My Dream
I am writing this blog on Martin Luther King, Jr. day.
Today, in celebration of MLK and his most famous speech, I thought I would share My Dream.
My Dream
My dream is that we as a society become more efficient with and more effectively use our primary resources of time, money and energy.
I see a world where every human from an early age sees GIVING their gift as more important than TAKING gifts.
My dream is a world where people of all walks of life are aware of their own potential and are encouraged to make the effort necessary to realize that potential, regardless of their current economic position. I see a world where citizens devote the bulk of their time and energy to providing value rather than being focused on the resources they've been able to extract from others so far.
When we each devote as much energy and time as possible towards providing value, we all (as a society) will benefit to a degree that none of us can imagine.
Lifespan of a Dream
This dream is nothing new for me. It has driven me since my college days.
What has changed is the means by which I try to affect realization of that dream. Where I used to give value directly (as a volunteer college student and later as an on-air personality in radio), today as a Wealth Coach I help many others add more value through better personal financial choices and business operation decisions.
The Money Resource
They say that "money makes the world go 'round." While we all know that isn't true - gravity does that along with some other laws of physics - money does circulate throughout every person's life.
There is one hard and fast rule, though - almost as universal as the law of gravity: you cannot give what you don't have.
It naturally follows that the more efficient you are at managing your resources, the more value you will have to share with those around you. This is especially true with money because money is a placeholder for practically every object, emotion and experience in life - especially the other big resources of time and energy.
When your financial situation is bad, you burn up energy and time trying to fix it. Those are resources that could be used to create value for others. Instead they are lost.
Why Wealth Coach
I chose to be a Wealth Coach, Business Coach and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional because I saw it as the most powerful (and efficient) way I could give my gifts, add value to the marketplace and do my part to turn my dream into a reality.
I connect with people every day and help them at a very deep level. The systems and processes I have developed leave clients feeling inspired and empowered. They KNOW they have more control over their money. They KNOW they are making better financial decisions. They KNOW they are helping their businesses create the greatest value for their customers while empowering their employees to a high level of success, too.
In essence - the people I work with get more of what's most important to them in life ... which allows them to give even more value back to the world around them. I can only see good in those results.
John
I am not one to take a holiday of this nature. I work on the birthdays and official holidays set aside for all dead presidents and many other holidays, too. There are only four days each year that I do not come into the office - 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years (and I usually work from my home office on that one).