Stephen King writes in his book On Writing that “you must not come lightly to the blank page.”
I think the same can be said of our days.
Each morning is a blank page and it is our duty and responsibility to take the pen and adamantly author meaning, experience, and purpose for our lives.
The page is always there and a pen is always available.
Are you?
How you measure things will end up ruling you.
Perhaps that’s where we derived the name “ruler” for something that can measure something for us.
However you’re measuring whatever you’re measuring take some time to focus on the depth and not just the width.
Yes we see width, but we remember depth.
Width: look at what I did.
Depth: look at what this meant.
Choose wisely.
You may have the right product or the right idea and you may even have a scenario for what you perceive to be as the right place, but if it isn’t the right time for the person on the other side of the exchange, chances are there will not be an exchange.
And that’s ok.
So the proper focus and goals for our days should not be to maneuver scripts and dialogues to get people from a place of not being to buy to being ready to buy, but simply to love, serve, and clothe our relationships in The Golden Rule.
You can’t create the right time for people buy something or buy into you, but you can love and serve in the meantime until the time is right for them.
If you’ve done so, rest assured, the knock at the door will come soon.
A purchase is the byproduct of trust and trust is the byproduct of love and service.
Here’s the deal…there isn’t an hour, moment, or day where love and service aren’t welcomed. For such things, it’s always the right place and the right time.
We all long to pioneer something and there is great fulfillment found in settling into a new place or story, exploring new ideas, and in creating something from nothing.
Look at your life, family, and business and you’ll find those places and points where you pioneered something to be illuminated with fulfillment, meaning, and probably purpose as well. It may have come in the form of a garden grown, a family tradition started, a new product released, a unique service you saw opportunity with, or an idea you saw in your mind and eventually held in your hands.
But here’s the thing about being a pioneer…
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