2015: I had a goal to run a marathon. I’ve had this dream many times before. In fact, I had to run a 10 K run in 2010 with a lot of struggle.

But in 2016, I was very serious like any husband / professional who goes through a mild depression. I was focused and started planning my routine and daily run.

Plan was simple: wake up at 5 am, exercise and run for 1 hour. (Waking up this early, a hard task ! Never had a fitness goal in my whole life. Old habits die hard). But I persisted.

Soon, I partnered with a fitness freak.

We both registered for the 10k run which was a month away and I’d decided to walk 10k step every day.

I’d installed a fitness app to monitor my daily activity.

By the end of one month, while nearing the running date, I was comfortable running 7 to 8 kms on a daily basis. On the day of the run, we were to run 10k continuously- which we did. I’d completed this 10k rather comfortably.

I was happy and continued registering for other runs and extended my target to 16 KMs and 21 kms runs in a one or two-months gap period. And the whole affair, which started off as a task, became a cinch.

I had only one mantra: run a daily 10K-steps. Evening or Morning. And more importantly, keep on registering for new runs.

Then slowly, I started getting a hang of this discipline of ‘the daily run’.

I started rising at 5 am and running for 2 to 5 km daily. This helped me run half marathons easily. I’d started running to Juhu beach from my place in Kurla, Mumbai on weekends, which is a good 11 + kms.

I’ve improved my fitness level and the story took a nice direction.

This experience is the best to explain the Wealth Creation process.

The first action in the wealth creation journey is to set a goal and commit to it.

Show up, no matter what!