What If Today Is the Day That Everything Changes?
In the days following the shock and devastation of 9/11, I started waking up to the fact that I was not loving the life I was leading.
As I thought about the people who tragically lost their lives, I began to turn those thoughts to myself.
In my moments of quiet sadness, I concluded that I would be so disappointed if I was faced with death knowing I stayed on a path that (while great for others) often crushed my soul.
At first I had no clue what to do with or about this, but here's what changed everything: a conversation with my dad.
We met for one of our famous happy hours at O'Callaghan's pub on Hubbard + Dearborn in Chicago (YES! The conversation impacted me so much I remember exactly where I was -- and this was more than 15 years ago!), and I proceeded to cry in my beer about how annoyed I was about my job.
When I finished, my dad said these words that changed my life forever: "It might be time for you to think about going into business for yourself. You've never liked being told what to do."
This was the shock of my life because:
I didn't know entrepreneurship was an option (or even a thing).
I thought I was supposed to follow a certain path: Graduate college, work in a job that was similar to my major for 40ish years, then retire.
The thought of really loving and being fulfilled by what I did crossed my mind.
But, that conversation damn sure threw those beliefs out the window. It set a series of events in motion that changed the trajectory of my life.
Now, entrepreneurship is not for everyone, but being fulfilled by what you do is.
The difference between people who enjoy what they do everyday and those who don't are 3 decisions:
The decision to wake up to the fact that something is missing or off.
The decision that you have finally had enough.
The decision to actually do something about it.
Some other things to consider:
💡 What new decision will you make today, tomorrow, or next week?
💡 How might not being afraid change everything for you?