Growth Dynamics Get Down

Today the gym Charlie and I are members of sent out an email titled "The one thing you can do to enhance your workout." I dove in and quickly realized Coach Jeff's advice for in the gym transfers so effortlessly outside of the gym. 

Symptoms:

Recently, nothing stung Darren more than when his wife pointed out that he failed yet again at his promised to be home for dinner. And, tonight he knew that he wouldn't make it to dinner again. His two kids were at the ages where they always seemed to be headed from one practice or another, and his wife Jessica was feeling often deserted when she asked Darren for help with all the driving around town. “Work/life balance” meant nothing more than disappointment to Darren as his boss just kept the pressure on by asking for more sales every month. Darren could see his future was bright at his employer, but at what cost? Jessica only knew her husband kept promising to be home for dinner, but just never knew which day he would actually be seated at the table with the family.

How many times have you seen a highly successful salesperson get to the point of total frustration over not having any personal time? Nothing is sadder than someone making lots of money but never having a day off to enjoy the things they can now afford. From the outside it seems as though their success has created a new world of problems; stress, feeling like they can’t stop, endless calls from customers and a sense that being highly successful has a very high price. It doesn’t have to be that way.

Here is a very true, as in it happened yesterday, story on why everyone should share their goals with others. You just never know how someone else can  help you accomplish your goals. 

Did the vague headline pull you in? What are we managing and what are we improving? At times it feels like all life is made up of managing and trying to improve something while dealing with constant change. 

I Just Lost a Client, A Love Story.

Happy Veteran's Day. We cannot say THANK YOU enough to all who made the choice to serve this country. We know we are the home of the free because of the brave.