I referred Bill Perry, a close friend of mine today Larry. I also forward your daily words of wisdom. He really enjoys them. He actually has applied to work here over 2 months ago. Great guy!

Good morning BS from all of us at MPI! It is going to be a great day!

Was leading a christian org and ran into opposition at the board level by 2 rogue members. I resigned after a year not knowing what to do and ended up being offered the national interim director role.

I was born without knowing who my mom was. I only saw her pictures when I was 19. I was never close to my dad as he had another family and my step mom was cruel to me and both of them would always beat me when I was a child. my physical, mental, emotional and psychological states were hit tremendously . My grandpa took over of taking care of me when my dad died until I was 19 and he passed away after that. Growing up I kept on asking myself of why my life was miserable, why was I born if I would only experience these stuff in my life, why did not I have my mom for me to cry to, why my dad and my step mom were so cruel to me, why my grandpa left me…Alot of why’s. I would always cry and sometimes thought of leaving the world too. But when I felt the embrace and love of God and made me realize that everything happens for a reason and that all those experiences would make me stronger in life, my perception of life had changed.
Now, I am happily married, with decent job, closer to God and able to be a volunteer to the community who have experienced the same things I have experienced in life and help and encourage them to get back on their feet and be strong as God is with them, never leaves them nor forsakes them, same as what he did to me and been doing.

I had 7 seizures due to a drug addiction. I have since been clean for 10 years and never looked back. I now have three health children and a beautiful wife that I thank God for everyday! I use my experience to help keep my co-workers spirts high when they are down. I try to explain to them it could always be worse.

What happened for me was falling down of stairs at a customers house and destroyed both of my shoulders and my cervical spine. I have had 3 very complicated surgeries to repair these shoulders and one of them is torn again. Still trying to figure out why I cannot walk, talk, sit etc without pain in my spine and base of my skull. The good thing that came about from this is that I am no longer in a company where the culture was to make your fellow workers look bad even though they might be overwhelmed by the amount of work on their plate or an injury, etc, and lost alot of people that I thought were real friends but they never returned my calls. That to me, is actually a gift as having true friends that you can count on, no matter what the circumstances, is what makes life worth living!

“Today I am grateful for a free society – may we keep it.” Amen! We owe it to ourselves and the children to convey the opportunities afforded to, and responsibilities required of us all. Be, live, pursue your happiness, while being ‘nice’ (love thy neighbor), be aware, vote, pay your taxes, obey the law. It’s a great system and not difficult. Selfishness corrupts it.

We do it, unfortunately, as a result of social momentum and inertia. Many college degrees are becoming scarcely more valuable than a highschool diploma once was as a result and the college debt crisis is a massive issue facing my generation. Perhaps universities ought to be required to co-sign the loans they so freely issue. That shift in incentives might re-orient the purpose of the university in the US.

I feel the same way, it makes me feel less if I have anyone impose discipline on me. I feel like I’m the hardest on me, I couldn’t imagine anyone being harder on me than I am on myself. I work extremely hard, doesn’t mean I don’t let myself or fail from time to time. I learn and I don’t ever make the same mistake twice!

Former Navy seal Jocko Willink has several books on this topic. Recommend checking him out!

Hello Larry, I just want to say that your daily thoughts and wisdom shared is so highly appreciated! If you ever have a day were you wonder if what you do here has any impact, stop and shake yourself. YES it does and YES you do!

Keep creating, being disciplined and digging for gold every day. You’re doing it for something far greater than yourself.

Thank you sir!
Be well.
-DH

It seems that everyone wants freedom (No one telling them what they can or cannot do) and they rebel, if not outwardly, then inwardly at authority (Discipline). Maybe Trust is one of the Keys to Freedom? The question is do I Trust this will make things better and am I willing to Obey (Ancient word that isn’t politically correct)?

I gladly worked 80 hours per week when I first started my company (and for too long after) so I didn’t have to work 40 hours for someone else 🙂

Thank you Larry for also teaching me about the value of balance and not overloading myself and trying to do it all. As a company we are more productive but as an individual I am more free to think and strategize and focus on high value activities.

I’ve been struggling with that. Pretty tough but constantly trying. Thanks for the perspective.

I agree with you. I guess my competitive natures is that I want to deliver more than what is expected. Now if I could just be perfect and not make mistakes. Working harder and smarter and hiring others that have the same mindset, makes it better for everyone.

Hi Larry – My husband and I work on our community newsletter from home so I think we are pretty self-disciplined! Thanks for your daily inspiration.

What am I’m doing today? Priority: Start my day walking my dog through a field and woods, listening to New Day, Transmission and Masterpiece and visualizing. Then I take those thoughts, take action in the ‘now’ and get results. Repeat.

Saw “Into the Dust 2” last night, well done! You’re off to a great start with 1.2k views! Well written and narrated; thank you for sharing your story, very tough race that Baja, especially with the 4-wheelers coming up on you so fast! Good-on-you to grind it out!

Jesse, Ted and the rest of the team are super talented!

Amen & amen! Love it.

Learning to believe in oneself can take time!

This poster is in my local lumber yard that I appreciated and wanted to share
2000- Y2K is going to kill us all
2001- Anthrax is going to kill us all
2002- West Nile Virus is going to kill us all
2003- SARS is going to kill us all
2005- BIRD Flu is going to kill us all
2006- ECOLI is going to kill us all
2008- The bad economy is going to kill us all
2009- SWINE Flu is going to kill us all
2010- BP Oil is going to kill us all
2012-The Mayan Calendar is going to kill us all
2013- North Korea is going to kill us all
2014- Ebola Virus is going to Kill u sall
2015- Disney Measles and ISIS are going to kill us all
2016- Zika Virus is going to kill us all
2020- Corona Virus going to kill us all, but really Fear is Killing You…Turn off the TV
I don’t participate and decide to make my own decisions.

Jason…wow! Thank you for that! That puts Larry’s talk today into perspective. I remember my accountant (that got his doctorate at the University of Chicago ) telling the class I was in for real estate investing… “We will never run out of oil” , “America is pretty smart, we will come up with many options”! And that’s what we did 🙂

Good Morning Larry! There are already some great responses on here, I can’t wait to come back and read more. This is soooo true/relevant right now. I’ve always been big on thinking I need to “watch the news” and “know what is happening” but it has become so obvious between the election and the virus, that some people have totally lost their common sense and are so negative and politically motivated, that I just can’t watch. I have a level head and we have done well through this turmoil, but I caught myself a couple of times being sucked in and this is something people consciously need to think about and not let your smart self be overwhelmed by your dumb self. We have survived a lot. My motto is that if I haven’t been infected yet, I am probably doing something right, and it isn’t hiding out at home. 🙂

I love your message today! So much of what we are told today is driven by fantastical, sensationalism that there really isn’t much truth left. Unfortunately too many people thrive on controversy and chaos and so the media appeals to what they like to hear. I really miss the good old days when Paul Harvey and the like were telling us the real news.