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    Take Advantage Of Your Failures

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    Joshua Greene

    I have a friend who had a landlord go around his back to construct a deal with the franchise that he had.  For whatever reasons the landlord had are not important, or why his franchise did this.   But at the end of the day my friend lost one of his revenue streams. 

    So the other day the I was asking him about the new franchise that took his place and if he knew the deal of his lease.  My friend went over it with me and it got me thinking.  Could we get him back into a franchise the same way he was taking out of his? 

    This is what I mean of taking advantage of your failures in business or in life.   What you may view as a negative point in your life, could be view as a lesson.  In this case we may be able to get him into some more franchises with no debt opposed to the mountains of debt it can cost to be involved in this franchise, like he previously was. 

    We all have situations that go south or not the way we plan.  But if you take a moment think about what happen, what went wrong, and how you can use this data in future.  It may not be something you can use right now.  But store that data point in the back of your head, maybe even let it percolate and you never know how it can be used later. 

    Never Too Late

    “For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again”.  – From the Movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons 

    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has become my favorite movie, when I travel it is my go to movie to watch.  The more I watch it the more I get from the movie.  But I digress.

    In my professional career before 2016 I was in the restaurant business, as was so for almost 30 years.  90% of my life I was in a restaurant working and learning.  It was what I thought I wanted to do my entire life.  But then things change.   And with that change I became pretty burnt out with the industry, and had fell out of love with it. 

    So today, I have trying a multitude of different paths to see what is going to be to next chapter in life.  I’m trying things I’ve never thought I would have done, things I’ve always wanted to try, and things that just happen to come across my table.    While my “struggles” and “gains” are different as a wise man once told me “I’m still here”. 

    If you are stuck doing something you don’t like or in a relationship that isn’t going anywhere. It is ok to start over, you are not too old, you can do this.  The only thing that is holding you back is your own fear, fear that is only made up in your head. 

    Take that chance, there is nothing wrong with wanting more out of your life. 

    Control Your Destiny

    Josh Greene

    Over the past few weeks I’ve been watching some football playoffs. Seeing social media posts how the refs cost their team the game, and it got me thinking how in our ever day life I see others not holding their destiny in their own hands like their favorite football teams. 

    When it comes to football if a win or a loss can be dictated by the refs, your team never put themselves in a good position to win.  As it goes in your life, if you use the excuse I would have succeeded if “this would have happen” or “if someone had done this”  is the same thing.  You need to control your own destiny if you want to succeed. 

    The easiest way to do this, is not to expect anyone to care more about your dreams, goals, business or success more than you do.  Don’t expect someone to work harder for you, then you work for you.  Control you destiny by making sure you do the work for your success and you make sure whatever has to get done, gets done.  Be in control.