#52. The Person You Become.

Twelve months of change has been challenging.

It’s hard to comprehend the journey I have been on with my family over the past 12 months; in fact, I think I have forgotten as much as I remember… but I want to share my path because, in many ways, you have been there.

My focus is to bring reality and support to Lone Leaders like you so you can become more resilient and more confident in your journey.

The shortlist of BIG moves:

1. Having no staff for the first time in 12 years

2. Moving house and community

3. New school for our daughter

4. A tough trip to the UK to reconcile with my dad

5. The tragic loss of a loved one

6. Struggling for income

7. Starting a new passion business that has exploded

And you know what… I couldn’t be more happy. While life is not perfect, it is by design.

Many of the decisions we have made as a family have been very, very tough. And I am not afraid to admit, at times, that I wanted to quit.

But, we decided to ensure that our family unit, our mission in business, and our passion for choosing our lives were at the forefront of our minds.

And for that to happen, there has been much discomfort.

We had to explain why we were taking our daughter away from her friends and that we wanted her education to be the best it could be.

I took a hit on income because I wanted to be super clear on how I served the world.

Moving on from some relationships that no longer served my happiness.

Conversely, I went deeper into some relationships that deserved the effort.

The one that never wavered, though, was The Lone Leader brand and community that I am building; that’s you.

I don’t have 1m followers.

I don’t have a million dollars for a three-month course for $9.

I don’t have everything I need to be as successful as I know I can be yet.

But what I do have is the discipline of the past 52 weeks writing to and for you. And there were moments when I didn’t have the resolve to step into the arena.

I didn’t want to write; I didn’t want to share insights with you as I felt like a hypocrite… and sometimes I had nothing to say.

But Jerry Seinfeld shared something compelling once; he said he was always on. Everything was material, every conversation, every relationship… all material.

That’s how I feel about my mission to support Lone Leaders. It’s beautiful and traumatic - the obsession with serving a mission becomes relentless.

But what it does mean is that I am always looking for insights, by listening, experiencing and sharing anything that might give you a glimmer of home in your darkest moment because there will be many of them.

What I can share is that I love my work both as a coach and running my new e-commerce business, www.plotsandpickles.com (Which is growing at a rapid rate!!!)

In fact, I think I am more fulfilled in my work than ever before in my life. And I have to thank you guys.

With your ongoing readership, emails of support and those quiet moments that you share, I managed to make the day a little easier with my content.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

So what’s next;

1. Focus on less, being more

2. A mindset of mastery

3. Grow my international business

4. Make more time for myself

5. Create more tools and content that makes a real difference to you…

Never could I have imagined 52 weeks ago, sat in my garage, lost, that I would have found my true calling, living the life I do with all the bumps and hardships - all through writing an email once per week.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart… and let's take the time to ask ourselves - what do we really want from life?

Until next week, thank you.

G

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