Tyler WagnerFounder, Authorsunite.com · Authorsunite.com and Partnerprofits.io Founder - #1 WSJ Bestselling Author - Book Publisher - Book Marketer - 4,000+ Authors Served - Millions Of Books Sold By Clients - Investor

The Journey Is The Destination

Name: The Journey Is The Destination
Uploaded: 2019-08-15T18:25:20+00:00
Duration: 1 min 38 s
Channel: Tyler Wagner
Description: In this brief motivational video, Tyler Wagner—founder of AuthorUgen8.com—shares a personal insight he discovered around seven years ago. He recounts…

15 Aug 2019 · 2 min

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In this brief motivational video, Tyler Wagner—founder of AuthorUgen8.com—shares a personal insight he discovered around seven years ago. He recounts dropping out of school at age 20, moving to San Diego for a conference, and living there for three years. From that experience he observed that many people postpone happiness until they achieve specific milestones such as finishing a book or reaching a revenue target. Wagner argues that this mindset is a losing strategy. Instead, he frames life as a game that must be enjoyed throughout the process. The central claim is that true success comes from finding joy in the journey itself, because the journey is the destination; once you adopt this perspective, outcomes will naturally align. The video closes with a brief sign‑off from a second speaker.

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The journey is the destination. My name is Tyler Wagner. I'm the founder of AuthorUgen8.com. What I want to talk to you about in this video is something that I discovered about 7 years ago. I'm currently 27. When I was 20, I dropped out of school and I went to San Diego for a while. I actually ended up living there for 3 years, but my initial visit— I didn't move there initially, but it was for a conference. One of the things that came to my attention that I realized is that almost everybody's living in this manner of trying to get somewhere. So they won't be happy until they are here. They won't be happy until they finish their book. They won't be happy until their business hits 7 figures, or 6 figures, or 8 figures, whatever it might be. There's all these contingencies as to I cannot be happy until this happens. Okay, and what I'd like to present to you is that anybody who's living that way is going to lose because that is not the way the game is played. The way the game is played is you must enjoy the game. If you don't enjoy the game, then everybody that does enjoy the game is going to end up beating you in the long run in the game. Okay, and when I say game, I mean life as a whole, right? So what I'd like you to start to think about is not that you'll be happy once something is achieved, that you're gonna be happy during the journey of trying to achieve something. That is where you win, in understanding that the journey is the destination, and once you get there, which is here, everything will fall into place.
I'll talk to you soon.