More than ever, you hear people making statements like “I want to start my own business,” “I want to be an entrepreneur,” or even, “I want to be the CEO of a company.” All of these things are very obtainable!
An old man asked me years ago, did I know where the wealthiest place on earth was?
As I sat there puzzled, he laughed as I blurted out the names of Los Angeles, New York, and Miami. After his time of amusement, he said, “No, son, it’s the cemetery.”
He began to explain that so many people leave this earth with so many ideas, inventions, and business plans. For one, this is unfair to each person that passed away with so much more to offer the world. Secondly, this is unfair to our society and the next generation, who needed these ideas, inventions, and business plans. Our world is built off of these things and desperately needs them.
There have been a few pivotal moments in my life that kept me moving forward to become who I am today.
One of these moments took place at my uncle’s funeral, where my cousin Carson spoke. He spoke about leaving empty. He used the analogy of a glass of water.
A glass of water starts off blank and is filled up to the top. Once used up, it becomes empty again. This cycle completes itself over and over again throughout a person’s life and should end empty as it started.
Take a moment and ask yourself, how many times have you filled up your cup?
Perhaps more importantly, how many times have you completed emptied your cup? Some of us leave our cup just close enough to empty to say we emptied it, but in truth, we always kept some remaining. Reaching your full potential requires you to empty your cup completely.
