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Perseverance

On last night's LIVEcast, I shared the story about making my first sale and how that notification of receiving $9 was so much more powerful to me than any paystub I've ever received. It proved to me that I can take control of my life and there is a route to the freedom that I have been searching for.

I've tried lots of things in the past... I've dabbled in drop shipping, I've tried FBA and I've even tried Forex trading but I think the big difference this time versus every other time I tried something is that I feel like I have a sense of purpose. I feel a fire beginning to burn inside of me.🔥🔥

I've had some conversations this week with people and when we talk about getting clear on the problem that you solve, I keep asking, "what makes you warm inside?" This is why I ask the question - because, in my experience, things didn't click until I found something to get fired up about. So look for that thing that causes your insides to get warm and, if you find it, stick with it.

My Father was born partially paralyzed due to a hole in his brain that was about the size of a loonie (silver dollar for my US friends). He wasn't diagnosed until much later in life so, initially, the thoughts were he wouldn't live to see all of his teenage years. He was labelled as slow and dumb by his classmates and teachers. But my Dad's only dream was to raise a family and live long enough to meet a grandchild.

If you can picture this, due to the condition my Dad was born with, physically, if you were to look at him, he looked as though he had a stroke but he didn't. The signals his brain would send to operate the right side of his body were distorted - his hand appeared "cramped" and he walked with a limp.

He never finished high school and with his clear physical limitations, he struggled to find a good job, settling for working as a parking lot attendant for years - breaking his body down even further. But he persevered and eventually met my Mother, got married and had their first child (my sister) in the mid 70's.

Through some of the toughest times, and eventually adding 3 more children into the mix, my Dad's body continued to limit him but it never stopped him. Even though those doctors from 1939 tried to limit how much life my Father should have had, he persevered through the years to eventually meet all of his 12 grandchildren.

My Dad is, in my eyes, the epitome of perseverance and determination. Every single day of his life, as he dragged his right foot across the ground, he never stopped until the day that he asked his four children to let him go, that he had done enough in this life.

So, whenever you feel the friction of life start to apply pressure on you, think about your reason to keep moving forward. For me, I think about my Father who kept pushing forward for over 60 years longer than anyone thought he could and the payoff for him was greater than he ever could have imagined.

Let's go get it everyone!! Let's go! 🚀

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Perseverance