I Made Work My Best Friend

Who is my best friend? No Days Off! No Plays Off! From fat and lazy to amazing. Work became my best friend. I was watching the TV show Shark Tank the other night when I saw a teenager pitching his product to the sharks. The sharks didn’t bite and he left with no funding. But he didn’t quit. Now he is running a million-dollar company.

This brought back memories of when I was a teenager. When I was 10 years old I started watering grasses in my neighborhood to make money. When I was 12 I had a flyer distribution business. I started a catering business when I was 14 and a vending machine business when I was 16. I had up to 22 locations for my vending machine business.

Short Cuts Don’t Pay

I was fat and lazy and just got by on what talent I had. Furthermore, I found that I could talk my way out of trouble while I could wrap certain teachers around my fingers. I had the gift of gab and used it to pass my classes. Also, I could enroll people in my vision.

I had a history of looking for shortcuts, get-rich-quick schemes, and anything that could get me a quick buck. The laws of success didn’t apply to me (shaking my head). I had short-term success in almost everything I have done. But sustaining that success is where I dropped the ball.

It took me 25 years to develop a work ethic. 25 years to learn that success is a long arduous journey. Success is developing habits that get you the end results that you desire. I adopted the Be, Do, and then Have philosophy…