Chasing Financial Freedom
Chasing Financial Freedom
Ep 310 | 3 Powerful Ways to Harness Gratitude and Resilience for Business Growth
Can gratitude and growth transform life's toughest challenges? Journey with me as I share a personal tale that strikes deep into the heart—my mom's battle and recent triumph over breast cancer. This emotional chapter in our family's life serves as a reminder of the preciousness of time and the profound relief that a clean scan can bring. Shifting focus to the business realm, I open up about the hurdles and victories of my solopreneurship, where selling two new builds on Baird Park and deciding the future of remaining lots is not just about finances, but about legacy and community impact. The struggle is real, but through collaboration and resilience, the potential for creating a win-win scenario shines through.
In the second half of the episode, we explore the transformative power of listening over speaking—a philosophy that has matured with age. By embracing the wisdom of those around us, I've discovered that true growth often comes from hearing others and aligning actions with our bigger goals. This journey of self-reflection and intentionality is not just a personal lesson but a universal one, reminding us to greet each day with the intention of being better. As the week unfolds, my hope is that this narrative of reflection and gratitude resonates with you, encouraging an embrace of growth in the face of adversity.
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Hey guys, welcome back to the show. This week Wanted to talk a little bit about personal life and then business life. I've shared in previous episodes that my mom has gone through cancer breast cancer and last week we had our first checkup after all the treatment and so forth, and thank you that her scan came back clean. That's a positive thing. That's been weighing on me for some time now. They caught it early stage. They called it 1a, I think is the stage, is what they refer to. But cancer cancer is scary and sad and I don't know what to say other than it scares me on a daily basis and fighting for my mom every single day is my number one priority in life. Thank you God for giving her some extra days and giving her a clean bill of health. So thank you very much.
Speaker 1:So on the business front, I'm not trying to be down, guys, I'm just it's there's a lot on my head. I've got some concerns and I'm trying to make everything I have work and all I can do is keep asking for help and make things happen. We're trying to sell the last two new builds on Baird Park. We've got a offer on the second house. It's a cash offer, so it's a little bit less than initially. It was a full ask offer and they came back and I don't know what happened. It was either financing we were working on potentially doing a note. They came back and turned around and came back with a cash offer a little bit less than our full offer. So I don't know if I'm going to count or not. I'm working on that.
Speaker 1:And then we've got the remaining lots on the actual block and we're trying to figure out what to do with those, develop them, co-develop them, sell them to another entity and just work through that process. I'm just trying to make all the numbers work and sometimes I don't know how else to describe it other than it just like you feel like you're backed into a corner and you have some great thought process and you run it by some people and, next thing, you've got some ideas. So I've got a couple ideas that we're gonna try out and and see what happens. The the biggest thing that I want to do is one do right by the city for giving us the option to build to the, the residents, because that block is changing. And three, leave a lasting legacy for what we've done, and it's hard to do all three of those Just for the simple fact is I feel a little bit torn about selling it off to somebody or co-developing, because then it doesn't have our name on it.
Speaker 1:By itself that's a little bit of a downer for me, but at the same time it also helps us clear the runway, make sure that we've got what we need to move forward with other projects. But, by the way, setting up the project for success, we've done decently on the actual project, but I think it needs somebody else that has a potential, local flair, a local interest and pushing forward. I don't know, we'll see where it goes. I have to look at all the options and discuss it with all parties involved and see where it goes, but it just, in the end it's weighing on me because there's there's other things weighing on me and it's tough to be able to say I've got a exit strategy or I've got a run, a runway for this to make this all happen. I don't, I really don't. So at the end of the day, we we have to find a way to make it work, because the runway that we're building is starting to gain momentum and the plane is getting ready to start going down the runway. It's just not gotten to full steam yet.
Speaker 1:And that's where I would say, I'm frustrated. And this is where I preach about instant gratification. We talk about it quite frequently and I am one to say that I should not be on self-gratification mode, but at the same time, I'm frustrated in my mind about being able to find an idea, a concept that actually works and allows to be a win for everybody. I just I don't know what it's going to look like. And to relate it all back to businesses frustration I'm a solopreneur. I do have a business partner and I've been trying to do this by myself for too long, and having additional people around me is going to be a great thing. To have additional people around me is going to be a great thing to have. So there's some changes there potentially coming.
Speaker 1:But also in everything that I do, I have to make sure that I see all facets of the actual transaction and making sure it's the best play for the business and for whoever we're serving. And that gets back and forth, weighs on my heart, weighs on my mind, weighs on making a judgment call and saying, okay, this is what we're going with. It's tough as a solopreneur, business owner, and it's not. I'll say it as is. Did I ever think that I would be on this journey, eight years later and where we're at? No, I thought there'd be other things going on, but along the way there was ups and downs of a roller coaster and have to be able to flatten it out and make it work. And have to be able to flatten it out and make it work, and I don't know how else to describe it other than I've been very thankful for these experiences that I know that I'm not going to back that up.
Speaker 1:I've learned from these experiences, but then I can also pass them on to others. But also, these are learning experiences that I get to grow upon and even though I can view them as failure at times or being knocked down on my knees, it truly is a way to learn and grow as a human being, as a leader, as a son, a family member, whatever the case is. There's a lot of lessons in here and I think part of being it's not think, I know part of being a business owner is the life experience that you get with it and how you can apply it to different aspects of your life, not just business-wise, personal and when I say just personal, how you can apply it to different aspects of your life, not just business-wise, personal and when I say just personal, how you interact with your family, your significant other boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, siblings, nieces, nephews, so forth. How you communicate with others that you don't.
Speaker 1:And here's one that I really focused in on for a while is meeting strangers and just listening. I love to listen when I meet a stranger or for somebody I'm meeting for the first time, because I don't know who he or she is and they've got so much to offer, so just listening. They say God gave you two ears and one mouth, so guess what? Double the time listening, and sometimes I try not to speak at all or very little, because ultimately I want to grow as a human being, I want to grow a business owner, I want to grow as a son, husband, father. I just want to be a better person, and the only way you become a better person day by day if I improve 1% every single day.
Speaker 1:The old adage I'm moving myself along is listening and learning to others and talking to people. After you've listened, you're talking to people and picking their mind about things that they've gone through, about things that they're doing, because they have the experience. There might be people out there you think that don't have the experience and they truly do, but the only way you find out that they have the experience is by listening and learning from them. And I would say in my younger years I did a lot of talking and not a lot of listening, and now I'm doing a lot of listening and a lot of reflection and interest, being introverted from the inside out to make sure I'm doing what needs to be done to get the job done.
Speaker 1:It's hard it really is but I'm thankful for each day that I wake up and I get to be able to make the day better, make things move forward and create better outcomes. All right, guys, that was it. I know it's a little bit somber, but I wanted just to share that information. It's near and dear to my heart and personal. I hope you guys have a great week. I'll see you guys on the other side.
