I've been spending time around some ridiculously wealthy individuals lately—not because I feel like I need to be in that circle, but because I like the way they think and the way they speak.

Here's what stands out most: you'll never see someone who is more successful put you down or be negative about your efforts in life.

I can openly share what I'm working on and where I'm stuck, and they'll either offer insights into how I can fix a problem or connect me with someone who can.

Being around these people has shown me a completely different side of life.

I've been driving cars I couldn't even think about buying and have access to holiday houses that cost more than the average Australian's lifetime income. I won't lie—it's nice.

But here's the most fascinating thing I've noticed: they want to live the same way that you and I have readily available to us right now.

The book I'm reading at the moment, "The Psychology of Money," outlines it perfectly:

"The highest form of wealth is the ability to wake up every morning and say, 'I can do whatever I want today.' People want to become wealthier to make them happier. But the truth is that the ability to do what you want, when you want, with who you want, for as long as you want, is the ultimate dividend that money pays."

I've been talking about "life on my terms" for years now.

Not because I know what it's like to wake up with 500 million in the bank, but because I know what it's like to wake up knowing that I don't have to do things I don't want to do, with people I don't like, at times I don't choose.

That's why I won't:

• Waste my time at daily huddles
• Sell to people that don't inspire me
• Sell an offer that doesn't interest me
• Be treated like less by low-level sales managers
• Accept mandatory hours selling to burned-out leads

Yet, I see so many experienced sales pros doing all of that. They exist in a state of doing what they hate in pursuit of the Promised Land at the end.

They're missing the whole point.

This is it.

Right now is the end goal.

You have the opportunity to work on your terms, with people who respect you.

You can wake up excited to get into the day.

You're in a world where the very fact that you're paid on performance means you can set terms with companies as a partner.

Is this the same as living in a 7-figure beach house?

Not quite, but also not that far off.

More importantly, it hits the one metric that has been proven to make people happier: being able to do what you want, when you want, with who you want.

I know this isn't necessarily a sales email, but it's relevant to everyone who finds themselves in the remote sales space.

We have the ability to live life on our terms.

Why wouldn't we take it?