The Daily G.I.F.T. from The GratiDude

My Act 2 will be like “The Empire Strikes Back”-Better than the Original.

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The G.I.F.T. Today

Grateful: to feel so damn swaggy today that all of Earth may need a warning shot over the bow for 2025. Consider yourself warned.

Intention-treat this day like the most beautiful day ever, because factually speaking, it is.

First-stretch your back jack

Things-Willa Bean logistics

Morning Platitude from The GratiDude

The cool thing from a factual perspective is that everything we see and everything we decide to do and experience starts with a single thought.

From an energetic and even from a mathematical and probability standpoint until there is the thought of climbing that mountain there is zero chance that you were going to climb that mountain.

Once the energy of a thought is manifested through local knowledge and through the quantum field of information and presented in your consciousness in a form perhap, a shape, a color or feeling, maybe an image. Now we can use energy to expand that thought, your focus can grow that thought in intensity and focus through a concentrated effort to apply more energy.

It takes a connection to breath and thought awareness to be able to recognize one thought from another, and to choose a thought that serves you both in the moment of now and potentially as a source of creative inspiration.

I believe it is important that we look back and give ourselves credit and recognize that all of the good relationships, partnerships, employment, opportunities, living situations educations that we’ve acquired all of these cool things that have been a part of our life experience or our a part of our life experience today. The common starting point for EVERYTHING is the thought and then with the application of activities and steps with specific time frames around accomplishing those tasks.

So, in my life as I looked at building and setting up my Act 2, I really zeroed in on the fact that there are business activities in the areas of technology and innovation that I find fascinating and exciting, and I wish to be a part of forever. Fun and intellectually stimulating, and the golf industry needs innovators and risk takers as our Industry is a bit slow on adopting and experimenting with new technology solutions.

I soon realized however, that the biggest impact and potential I have for truly impacting people’s lives in a positive way is by sharing and providing all of the tools and knowledge that other people have shared with me in the form of coaching and education.

Because our society does a poor job of helping people align their personal passions and interests with the things that they do on a day-to-day basis to create a living and to make money, https://grateful4.org/ is stepping in to fill that void.

By providing organizations and individuals simultaneously with all the tools and understandings and teachings from TypeCoach ( https://www.typecoach.com/ )we can help Golf Management, Trade, Ownership and Associations give individuals the data they need to better understand themselves AND the wide range of perspectives and dispositions that their friends, families, and coworkers possess. The reality is that there are numerous personality types and “hard wirings” that dictate how we naturally both communicate and send and receive energy.

You know how Folks THINK, COMMUNICATE, and FEEL.

If that is important to you at all, ha.

However, without some tools to understand your own thought processes, and to be able to connect to your higher self, it’s hard to get comfortable making some of the small incremental changes that would benefit your friends, family, and organization that would come out of the analysis and teachings of TypeCoach.

In other words, you must be a little bit comfortable and self-aware to be able to surrender your ego enough to compromise your behavior or to at least acknowledge the impacts and ripple effects of your communication styles and interactions.

Everyone in an organization will benefit immediately from the TypeCoach learnings just because of how unique and interactive it is.

Not everyone is going to be comfortable, ready right away to start pursuing their own mindful practices or getting into deep self-evaluation at this moment in their life.

However, everyone, and I mean, everyone should be interested in learning how their breathing practices impact their emotional state, and to also understand some fundamental facts about your central nervous system and ways that you can improve your life experience by creating more calm in your life.

It is always the right time to feel better in your own body and mind and soul.

Many entrepreneurs start later in life because they often have accumulated valuable work experience, a strong professional network, greater financial stability, and a clearer understanding of their passions, allowing them to make more informed decisions and take calculated risks with a higher chance of success compared to younger entrepreneurs; essentially, they have the wisdom and confidence to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams with a solid foundation built over time.

Key reasons why people start businesses later in life:

Experience and knowledge:

Years in the workforce provide deep industry insights and practical skills that can be leveraged to build a successful business.

Financial stability:

Established careers often lead to accumulated savings which can be used to fund a startup without taking on excessive debt.

Strong network:

Over time, individuals build a robust network of contacts that can be valuable for business development and potential partnerships.

Self-awareness:

With age, people often gain a better understanding of their strengths, weaknesses, and true passions, leading to more purposeful business ventures.

Reduced risk aversion:

After experiencing career stability, some individuals may be more willing to take calculated risks associated with entrepreneurship.

Desire for purpose:

Later in life, individuals may seek a new challenge or a meaningful way to contribute beyond traditional employment.

So I don’t think Lil Jon woke up one day and just threw away the microphone that he was using for recording Hip-Hop and turned that into a microphone for leading guided meditation, but obviously, and perhaps somewhat like me, he realized that he had an opportunity to have a bigger impact and he wished to do that.

It’s also like what Jim Carrey the actor talks about that he wishes everyone would have the opportunity to get rich and famous and have a ton of money just to realize that’s not the way to get happy in fact for many people, which creates more problems than solutions.

I also love seeing this because it speaks to me that everyone should have the opportunity to have a second third fourth fifth act if they wish because the human experience is about being a butterfly and crawling into a cocoon anytime you wish to come out a new and different and more beautiful version of yourself for all of us to enjoy.

I look at some of my closest new friends in my new tribe, and everyone has either reinvented themselves or is in the process of doing so once again.

One of my dear friends and mentor or Michael Alexander and I were talking on Monday about how fewer and fewer men as they get into their 50s and 60s are comfortable, embracing a growth mentality and trying new things.

Michael is about 10 years older than me and, by the way decided to end his 50 year relationship with alcohol about 200 days ago. According to Mike, he simply used his grandchildren as the motivation to literally choose to add more days to his life and a higher quality of life for those days starting right now.

His Lady loves the new Mike too! 🙂

Mike is on his way to losing about 100 pounds and I would say he’s down about 75 or 80 pounds already.

Impressive, right?

And that weight loss started with a thought.

There was a thought at some point that he had about what he could do to have as much time as possible with his grandchildren and to enjoy this great life that he has built from scratch.

Mike built his life engine from the ground up, his hands aren’t greasy anymore, and he wants time to now do “Sunday drives” with the grandkids for as long as possible.

The “Why” was born with a single thought.

So, he made some difficult changes and as it goes into 2025 he’s never looked or felt better in his life.

#BigSexy

2025 is the year for you to cook up a new act or to take your show on the road and double down on yourself and leverage all the love and support from everyone to do so.

We’re here for it and will continue to show up every day to provide the fuel in your tank that you need to keep you cruising with an attitude of gratitude.

EVERY DAY:

Love

and

Gratitude