“Half of something is a whole lot more than all of nothing”-Just Me
Yes today is Motivation Monday, and I was contemplating which angle I would take. I ended up talking to one of my brothers from another mother, Chuck, and it just clicked. We were conversing about my upcoming plans of starting my Sports & Entertainment Management company. I was sharing with him my business philosophy. I explained to him that some people are content with doing everything on their own, but my philosophy about that has always been different.
I’m a firm believer that in order to succeed in life, you can’t make a go at it alone. So many times we go into ventures or projects thinking that all we need is a dream and our own potential. If you have ever read anything I’ve posted, then you know I’m one of the biggest dream chasers. In the same manner, I’m very aware of the God-given potential and abilities I’ve been blessed with. With that being said, I still know that my dreams in life can’t be accomplished with me being a team of one.
I innocently bought my son a Thomas the Train model while on vacation recently. He suddenly grew an affinity towards the train. He sleeps with it, eats with it, bathes with it, and he even takes it to church with him. He loves that little train, and he will let you know it in a second. If anyone, old or young, looks at him while he’s playing with the train he will exclaim “My Train”, or “Mine”. He will do this until the person stops looking or leaves. It’s sad, but we as adults often take on this same mentality when it comes to achievement in life. So many times we think we’ve found a gold mine and then want to hide it. We go back to the childish exclamation of “mine, mine, mine”. That was my idea, and no I will not share anything with you. We feel as if nobody deserves to have any of what I got. Check your news channel and you will see how this plays out in society in general. We hover in a corner and say, “well I got mine, now go get yours”. The problem with that thinking is that, it took someone to help you get there, and it’s going to take someone to help you stay there.
In order to attain new and improved levels of success, we have to move from the thinking that we can do it all alone. Every dreamer in life had to have someone (s) to help them live out their dream. If it wasn’t for other people, MLK would’ve just been a great speaker from Georgia. We have to learn to surround ourselves with people that can challenge us and make us better. When we do that, we are able to reach further than imaginable, and at the same time we help somebody else reach a dream they never knew existed. I am a strong believer that half of a million dollars, is a whole lot more than all of ten thousand dollars. Yet some of us would rather take the $10,000 and say I did it. Rather than taking the $500,000 and saying “We did it”. It’s time for us to move beyond the selfish mentality if we truly want to meet our goals in life.
There are people around that can help you reach that goal, but you have to willing to move from the mindset of a 2-year old to that of an adult wanting to achieve in life. If your personal gifts are the best you have to offer your dreams then you are selling yourself short. You will probably never have all that it takes to achieve your goal, but I guarantee that there are people with a little bit of everything you need to get to where you want to be. It’s time to build a team, and to reach for what you’ve always wanted.
Here are my 5 recommendations to help you move in the right direction with the right people on your team:
1. Surround yourself with people that know a lot about stuff you know nothing about.
2. Be willing to relinquish some of the power. You don’t need all of the power, you just want to enjoy turning your dream into a reality.
3. Be honest with your team about your dream, and your inability to reach your dream alone.
4. Kindly part ways with team members that stop dreaming. Never burn bridges in the process, you never know when you might need to cross again.
5. When you reach the top, never forget to take everybody that helped out with you. Even the teammates you had to dismiss earlier.
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