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How Big is Your Story?

Last week my wife and I had the priv­i­lege of attend­ing the 90th birth­day party of Chick-fil-A founder, Truett Cathy. There were more than 1000 peo­ple in atten­dance at this cel­e­bra­tion of his life and legacy.

Most of you are prob­a­bly famil­iar with a part of Truett’s story. You may have read that his com­pany started in 1946 with one restau­rant. You might know that they have more than 1300 restau­rants, run by some of the most service-minded lead­ers in busi­ness today. You might be aware that he lives and leads accord­ing to his faith.

What you may not know is just how big his story is.

For the past decade, I have been impacted by his team and his mis­sion. I observed at his party that there are thou­sands — if not mil­lions — of peo­ple who have been directly or indi­rectly affected by this man’s life.

Truett’s life story both chal­lenges and inspires me.

As a guy who gets to coach so many won­der­ful lead­ers, I am con­stantly being blown away and inspired by the life sto­ries of many of you.

Just today, I coached Dan Trinidad, who is the owner of a mort­gage bank­ing firm in Cal­i­for­nia and has been a friend and client of ours for more than a decade.

In our ses­sion today, we dis­cussed his desire to make his life’s story big­ger. He wants to make sure he is using his expe­ri­ences, gifts, and tal­ents to make the great­est pos­si­ble dif­fer­ence in the lives of those around him.

Just two years ago, Dan lost his beau­ti­ful bride and best friend to can­cer. This sig­nif­i­cant life-altering tragedy is fuel­ing the next chap­ter in his story.

Dan and his com­pany have part­nered with The Leukemia & Lym­phoma Society’s Team In Train­ing.  This orga­ni­za­tion is all about rais­ing aware­ness and money to help fight the awful dis­ease of can­cer. The way they do it is pretty cool.

Over the years I have run four marathons. In each city, the biggest team has been the pur­ple Team in Train­ing crew. You will see them at all the major swim­ming, cycling, run­ning, and triathlon events. They engage the hearts and bod­ies of ath­letes who want to make a difference.

Dan and sev­eral of his team­mates are get­ting them­selves in shape to run, hike, and bike in honor of Mindy Trinidad. They will raise money to cure the dis­ease that took another beau­ti­ful life, in hopes that some other fam­ily will be spared this heartache.

Truett’s story is a 90-year tale about how one life can impact so many oth­ers. Dan’s story shows that even in the midst of cat­a­stro­phe we can write a new chap­ter that touches the lives of others.

So I would chal­lenge you:  is your life story big enough? Who are you pour­ing into? Where are you giv­ing of your­self and of your resources? How is your life’s story impact­ing those around you?

Make your story big­ger and make it count,

Posted March 18th Daniel Harkavy

Posted in Productivity

Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity for Buyers?

Business Insider’s Money Gameinterviewed real estate expert Barbara Corcoran earlier this week. This is what she said about buying in this market:

“We have a regular real estate miracle happening right now. We not only have record low prices, but we also have cheap money.”

A second real estate icon, Donald Trump,  just a few weeks ago said:

“This is a great time to go out and buy a house. And if you do, in 10 years you’re going to look back and say, ‘You know, I‘m glad I listened to Donald Trump’.”

Maybe it’s time to start listening to the people who have made fortunes buying and selling real estate. They may know best!!

by THE KCM CREW on MARCH 18, 2011 ·

Posted in Keeping Current Matters

March 2011 Top Producer Interview

Posted in Top Producer