Extra Most Blessed

I am all set to finally start my podcast. Y’all have a glimpse of my life and I’ll share some along the way.

I’ve loved, I’ve lost.
I’ve won and I’ve failed.
I’ve been happily married and miserably married.
Happily single and struggled alone.
Well off and scraping by.
Rock solid in my faith and I’ve questioned it.

It’s been a journey for sure. I have an amazing guest coming on that I’m really excited about!

I’m hoping along this new experience to share lots of what I’ve learned along the way and have some fun!

Questions: what part of my journey would you be interested in hearing first? Who would make the next great local person you’d like me to have on? Comment 👇🏼 Talk soon!

Yesterday, a social media friend, never met, told me they were proud of me for successfully running a small business, especially given what I’ve gone through the last couple years. It stuck with me. They weren’t profound words but the meaning was. How often do you meet small business owners and tell them that? This journey is rocky.
1. We screw up estimates and have to honor oir prices and take losses
2 We have our people make mistakes and go over budget making it right.
3. If 1-2 people don’t show up, we inconvenience clients.
4. We train then lose employees to bigger companies or Hanford.
5. We have people leave the area without paying their bills.
6. If we make a couple mistakes, our years of good reputation get tarnished.

The list goes on and on. It’s a difficult, lonely journey. And sometimes people are so caught up in themselves they don’t see some of us busting our ass to early a living. We recognize one another’s efforts, most don’t and they definitely don’t say “I’m proud of you for working hard to succeed. I’m rooting for you!”

If you see a small business owner, tell them you’re proud of them. It’s not for the faint of heart. It takes tremendous effort and courage. Not many see the blood, sweat and tears. The sacrifices of family time, the doubts of “if I fail, what am I going to do?” You only see the smiles being put forth.

If you got a small business, please comment the name. I’d like to support and root for you too. And I’m proud of you. Keep grinding, we got this 💪🏽 Failure is not an option.

Lately, I’ve been thankful for my struggles. I’ve experienced heartache and loss and it’s deepened my appreciation for love and the simple joys of life. I’ve been broke and started over, now I’m more generous with what I have. In my accident, my body was broken, now I wake up thankful for a strong, healthy body.

It can’t be sunny all the time. The rainy days are needed. What if everything you’re going through is preparing you for everything you asked for? What if the struggle is preparing you for the best chapter of your life?

I prayed today, thanking my Creator, for the problems I GET to deal with, not HAVE to deal with.

The best is yet to come. I believe that.

You woke up today.
You have the opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life, including your own.

Be good to one another. Y’all deserve it.

To the good men out there, I urge you to teach these younger men from the valuable mistakes you’ve made and learned from. Do for them what you wish someone would had done for you before you made your mistakes.

My son is out there and I can’t be with him always but it would make me feel better knowing others are mentoring him. I’m also planning on doing my part.

Our society will only go as far as the next generation will take it. Let’s teach them early, teach them well. Lord knows, our world needs a fresh batch of confident, strong, young men!

Everyone wants the results, nobody wants the work.

You got a shovel in your hand. You can lean on it and pray for a hole or you can start diggin’

You want something? Quit wishing, start working 💪🏽

Dreaming of a better, happier, more fulfilling life is completely free so might as well dream BIG!
Not twice the income, twice the happiness. Why not 10 TIMES that?!

Dream, my friend. Dream BIG!

The Bible summed up in 4 words:
Love God, love people.

People don't like you and it's a superpower.

Everyone wants to be liked but your courage to be your authentic self regardless of what others think should be something you're proud of. Trying to get approval will have you living the way you think they will approve, not on your terms. Will you be fulfilled by living as they expect? Who are you living your life for? The answers are obvious.

Choose the best path that you believe in. If they don't like you, they're not your people. If they do, they like you for who you really are.

You don’t like yourself and it’s because you’re choosing to out of fear.

You’re currently viewing your shortcomings and not your attributes. You’re telling yourself you don’t like certain parts of your personality, your body, your pessimistic attitude, your awkwardness. You tell yourself “nobody will like me” but the truth is you’re scared people may not like you so you don’t put yourself in situations where they might actually not. You’re scared to get hurt by people rejecting you so you avoid. Guess what? You’re dealing with people so you’re going to get hurt. You’ll also hurt someone else. Avoiding getting hurt is the reason you dislike yourself nobody wants to dislike themselves. Nobody. When’s the last time you made a list of the things you love about yourself? Personally, I’m awkward as s**t, I love it. Choose to celebrate your personality. Tell yourself in the mirror you love yourself. Do it daily. I wish you could understand how much the way you speak to yourself matters. Take a small step and don’t hate on anything about yourself today. Be kind to yourself. You deserve it.