2nd Place Sleeps In

DNF (DID NOT FINISH). 

Bobby supports schools with in-school, relationship-driven mental health programming that helps teens build emotional resiliency and self-confidence.

He teaches students that they’re the only ones responsible for their own lives, and they can thrive even when life is hard. 

A highly recruited Division 1 football player, Bobby Jones battled the pressures and temptations of being a high level college athlete with professional potential. 

After football, as a young man in his 20's, Bobby was trying to navigate his way through life, but God showed up and had other plans....

Personal Finance is often a topic that is avoided or misunderstood. Handling finances and investments is a topic that is not covered in depth in most American high schools leaving high school and college graduates with little knowledge on how to handle their money and or investments.  

Jessica and I explore the world of personal finance, the issues that often arise, and how to manage those issues. Jessica works closely with individuals form all walks of life to help them to improve and grow their financial situation. 

Which are you? How valuable are you to the people around you? Are you an asset or a liability?

It is very simple:
Producers Win
Non-producers Lose

Producers do not whine about the work. They go above and beyond their roles and responsibilities and still worry if they are doing enough to be valuable

Non-producers whine and do just enough to get by then complain.

Most are not willing to sacrifice nights out, alcohol, shitty food, weekends with the boys/girls, friendships to fulfill their goals and dreams.  That is why most goals and dreams die before they even start.

Emotions can be difficult to manage. Especially when you are in a position of leadership and everything that happens in your organization or team is essentially your fault. 

Leaders who lead on emotions alone will often struggle. Happy, sad, mad, anxious all have the potential to result in poor decision making.

Leaders who can control their emotions and lead on metrics and fact will usually see better results. 

There are a lot of "measuring sticks"  walking around. When you do something "abnormal" or shocking to them, they start to ask questions.

How many have you sold?
What was your time?
What place did you take?
How many downloads?
How many people showed up?

They just want to see how you "size up" , but rarely does a "measuring stick" do anything but assess and compare having never done anything of significance themselves.

We spend so much time and resources trying to "fix" our weaknesses and very little time figuring out our strengths.

Utilizing our strengths will take us MUCH farther than spending time trying to correct and worry about all our weaknesses. 

I have created 9 LLC's and out of those nine the most successful one is the ONE that I have focused on the most. There rest failed or are stagnant and produce NO revenue.

Moral of the story, stop chasing shiny pennies and focus on the ONE thing that is growing your life and business.

 

Define and Direct is a book I spent 2 years writing. It was a long process to produce 45 pages of content. However, I feel those 45 pages are directed and meaningful. Hopefully, they can shed some light on your life and help you move toward your goals.