I was driving home Friday night wondering what it’s going to take for this nasty economic situation to turn around and realized…
It’s us.
We need to care more. We need give more. We need to put in extra time (as did so many of our predecessors in challenging times).
We need to tell the truth (to others and ourselves… more coming).
The US Navy SEALs have a creed we shared with our JustSell.com subscribers recently (whole thing here). I’m inspired by so many of the thoughts but my top three are…
(accountability) The lives of my teammates and the success of the mission depend on me…
(resilience) If knocked down, I will get back up, every time.
(purpose) In the worst of conditions, the legacy of my teammates steadies my resolve and silently guides my every deed.
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You and I are the solution regardless of challenges and circumstances. There is no option.
We need to choose, in George Bernard Shaw’s words, to be “a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making us happy.”
We need to do what it is we’re asked to do and then ask for more.
Let’s go to work.
tgim
(that’s a Gratitude Card above and below… one of our newest products… a quick way to say thanks to people who do great work wherever you find it… I hope to earn a few… you?)