My most important lesson was that you can have the best plans in the world, but if you aren’t ready to fight for it and overcome the obstacles and the low points and grind through, you have nothing. Follow me here! And check out our conversation here!Īfter the UN’s Climate Summit ended in Glasgow without a fantastic agreement that will really terminate pollution, I also shared what I learned fighting for a clean environment in California. This also gave me an excuse to finally start a LinkedIn account! Everyone has been telling me for years that I need to start a LinkedIn to share my lessons and motivation, and I’m having a blast with it. ![]() But, learning and taking the time to dream will transport you to another world through your books and visions and can help you build the foundation for a better life.Ī lot of interesting things have happened since my last newsletter, but one of my favorites was getting to speak with LinkedIn’s Allen Blue about building a green economy. No matter where you are in life, negativity and jealousy won’t help you get to a better place. My daydreaming created my big visions and my big goals, and, eventually, reality caught up. I think that’s why I never complained or got jealous. In my mind, I was standing on stage in front of a huge audience accepting the Mr. In my mind, I was driving a Cadillac across the Golden Gate Bridge. In my mind, I was sitting on top of the Empire State Building and visiting the Eiffel Tower. I could read about my heroes and imagine myself in their shoes. My mind could travel to other parts of the world by watching documentaries about America and reading atlases and books about the rest of the world. I couldn’t physically get out of the limited world I lived in. Looking back now, I think my big dreams came from the way I grew up. From that day on, he gave me his peel until we got out of the hospital and I couldn’t have been more grateful. Even though it wasn’t a full banana and I was in a hospital with the measles, it still made me smile and reminded me that even in the toughest situations we can find a bright spot. I’m not joking - I can still taste that banana peel today. I used my teeth to scrape the leftovers off of the peel and it was one of the most delicious things I’ve ever tasted. I had never had a banana before in my entire life, so I thought I would give it a shot and asked him if I could have his peel. My hospital roommate, who had parents with more money than mine, had finished the banana he was eating and left the peel near his bed. This is not exactly the ideal situation for anyone, but it turned out to be a fun memory for me. ![]() Back then, your parents would come to visit you by standing outside the window. I remember one time I had measles, and I was stuck in a hospital bed next to another kid for a month. My mother told me that we couldn’t afford a bicycle or new clothes, so I had to wear my brother’s hand-me-down clothes and I worked at a sawmill one summer to buy my own used bicycle, and I didn’t look as hip as the other kids or have the same cool toys, but that was just my reality. I was always looking on the bright side of every situation and making the most of it. ![]() Forget travel - we didn’t even have the money to go to Vienna, which was 200 kilometers (124 miles) away.ĭespite all of that, I never felt poor. My brother and I got water from the well near our house every day for our family, I milked the cows next door for milk, and during the really bad times, my mother went from farm to farm begging for a stick of butter here and some cornmeal for polenta there. We had no running water, our toilet was an outhouse inside the house, we didn’t have a telephone - let alone a television, and eating any type of meat was a real luxury. When I was growing up, I was the opposite of wealthy. ![]() This month, I want to talk to you about being grateful for what we have and going after your goals. How is everyone doing? It has been way too long since we last talked, but I hope you’ve been charging forward to the end of the year and not waiting to set your goals until the new year begins! Last email, we talked about everything from celebrating victories, shoveling shit, MMA fighting, and aging!
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