I love to drive. From the youngest of ages that I can recall, I wanted to drive. It didn’t matter what it was, if it had 4-wheels and a steering wheel, I was all in.
I remember 1 summer before I was old enough to drive, I negotiated a deal with a neighbor to mow his lawn and mine using his riding mower. This was long before iPods & iPhones, instead I would cue up a CD on my portable Sony CD Walkman and settle in for a couple hours of mowing. It was fun, it was relaxing, and at the end of the summer the owner of the mower actually gave me a couple of bucks for my efforts all summer.
During that same summer I ended up spending the weekend at a friends house, and seeing he had a riding mower I asked if I could ride on it even offering to mow the lawn for him. He declined the offer for me to mow, but did tell me that for $0.10 a lap, he would allow me to ride the mower around his yard.
At my young age it seemed like a fair proposition, so off I went riding the mower, stopping at the conclusion of each lap to give him a dime. Twenty-nine years of friendship later, we still chuckle about that weekend, but more than the $0.10 per lap he collected from me, I think there is a lesson to be gotten from the experience.
Doing what you like in life takes an investment. Be it an investment of time, money or self. Doing the things you like requires that you give of yourself and your resources.
Be it family, career or hobby - they all take an investment that will see you accomplish the goals you’ve set forth for yourself in life.
Coasting through life is not a life I want to live. I like the challenges, I like the need to invest in myself and others. I love the fact that as a Coach I get to invest my time and energy into others. Seeing others succeed at the things they’ve set forth for themselves always brings a sense of pride and accomplishment.
Being intentional and strategic in life is necessary to success. Working with a Coach is a great way to invest in yourself, and a great way to guarantee success.
I have found in life that the things I invest my time and energy into always seem to end up better. Nothing worthwhile in life comes easy, and be it running around the yard on someone else’s tractor or seeking that next advancement at work - without your intentional investment I promise you success will not follow.
In the interest of nostalgia, I’m going to do something fun this week. I’d like to offer a 1-hour consultation for only $0.10. This is an extremely limited offer, I’m willing to invest my time into helping you finish 2018 strong and to kicking off 2019 at full speed.
Private message me through whatever social media platform you are reading this through, and take a minute in that message to tell me 1 or 2 things you’d like to see accomplished in your life during the next 13 months.
For the rest of you, as you start this week take time to invest in the things you want to accomplish, I promise you that that investment will pay dividends.
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