Hey everybody! Welcome back. Fast Tip Friday time. Charlie Hauck. You know who I am. You know what I do. You know why I’m here.
We’re staring down the calendar, and it’s closer every day. I want to ask you a couple of questions and have you think about the answers.
The first question is simply: Is this holiday going to be everything that you want it to be? That’s not just did you get everything you want from your loved ones, or were there enough presents under the tree? For those of you who are my clients in the Jewish faith, you just had your big holiday season, and Hanukkah is coming up, with its 13 days and all that goes with it.
Look, I love the holidays. But the thing we’re all out here working for is the opportunity to make that time and that experience with the family we love most and the friends we care about most. I want to see everybody enjoy the holiday to the best of their ability, with the least amount of stress, and with a sense of calm and reward about where they are in their life and what happened over the last 12 months. That’s before we walk down those steps on Christmas morning and see the joy and the gifts that make the holiday what it is.
So I’m going to ask you: Did you make this year as awesome as you could have? That was my first question: Is this holiday everything you wanted it to be? And are you willing to do whatever it takes to make next year’s holiday all you want it to be?
My second question is: Have you ever actually thought about what you want your holiday to be? Do you really have a definition of it? I think that’s a bigger question, not just for the holidays but for your life in general. As you sit down and start to think about what you’re going to get Jimmy, Johnny, Betty, Susan, and all the other people who are important in your life, think about the opportunities you’ve created for yourself. When you get the opportunity, look at your calendar, manage the time that’s coming up, and put the time you’re going to spend with the people who matter most on your calendar. Give them the gift of your time and attention, and be present when you’re there. Make that the present you give them. I think you’ll find it’s more rewarding than anything you’re tearing the wrapping paper off of. The time, the attention, and the care and love are what the holiday season is really meant to be.