This post has been a long time in my head. Fear has held me back from posting this.
I joined this forum last year with completely in the wrong mind set. I joined thinking I will find some secret to getting rich easy. Hoping someone would give me the secret key and unlock the door for me. I want to apologize to everyone for that.
The pain point that changed me happened on 2/22/17 when I lost hearing in one ear at my job. It made me realize just how much I mean to the company. I was a 90 hour a week employee making 100 000 k a year on an hourly wage (I was hitting 14 - 16 hours a day 7 days a week). Going from "a super employee" to a "dirt bag" in the companies eyes (for getting injured) in a heartbeat is what changed my mindset.
This experience has gotten me thinking
and here is what i came up with.
Every time there has been a struggle in my life it has provided great gifts. Here are some examples.
At 19 i came to the USA from South Africa. A duffle full of clothes and $100 in my pocket . My gift is that no matter what gets taken from me i will always be able to climb to the top again
I joined the US Army and the struggles were many. Being pushed further past my limits than i ever thought possible. The gifts were to many to name.
And then the most recent struggle. I had a drop of melted steel fall in my ear, melt trough the earplug i was wearing and destroy my hearing in my left ear. I'm waiting for surgery in mid April and working in the office till the surgery date. The gifts are already amazing because it has opened my mind and eyes. I see now how easy it is to go from hero to zero in the slowlane. And this is only the beginning.
This has been a very very long way to say this. Thank you MJ. I have forgotten all the great gifts that i have received when i got sucked into the slowlane mentality.
I joined this forum last year with completely in the wrong mind set. I joined thinking I will find some secret to getting rich easy. Hoping someone would give me the secret key and unlock the door for me. I want to apologize to everyone for that.
The pain point that changed me happened on 2/22/17 when I lost hearing in one ear at my job. It made me realize just how much I mean to the company. I was a 90 hour a week employee making 100 000 k a year on an hourly wage (I was hitting 14 - 16 hours a day 7 days a week). Going from "a super employee" to a "dirt bag" in the companies eyes (for getting injured) in a heartbeat is what changed my mindset.
This experience has gotten me thinking
and here is what i came up with.
Every time there has been a struggle in my life it has provided great gifts. Here are some examples.
At 19 i came to the USA from South Africa. A duffle full of clothes and $100 in my pocket . My gift is that no matter what gets taken from me i will always be able to climb to the top again
I joined the US Army and the struggles were many. Being pushed further past my limits than i ever thought possible. The gifts were to many to name.
And then the most recent struggle. I had a drop of melted steel fall in my ear, melt trough the earplug i was wearing and destroy my hearing in my left ear. I'm waiting for surgery in mid April and working in the office till the surgery date. The gifts are already amazing because it has opened my mind and eyes. I see now how easy it is to go from hero to zero in the slowlane. And this is only the beginning.
This has been a very very long way to say this. Thank you MJ. I have forgotten all the great gifts that i have received when i got sucked into the slowlane mentality.
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