54 Who Do You Think You Are?
What event or series of events led to your discovery?
Well, when I was younger I focused only on money, and I ended up with
something called Ulcerated Colitis. I became very sick and that wasn’t
any fun. I was taking 25 pills a day and taking cortisone shots. I realized
that money really wasn’t the be-all and end-all, and that I had to have
some semblance of balance in my health and wealth, and in my career,
spiritual activity, and in relationships. For me this was a discovery that;
number one – you can have more than money, and number two – that I
was able to, and I just needed to learn the skills and strategies. So that is
the series of events that led to some of my discoveries.
If you could give advice to people who are still searching for their
answers to this question, what would it be?
The first thing I would advise people to do is not to ask themselves whether
they are worthy of the goals that they have, but to ask if the goals the
they have are worthy of their lives. Every day we are exchanging our life
energy for what we do, and the trade better be worth it. Life is too short.
So let’s switch the question around and ask, “Am I prepared to exchange
my life for these relationships?” “Am I prepared to exchange my life for
this business?” “Am I prepared to exchange my life for the relationship
that I have with God right now?” because that is exactly what we are
doing every day. If the answer is “no,” well then, let’s make those changes.
Let’s learn the skills and the strategies to get the support around us to be
able to make the necessary shifts.