"Good things come to those who wait(maybe) but Great things come to those who hustle." A.Lincoln
Be a hustler, work the medium in which you have been given. Listen, I was self-promoting at the age of 11 for mowing lawns, washing windows, you name it- I did it! When I was 15, I sold satellite dishes door-to-door and ended up getting bit by two Rotweilers(sp) out in the country. I sold 5 my first month! I had 7 different vendor jobs in my small town of 10,000 when I was 17, making over $1200/month.....I know how to hustle because I had too! My parents couldn't afford the new stuff I desired or needed, therefore I made my own money and somewhere through college and family, that fire in the belly remained but mediocrity has tried to set in and today is the day of my salvation from that cesspool of garbage called normalcy.
You must feed your fire....You must stoke your embers that reside in your gut...that one thing you love, you excel at it, that's what you need to do...this is more than another motivation blog about living "Your Best Life Now." This is about ACTION and you can follow me in my journey so that you may learn and grow as we take this trip together. Are you willing?
First: Purpose: To motivate others to self-promotion as well as promoting those people who are motivated about their passions, talents and skills. (ie- If I like a new entertainer, I will blog about it and suggest you be a fan of their music) I will also teach you to do the same.
Second: Purpose: To help others be successful. No one wants to arrive at the pinnacle of promotion, the mountaintop of success and be alone. There will only be a party if you bring people with you. Bring your friends and family along for the journey and promote other people that you don't even know along the way. Create a sense of community....in that you are not some self-righteous, self-made punk who is lonely when your journey ends. It is not about who is with you when you begin but about who is with you when you end. Don't step on people to achieve success, dance with people, sweat with people, help others along the way, drag those along who need a helping hand, get dirty and you will feel clean.
Third: Purpose: To create a positive world-wide brand that is synonymous with the great achievers of the past such as R. G. LeTourneau, Ralph Lauren, Zig Ziglar, Tony Robbins, John Maxwell and thousands of others. Although,I always hated it when people label others as the recycled player, person or whatever. Like when Kobe Bryant came on the scene and they said, "He's the next Michael Jordan." Wrong! He is the only Kobe Bryant! I don't want to be labeled but I do respect people and would be humbled to be named in their legacy of triumph someday.
An Example: (Highly recommend his autobiography too, "Mover of Mountains and Men")
Okay....Now you know and the more you know, the better equipped you are at Success as you define Success, not your boss or your wife or husband or the media. Success for you is individual to you! In order to make this thing work...you must know your Strengths for which I highly recommend the Gallup Organization's StrengthsFinder program which helps analyze your top 5 Strengths based on the 30 year research of Donald Clifton and others. Instead of getting better at your weaknesses, this allows you to focus and build on that which you already do extremely well.
My top strengths: Futuristic, Strategic, Competition, Activator and Significance
Also, you have to know what makes you tick, your extrinsic or intrinsic reward/motivators. Is it money, fame, a good reputation, cars, boats, relationships, power, financial freedom, charitable pursuits in the future. You must have an endgame, an exit strategy or a lateral strategy into another pursuit. In my mind, no one should ever retire....all that does is makes people die sooner....unless they stay busy with their community, their hobbies but even some hobbies require physical exertion that may not be available at the age of retirement. Don't retire and don't wait for tomorrow. We are not guaranteed tomorrow. Take time off during the journey and have spontaneous and non-spontaneous travel destinations and event experiences. You can't replace experiences with stuff that collects dust. Memories will be your mantra...so, go out and create good memories that will hopefully spawn legacies that will outlive you and your children
More to come.....
Thank you for you reading
Matthew A. Butter
