Live as if your success was inevitable, and so it shall be.

When in doubt, show up early. Think less. Feel more. Ask once. Give thanks often. Expect the best. Appreciate everything. Never give up. Make it fun. Lead. Invent. Regroup. Relax. Risk it all. Smile.
And live as if your success was inevitable, and so it shall be.
JB

I came across this phrase today, The email it was sent with simple,

Kristin,

“How are things, I haven't heard from you, you should call”.

John B

When in doubt, show up early. Think less. Feel more. Ask once. Give thanks often. Expect the best. Appreciate everything. Never give up. Make it fun. Lead. Invent. Regroup. Relax. Risk it all. Smile
And live as if your success was inevitable, and so it shall be.

I didn't write back, but I have contemplated the email, it's words and it's meaning. I'm sure this isn't his signature for all emails, was this message meant for me? I decided to break it down.

When in doubt show up early. Always be on time, the early bird get the worm mentality, punctuality is key. That I get. I admit I haven't been very diligent in being on time lately. Be early, not just in time, but early. OK, that one I could work on.

Think less. Is this like trying to hard? When my company was sold a few months back my new boss had told me not to try so hard. But when was trying to hard a bad thing? I thought giving it your all was what you were supposed to do, especially when you are trying to impress a new boss, who doesn't know your work ethic or skills. But are you supposed to be cool, calm, collective, and able to bust your ass, all without breaking a sweat, or making it look like your working to hard?

Feel More. Feel what. Lately I feel numb, and useless. What was I supposed to feel? I wanted to feel important, like I had 6 months ago, when Lonnie and I ran the show. When people called to talk to me, when I was the center of a really freaking cool world. Where I felt like I belonged.

Ask Once. I'm smart, I normally only have to ask questions once, but what was I supposed to ask? Who was I supposed to ask this of? What was I supposed to ask?

The more I broke the signature down the more confused I was.

Give thanks often. Thanks, I had said this word often. Thanks to my parents for filling my tank with gas, and letting me shop in the grocery store of mom and dad. Thanks to my friends for being right back at my side, after I had ignored them over the last year. Giving thanks was something I could do. And I would try and do it a little more often.

Expect the best. This one is hard to swallow, I used to always expect the best but I seem to work hard then get the shaft. So was I supposed to keep expecting the best and not see anything from it? Keep seeing the glass as half full. Keep being positive, and expect the best for myself. I want the best, but how was I going to get it? Just expect it and it would come?

Appreciate Everything. I do appreciate everything, And I don't expect anything to be handed to me. I work for what I have, and appreciate everything I'm given. So maybe thats it, expect the best but appreciate what you have.

Never give up. This one might seem self explanatory as well. But is it that easy, to not give up. What if you don't have a choice. What if the choice to give up isn't yours? What do you do then? Do you still continue pushing ahead even if you know the outcome will remain he same. When is enough, enough.

Make it fun. Done. I could make anything fun. Heck I made cleaning my sisters apartment fun. Having races up and down the walls with bleach filled sponges. Making it fun was just living life. This one I had down. Laugh, Love, Live. The three L's to live by. It made life fun.

Lead. I've always been able to lead people, whether while being the president of my 4-H group, or in charge of sales for a company known worldwide. Leading seemed to come to me naturally. I enjoyed it! I thrived for it. Leading I could do. But where could I do it at? My first task needed to be to lead myself, leading myself out of this pity thinking and back into the take charge, kick butt, get names mode.

Invent. Like inventing the wheel? Inventing doesn't just mean being like Thomas Edison and inventing the light bulb. It meant to think outside the box. To come up with those ideas that no one else thinks of, that no one else dares risk trying. Inventing in this sense could lead to brilliance, it could lead you to get noticed. Inventing now seemed key.

Regroup. After regrouping, one normally moves forward. Taking that time out for ourselves. A little reflection time, time to think about what you've done, how you've done it, and why it was important. Regrouping seems to be what I have been doing for the last 4 weeks. But I've spent so much time feeling sorry for myself, that I haven't used my time to move forward.

Relax. Breathe. It was only a job. It didn't define me. It didn't make me who I was. I was already great when I came to them. I made them better. Not the other way around. I needed to relax, breathe, and remember why I was great.

Risk it all. One couldn't just sit back and wait for things to come, nor can one only give something half the effort deserved and expect it to succeed. If I wanted a new job, a new purpose, I had to risk it all. I had to grab life by the horns, I had to roll the dice till I got snake eyes, I had to risk it all if I wanted to get anything in return.

Smile. No explanation was needed here. I needed to keep on smiling and loving life. It doesn't matter how crappy, I think things are, you have to smile. And live you life.

And live as if your success was inevitable, and so it shall be...

The more I look at what John wrote, the more I think I get it. I just have to be me. The hard working, smiling, go getter. A person who doesn't expect things to be handed to me because I think I deserve them But someone who expects the best, because I work hard, and risk it all to be successful. I need to live successful, because it is inevitable that I will be. I think I'll go and write John a response I didn't have anything to say before, but I think I'm better now.