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It’s Just Another Day
It’s Just Another Day, and How Great It Is!
Years ago I remember a mentor telling me that I would not do many of the things I had planned in my life. One of these was to start my own non-profit for a cause related to children growing up in poverty in the United States. That had been my experience and I wanted to help other kids have an easier life throughout their childhoods, for a variety of reasons close to my heart.
When I asked him to explain why he believed I would not be able to achieve this goal, he corrected me.
“It’s not that you won’t be able to do this, it’s that once you are able to you won’t be willing to put in the time and commitment necessary to make it a success. You’ll reach the point that every day is just another day and that will move your business forward in a satisfying way.”
I believed what he was telling me to be a worse fate than not having the money to accomplish my goal. The idea that I would turn my back on children in need felt like shirking my responsibility to them. Surely, I would be more than willing to give everything it would take in terms of my time and money and curating additional resources to make the lives of poor children better.
A few years passed, I was then earning seven figures a year and once again my thoughts turned to starting…
