Just Get It Done

Do your children ever make you want to scream or is it just me? My youngest child has always been motivated by money. When he was 4 years old, I found him outside trying to sell rocks! He was standing on the driveway with some beautiful rocks he had found in our landscaping, holding up a sign and yelling, “Rocks for sale!” He was very disappointed that his first entrepreneurial experience didn’t bring in any money due to his mom insisting that he get inside…NOW. Over the years, he has loved having lemonade stands and selling drinks and cookies at garage sales. He loves making money and money has always been a motivator. We are quickly approaching the teen years and things have started to change… Oh, he still loves money and he has great taste, but the work required to earn the money has shifted. A few weeks ago, our neighbor asked him if he would be willing to help water their plants for the next month or possibly two while they went out of town.  They had just finished planting MANY plants and flowers around their house and they were beautiful and did I mentions that they planted a lot of plants? Our neighbor offered to pay him very generously for watering and would pay him when they returned home. Initially our son was excited as he has been wanting an Xbox for quite some time and he would finally have enough money with this job. The first week of watering the flowers was also the first week of summer vacation and watering the flowers for 20-30 minutes every day all of a sudden didn’t seem like such a good idea when he could be playing with his friends. By the end of third day, I was tired of the complaints and he was informed that he would be fired by his mom and replaced by his mom if he couldn’t do it with the right attitude. In other words, complaining was no longer an option as he was making himself miserable and making me miserable! The complaining did stop, but the non-verbal’s continued. I chose to ignore them. We are now into the second week and he said the most amazing thing to me,“Mom, I never really want to do my job, put when I’m done, I sure like how I feel“ I never like it when I have to do my job, but when I’m done, I sure like the way I feel!”  -Will Copley He figured out one of the secrets of success at the age of 12! People who find success don’t make decisions based on how they feel in the present moment but on how they will feel when they have accomplished their task. This principle works in ALL areas of your life including relationships, sales, weight loss, writing a book, finances…any area. You just need to start practicing it. Let me give you an example, I exercise six days a week and rarely do I ever feel like exercising. Instead of focusing on why I don’t want to exercise, I shift my focus to how I want to feel when I have completed my goal. Does that make sense? Too many of us never accomplish our dreams because we make our decisions based on how we feel at that time instead of reflecting on how we will feel when we have completed our task.  Are you ready to redirect your feelings to accomplish your big dreams?