If You Can Do It For Others

For more than a year I’ve been needing to write an investor pitch deck. I’ve been at a stage in my business where I can and use outside investors to accelerate growth. It’s really about the only obstacle I face at the moment. When it comes to that one particular obstacle, I haven’t removed it as I write this today.

Last week I was given the opportunity to write an investor pitch deck for a client. I said yes. I’ve been doing the research for them and as I sat in front of my keyboard a few minutes ago the thought popped into my head that if I can do it for others, I can do it for myself. I’m sure I’m not unique with this instance. There have to be other people that do something similar.

I’d thought the days of me offering advice that I wouldn’t follow were over, but here I sit. Willing to do the work for others and not myself. It’s akin to hypocrisy. I’m under no delusions about my flaws. I’m well aware of the fact that I’m not perfect, that I’m a work in progress. Yet this is something I hadn’t thought about in years. I’m not really surprised since there’s always room for improvement. So this is one more thing that I’ll need to work on.

Today, Wednesday, September 14, 2022, I am grateful that:

I’m not anywhere in the vicinity of perfection. I’m made in His image, but I’m not Him. The flaws I continue to discover, lessen, or eliminate move me closer to His likeness, but I’ll never be Him. I will have an image to strive towards until my journey is completed.

Gary and I got a chance to talk last night. He offered some of his insights. It’s great to have people in my circle that I respect and trust. I’m wealthy beyond measure, since their experience can not be purchased. I can only gain their experience via the willing consent to transfer it when they deem it’s needed.

I’m not tethered to my cell phone. It’s been broken for roughly three weeks now and I’m only slightly missing it. The way things integrate into our lives is quite interesting because I’m old enough to remember when those things were new. For most people today they are essential. I must admit, it’s slightly inconvenient at times, but it’s nothing I can’t overcome. I am adaptable. I am flexible.

What things do you happily do for others that you don’t do for yourself?

Are you hindering your growth by not doing those things?

Now that you have an awareness, will you do those things?

When? How?

Be Great. Be Grateful!!!