This week’s question from our portal “Ask Us Anything” comes from Brandon.
I used money from my business for a house down payment, planning to repay it when I sell my condo. The condo will sell in about 30 days for around 90k, but I need about 150k in the business before then. I could take a short-term loan, or I could try to generate that money through settling cases or new business. I’m wondering if I should just “play a little game” to see if we can get the money without the loan, but I’m not sure how realistic that is given our typical case timelines of 6-12 months.
You’re going to have to make a decision. Don’t approach it as “let’s see if this works.” If that’s what you want to do, then let’s do it. Make a decision: “This is what we’re going to do.”
The decision is: “We are going to earn the money to pay for the needs of the business.”
This is one of those situations where you don’t have to do it this way – you have the luxury of choosing.
But if you really want to do this, then make the decision and the “how” will show up.
Even if you approach it from “is it convenient for me to do this in my business?”, there’s nothing wrong with that because it’s not an absolute must. But if you want it to work, you have to come from the same energy as if you absolutely had to do it.
If it’s just “well, it would be nice to,” then you don’t have the same energy behind it. Making that firm decision would force you to be creative and find opportunities for the cash flow.
The key difference is commitment level. When you truly decide something must happen, your mind starts working differently. You become more alert to opportunities, more willing to have conversations you might otherwise avoid, more creative about solutions.
But if you’re wishy-washy about it – treating it like an experiment rather than a commitment – you won’t generate the focused energy needed to make it happen. Choose your approach consciously, but whatever you choose, commit to it fully.
