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We All Need A Little Push

9/2/2019

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It’s 8:30 am and while sitting on a traffic light, I saw this gentleman getting his sign and chair ready; organizing and setting up his work station. He had a clean cut, he is in his mid 50s and appears to be an immigrant. Without doubt he is a beggar but clearly, he is not a bum; he has a job and a work schedule, and yes, he did arrive to work on time. 

Anyway, while sitting at the stop light, watching him settling in, I took a couple of bucks out of my pocket and said “sir, here is something for you to begin your day…” He smiled at me and moved along. I thought, this fellow, like many of us, has managed to arrive to this country looking for a better life, but he has not yet mastered the English language.

Thirty years ago, while paying my way through school, I used to be a door-to-door encyclopedia salesman. At that time, my English was “weak” (being too generous), and my experience as a sales person was none, but I did have the right attitude and determination to succeed. Every morning, 6 days a week,  I will show up to work at 8 am, and knock on the first door of my route by 8:05. Most mornings I would get mainly rejections, and more brush-offs I kept getting more demotivated with each rejection. Yet, some mornings, when I was inspired :) I was able to close a deal on my first stop; this early sale was the key for a profitable day, it gave me the momentum needed to do great all day.

So today when I saw this gentleman getting ready to go to battle, I decided to give him a small push, some momentum to begin the day.

Sometimes, we all need a little push…

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10/21/2019 05:52:04 pm

I think that we all just need a little push before we do something. We are all scared to try and walk even a mile towards change, and that is what is holding us back. Once we get pushed out of our comfort zones, then we are going to enjoy life. It is depressing to fail at times, but believe me, it is part of how we need to evolve. We need to think about change and do something about it.

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