrs a day… n my job was also getting sedentary… Although I was getting a good pay n my future prospects were also looking good, I was tired… I really used to feel “oh no, it’s monday” I left the job after a year… After a month break I was determined for a new start… A start of my choice… I took teaching in an engg. college… n I may tell you I m enjoying teaching… I never knew that I luv teching so much.. Each day there are new challenges, new doubts, new explore.. Every day is a new day… I love my job.. Forget the monday blues.. I hate when the week ends.. 🙂

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  34. vijaypal yadav says

    10/28/2010 at 5:26 am

    Hi Ravi,
    very nice to receive a mail from you, as you said I have the same feeling like you, till date if I see my past life I feel very much nervous what I earned and how much I got benefited from the life, what I have achieved.

    I am not a owner of the firm I am a small employee working in middle east and my family stays in India.

    OK Thanks,
    vijaypal yadav

    Reply

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