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What Will You Be Dunking: Doughnuts or Basketballs?

You’ve seen them, the group of retirees that sit at your local grocery store or coffee shop all morning talking and drinking coffee. I’ll bet if you ask them

what they do for a living they would likely say they are “retired”. This goes back to the issue of people relating who they are with their occupation. So, if that is the case then they are “done”. They’ve put their time in and now it’s time to sit back and dunk the proverbial donut. So what about the guy in the video? Why is he different and what if all the retirees suddenly said, “you know what, I’m going back into the workforce in a new career” or “I’m going to run that marathon or join that college team.? What if we had millions of retirees coming out of the woodwork asking to volunteer to grow food in their gardens for the hungry or build homes for the homeless? Can you imagine the revolution that would take place? There probably isn’t much hope for that group of guys in the coffee shop, but you can control how your later years in life will turn out. Don’t rule out the last years of your life being the most amazing and exciting years of your life!

Make Tomorrow Better Than Today!

Ed

                                                                                           

Was Blind But Now I See

This is the 4th day into my new adventure of working

from home.  Can I just tell you how much I love it!  I have attended two free seminars (just to get ideas for launching a seminar based on my book and also to get some education while I was at it), secured three appointments with clients, had an amazing brain-storming session with a good friend of mine who is also living his dream, and most importantly, got to enjoy seeing my wife and kids when they got up ( a rarity when I was working at my old J-O-B), as well as spending time with them throughout the day.  I feel like a whole new world has opened up to me, but the ironic part, is that this was my life all along. The problem was that I was never around to particpate and enjoy it.  Yesterday I took my son on a bike ride.  As he was riding in the child seat behind me I heard him say "hey daddy!"  I said,  yes, what's up?  He replied "I love you."  It was at that moment that I knew that working from home was something that I could get used to. 

Make Tomorrow Better Than Today!

Ed

I Am Not Crazy

I am quitting my day job on Friday. I have a beautiful wife whom I love more than life itself and two wonderful children ages 2 and 4. I don’t have another “job” lined up. No, I am not crazy. I am devoting my life from this point forward to what God has designed me to do; help people with their finances and their careers. This decision will change my life as I know it. This decision will change my marriage as I know it. This decision will change my relationship with my children, and will ultimately determine the path our family tree will take in the next 50 to 100 years and beyond. This decision will affect thousands and maybe even (God-willing), millions of people that will listen to my counseling and read my book and writings. This decision will ultimately affect my own destiny with my Maker. Someday I will have to stand in front of God and answer the question: Did you do what I put you on earth to do? When I answer, “yes, yes I did” and He smiles, I will know for sure that I was not crazy.

Make Tomorrow Better Than Today!

Ed

What are you sitting on?

Unbelievable right? This guy lives on Park Avenue! His fortune made 5 bucks at a time sitting on a little stool. So what are you sitting on? No, not literally. What idea are you sitting on that you could be producing or selling to get to your own little Park Avenue? The lesson here is this: You have to #1 get the vision, #2 believe in the vision with all of your heart, and #3 act NOW! This guy could have wrestled with business plans and tried coming up with the “ideal” way of getting this peelers sold, but he chose to just get out there, work his butt off and make it happen. Now it’s your turn. Send me your ideas on what you’ve been sitting on and what you plan on doing toget your ideas out there in the near future.

Make Tomorrow Better Than Today!

Prepare to Jump!

You have to check out the video of the stunt this NBA mascot did! How many people do you think told him he was crazy for attempting this? I bet 99% of the people he talked to said, “You are going to kill yourself!” Are there naysayers in your life advising against you quitting your job to pursue your passion? Are the voices you are hearing your own? The key to your successful leap is preparation. I’m POSITIVE this mascot planned this stunt out to the smallest detail. The lesson here is that what was thought to be an unreasonable feat has now raised the bar on what is possible. Get out there and raise the bar on what youcan do in your life and career!

Remember, the more prepared you are, the more successful your leap will be!

Make Tomorrow Better Than Today!

Ed

You Get One Shot

In the book Small Business, Big Life the author talks about a man who, at an awards dinner, gave a speech where he apologized to his wife and daughters for not being there as he worked his way up “to the top.” As his wife and now grown daughters looked on in the crowd, he realized he had sacrificed the one thing he could never get back: TIME. He now had the time to spend with his children, but they were now grown up and out of the house. Three and a half years ago I had an epiphany. For months I was dropping off my then six-month old son so a sitter could watch him for 12 hours a day. It broke my heart every day to see his little eyes in my rear-view mirror as I headed off to work in the city. At that moment, I decided that if I really said that family was important to me, then I had better start acting like it. My wife quit her job to stay home with him and we have gone on to do the same with our daughter. So let me ask you this question: Is family important to you? Thirty or forty years from now will you be on the podium accepting an award and apologizing to your wife and kids for not being there? We get one shot at this, make it count!

Make Tomorrow Better Than Today!

Ed

Someone is doing it!

This is my first official blog for The Provision Group.  I am excited, but I also know that in order to make this work and to keep all of you interested, I have to keep this up for oh, say maybe the next twenty or thirty years.  No pressure.  Sit back and enjoy the ride!

Megan and I were travelling down Route 30 towards Irwin/North Huntingdon and those of you that know that area know how many businesses there are along that stretch.  As I was driving, I decided to really pay attention to see what each and every business actually did or sold.  As I was taking a visual inventory of each and every place, I thought to myself, “These people are doing it!”  Somehow, in a “slow economy” they are still open.  Now, I’m sure some really aren’t making it (I’ve met a few in financial coaching), but for the most part, they are living out their little dream.  Are you living yours? Do you have a business idea you’ve been sitting on for years?  Next time you need some inspiration, take a ride.  Look at the hundreds of small businesses that are along the roads you travel every day.   Someone is doing it, maybe now it’s your turn!

Make tomorrow better than today!

Ed