The Secret To Success
*What's in the success sauce?
I am actually asking! I don’t know what's in the sauce. I do know I have done all of the above and, yes, some of these things work, but you still have to have a life. How do we do this? I feel grateful for my opportunities but I also feel (on a daily basis) that I do not have enough time….
We are all chasing it, but knowing what IT is, is the big question. For me at this point, it’s finishing the sentence, the sentence I started almost 25 years ago. It’s knowing that, with grace, you can make work and life mingle. You can create a space for other people to work, be fulfilled and enjoy their day. You can succeed. Every good day is a success. Every service and smile you provide for others is success…So I guess, “IT" is not where/when but HOW...
A good friend who is older recently shared an important goal with me, it’s lofty but doable, and mostly keeps her grounded and working towards something…I am truly grateful for having something to reach for. Tumbleweed & Dandelion was started July 5, 1997. I really was a kid with no money and barely a plan. Here we are today, this week shooting for a book written by Fifi O’Neill, highlighting our work...
*Do you have to make it at 4am?
*Does working 100 hours a week guarantee it?
*Do you need to pay me to find out? lol..
*Do you need to have a plan?
I am actually asking! I don’t know what's in the sauce. I do know I have done all of the above and, yes, some of these things work, but you still have to have a life. How do we do this? I feel grateful for my opportunities but I also feel (on a daily basis) that I do not have enough time….
I am always behind on friendships...
*If you have received a birthday gift from me on time, consider yourself lucky...
*If we chat on the phone for more than 10 minutes you are one of my closest friends...
*If you feel like all I do is talk about work and you have to listen, you also qualify for immediate family...
It's a hard grind to manage it all and be the person you want to be. THAT person does yoga at 5am and intermittent fasts...she gets regular manicures...she reads!!! She listens to her friends and she brings joy to a room. I may have digressed. Or have I?
We are all chasing it, but knowing what IT is, is the big question. For me at this point, it’s finishing the sentence, the sentence I started almost 25 years ago. It’s knowing that, with grace, you can make work and life mingle. You can create a space for other people to work, be fulfilled and enjoy their day. You can succeed. Every good day is a success. Every service and smile you provide for others is success…So I guess, “IT" is not where/when but HOW...
A good friend who is older recently shared an important goal with me, it’s lofty but doable, and mostly keeps her grounded and working towards something…I am truly grateful for having something to reach for. Tumbleweed & Dandelion was started July 5, 1997. I really was a kid with no money and barely a plan. Here we are today, this week shooting for a book written by Fifi O’Neill, highlighting our work...
It's not lost on me the importance of this...I share this because we all have our story, and whether yours gets shared in a book or just with your friends, it’s YOUR story...
I often get too caught up in the work and not in the story...I feel like my sentence may run on but that’s ok, there’s more story to come...