Falcon’s Muse

Let’s recap the steps so far I’ve outlined for my path to my millionaire goal.

Step 1: Have a fluid, easy relationship with money.
Step 2: Feed the Pig (aka Save!!!).
Step 3: Network of People and Ideas

So now I can officially give definition to Step #4.

After going back and reading some of the older posts and writing about my new law practice, it occurred to me that Step 4 had appeared, almost stealthily: Pick an idea and Build it. In my case, I picked a green law practice (my idea and vehicle for creating wealth), and now I’m building it. Funny enough, I just reread Step 1 and saw a little footnote where I said I wanted to make my millions doing some social good in the world. Not surprisingly then, I begin this phase of the journey by focusing my law practice on green technology and sustainable products. I tried to tell you guys I really like worm dung fertilizer!

Recently I was invited by Varun Soni, the Dean of USC’s Office of Religious Life, to come down to USC’s law school and give a chat under the topic “The Spirit of the Law”. Dean Soni asked me to discuss how music and the law have lived in my life and how I find meaning and purpose in my life. The first part was easy enough. The second part made me think long and hard about what drives me, why I believe I was put on this earth – not so easy to answer. I did come up with a few things to say and I’d like to share my chat I had with the law students and faculty with you. I spent about 20 minutes telling the “kids” my story and the other 20 minutes answering their questions.

The point of all of this is to say that life can actually turn out exactly the way it’s supposed to and you can find purpose and meaning while following your personal dharma or duty, as my yoga client likes to remind me. I have this sneaking suspicion that when you do follow your duty, “…They will come.“