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What would happen if...

…we started doing things with our day (small things) that could really change the way we live our life?

Like:

  • Stop watching standard TV programs during the day and replace that same time with informational videos from TED.com.
  • Stop eating on the go, and replace that with making meals together and investing in relationships while we eat.
  • Start to writing letters again instead of only communicating through our standard form of electronic communication (email, facebook, twitter, etc.).
  • Deciding to actually listen to people for one day & not be so concerned with having our own voice be heard.
  • Befriending an individual that people seem to avoid, just to get their side of life.
  • Dedicate an entire week to donating our free time to help others and/or organizations out.
  • Take a summer job in another state (or country) just because it’s something you want to do.

We only have one life, so why don’t we do what we want to with it? We have to decide what type of person we want to be (and hopefully we won’t look back on our life and say “What did I do with my life?”). Live with inspiration!

I love to talk to my Friend Zach Liibbe about what he is doing in his life. He inspires me by never letting fear get the best of him and actually doing the things he wants to do. When someone like Zach talks about spending his summer taking a tracking course just for fun, and spending a month assisting at a wilderness treatment camp , he is showing us the types of things that we can & should do with our own lives to make the most of it.

Another person that inspires me to live with excitement is Mike Nyffeler. By surrounding ourselves with these types of people in our life, we can see how goals can become reality. Because of this, my wife & I have decided to move to Key West, Florida for a month and work remotely, because we can! Our businesses our being built to be operated anywhere, so why not ‘operate them from anywhere’ (especially a place as gorgeous as Key West)?

If we don’t spend our lives enjoying our talents, living for our dreams, or working for more, where does that leave us? I always challenge myself to be the best that I can be, and I want to challenge you! Make your own list of things you might be able to do or change for this summer and make it a reality. Who says you can’t work in Hawaii for the summer, at a job you might love? Just because you live in Kearney, NE (or whatever that place is that seems boring to you right now), doesn’t mean you have to work their for the next 4 months. Call around and make your own life happen, don’t expect something to just ‘fall in your lap’.

We’ll be pushing ourselves, we hope you do the same!
Have an Awesome Day!
~Chais & Shawna Meyer

posted under Business, Life, Our Rules
2 Comments to

“What would happen if…”

  1. On April 25th, 2009 at 9:45 am mikenyff Says:

    Great thoughts Chais. TED should be apart of everyone’s evening (or morning) viewing lineup. Lord knows there’s plenty of them.
    Have you seen the talk from TOM’s shoes owner Blake Mycoski who recently gave a TED talk about his company that GIVES half of its product away! http://www.tomsshoes.com/content.asp?tid=267
    (This video will be up soon I think…) Inspiring guy!

  2. On April 27th, 2009 at 4:19 pm Thomas Hiatt Says:

    When are you moving to Key West?

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