Little Impact, Little Reward

If you want bigger rewards, then you need to make a bigger, more meaningful, more profound, positive impact in others lives.

Either more impact to the same number of people or the same impact to more people, or both.

If you change how you think about yourself, your abilities, and your business, you can do that.

How?

Who are you becoming?

“We are free when we move from a focus on getting love, abundance, peace and freedom to being love, abundance, peace and freedom.” – Brent Kessel, “It’s not about the money”

Early in our careers, we are most concerned with getting.  If we mature well, we will make a shift to being.

Right now, are you focused on getting, or being?

Why make lots of money?

Excess money is a storehouse of value and life’s energy.  When we channel that value and energy into an expression of what is most dear to our soul, an exciting alignment takes place between our financial and spiritual lives.

What’s better than a good person?  A good person with money.

"You're Unreasonable"

Your young and make a move.  “You’re a dreamer,” they say.

You struggle.  “You’re unreasonable,” they say.

You pivot and adjust.  “You’re crazy”, they say.

You see things others don’t see.  “You’re dilusional,” they say.

You persist.  “You’re stubborn,” they say.

You have a big positive impact. 

“You’re a genius,” they say, as they hand you a lifetime achievement award.

"When the terrain changes…" Stay flexible.

My son Tanner and I recently raced the Baja 500.  Starting at 4 am, going 487 miles on a dirt bike – dark, cold, heat, fog, heavy dust, rocks, sand, steep hills with boulders – the whole thing.  It’s a race and a test of mental toughness and physical endurance.  I finished 4th of 7, becoming the oldest finisher ever!  My son Tanner beat two previous champions and crossed the finish line one second ahead to win our class – Ironman (which means solo, no teammates, you ride the whole way yourself).  

One of my chase crew, Arturo, who has been riding down there for 35 years, said something profound.  He said “When the terrain changes, you change your mind”.  

You see, in Baja, you could be on rolling sand whoops for five miles and all of a sudden the course takes a left and you are in a canyon with boulders embedded in deep sand.  When the canyon ends you are in silt up to your footpegs for a while and then you are back on a fast graded road.  You can’t ride it all the same.  If you try, you will be frustrated and make a mistake by overriding a section you needed to be more methodical and precise on.

Such is life leading our businesses.  There is a time to twist the throttle and a time to pick your way through the rocks.  Discerning which is which is important.

“When the terrain changes, you change your mind.”