Be the Difference Maker

Everyone says television is damaging. That it is propaganda, a distraction and its crack for your brain. I get it. But I think it’s what you watch, how you interpret it and how you use it. I still do watch some television but I try to curate what I watch and I try to filter and think about what I watch. I squeeze lessons and whatever positive from it and know that most of it’s mainly fiction.

But there are so many great comments, observations that provide insight and inspiration. I’ve always loved “Billions” and the easily quotable deca-billionaire hedge funder Bobby Axelrod. Or ruthless yet kind cowboy tycoon John Dutton of the Yellowstone series fame. But the series I’ve written about before, Special Ops: Lioness, is especially good. There is this one scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIqW2-_GiaE, where one of the main characters is recruited. It’s so good.

Her commander tells her: “We are the strong. We protect the weak. We are merciless in that endeavor. Is that an endeavor you wish to pursue?

There’s 1.4 million active duty personnel in the Armed Forces. They all do their part. But there is not a thousand among them that we can call on to make a difference. I think you could be one of those few. But it means walking away from the life you lived up to this point, and never looking back. That life is over.”

I’ve been thinking about this all continuously. I read this every day. I realized how blind and weak I was. And because of this, how I let my family down in 2020 and probably before that too. I was so caught up in the rat race, focusing on the wrong things. I forgot my true mission. When the storm came in 2020, I was rekt because of my weakness, and this also rekt my family. What a painful wake up call.

It’s been a hard road for the last 4 years trying to pick up the pieces and rebuild. Rebuilding myself, my health, my family, my business. Deeply focused on getting smarter and especially getting strong mentally, physically and financially. And it seems to be working bit by bit.

And it only got better when I understood reality and ignored the societal propaganda. Forgive me for sounding like Andrew Tate, but as a man, your goal is not to be happy. Women and children should focus on being happy. Your goal is to be useful. Your job is to do the hard things everyday and enable their happiness and make them happy. That is it.

So this is your regular reminder on finding your true purpose, doing hard Sh-t, getting really strong and fit, getting rich and capable so you can be the difference maker in your family and community. You owe them that. You owe yourself too. BE THE DIFFERENCE MAKER. Now get back to work!!