Lessons in love for me this week. Am here in Alabama helping an old friend hire and train some new employees. He's opening a new store, and has over 100 positions available so its a pretty big to do.
A real call to arms for me, as well. Seeing how much he's accomplished using principles we learned together...but that he has applied far more consistently than I.
I might have had greater knowledge of the life changing business material that he and I learned together, but he has proven himself wiser by APPLYING what he learned. Not just talking about it.
Ten years ago he and I each had our own businesses doing sales of about a million dollars a year. This year, his stores will do about 50 million dollars in sales.
And right now I can barely afford groceries. Don't even have a place to live at the moment.
But now I not only have the knowledge, but also far greater experience and support.
Here's a question that he put to his new employees, that last night I answered for myself, and I challenge you to do the same.
He said: The only thing stopping you from having everything you want, is the story you are telling yourself about why you can't have it.
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So what is you really want, and what is the story you are telling yourself that is keeping you from doing whatever it takes to get there?
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