Good morning, Team! It’s Friday!

Have you ever wondered what you should be doing with the rest of your life?

As I approach minimum retirement age, the goal line phases in and out of focus…frequently.

After picking one interesting looking article on my phone, my feed is now filled with retirement-based news articles. Complete overload! I’m still a long way off but I like to be well prepared for what’s coming next.

I now approach more information on the retirement topic with trepidation, so when Tony Robbins was interviewed recently, I didn’t realize initially that it was sponsored by a financial investment company. I paid most attention to the life advice from Tony as he established credibility and quickly articulated one of the most unsettling things I have heard in quite a while…

He posed the question, “Are you managing a living or are you designing a life?” 

He’s on YouTube if you want his take on the question. He and I view this topic in a similar light.

Making a living feels like it comes from a scarcity mindset. As in, “There’s only so much [x] so I need to figure out how to work within those available resources.”

Designing a life implies you start each day with endless possibilities, endless choices, an abundance mindset. What exciting, fulfilling and interesting things are you going to do today, this week, this year…and the rest of your life?

I love the perspective!

“I need to travel this week for work” compared to “I get to take a trip to Denver and I’ll visit a friend for lunch on the way in. I’ll spend quality time with coworkers, deliberately learn something new about many of them and in the evening, complete my workout in the hotel gym, pick a great place for a healthy meal and catch up on a book or maybe some sleep.”

It’s attitude in action instead of settling for what the world tends to throw at you. It’s better than “good enough”, it’s designing (the rest of) your life.

Have a blessed weekend!

Eric