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Maybe This Is The Wrong Thing To Write Today

Posted June 24, 2013

I felt a need to say something today but I was truly at a loss.

I din’t know what to write for once.

If it were any other day, I would have just shut my mouth but it isn’t . . .

Today I turned 48 and I knew I had something to say and was pissed that I didn’t know how to say it.

I tried walking away from it but the urgency to say it was too great but . . .

Still the words wouldn’t come to me.

Then it came to me in it’s simplest form . . .

Perhaps a “thank you” is in order!

I want to thank you for reading my blog and thank the many people who allowed me to transition my dream of doing what I love into a full time business.

I am now 2 1/2 years into Castain Training Systems and my business has exploded beyond anything I could have imagined.

I now wake up each morning knowing that for once “someday” is actually TODAY and . . .

I have you to thank for that.

So, I guess the burning feeling I had to say something today wasn’t as eloquent as I had hoped but . . .

Please understand, it needed to be said!

Thank you all for helping me fulfill my dream!

36 thoughts on “Maybe This Is The Wrong Thing To Write Today

  1. You are welcome. Cheers to you on your Birthday and to continued success going forward!

  2. Happy Birthday Paul! I can speak on behalf of your massive legion of followers and flip it around and say “thank you”! You inspire us each day with your passion and willingness to help others, and that is appreciated more than you know. You are a breath of fresh air in the very crowded sales and leadership space, and are truly one of a kind. Keep rockin’, keep smiling and as Gary V once said, keep “Crushing It” Have an awesome day my friend!

    1. Happy birthday Paul!! To your continued success!! Paul, I enjoy your “REAL” blog all the time!!

  3. Happy Birthday Paul. I think I have socks older than you. And congrats on the growing business.

  4. Paul–You have helped many of us achieve our dreams as well, and on some days, that’s just being a better person and responding correctly to a situation. Have a great day!!

    Cliff Hollingsworth

  5. And so…it’s true…”You can have everything you want in life if you just help enough other people get what they want” ZigZ

    Happy Happy Birthday…thank your mother.

  6. Thank YOU Paul. LI would not be the same without you!! Having recently turned 50 myself, I can tell you the best is yet to come- it just takes a HEAP of Patience!!!

    Have a FANTASTIC day! YOU’VE earned it!

    1. Thank you Cindy, I especially appreciate the heads up about 50.

      I see it staring at me and offering an almost “Dr Evilish” laugh 🙂

      Cheers!

  7. Wishing you a HUMONGOUS ((((HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!)))) my friend, you’re an inspiration, have offered support to us all every day and have been a good friend since the day I met you… I’m proud to be a part of your journey and thank YOU for everything you do for us all!! ~xo~ May your special day ROCK!!

  8. Happy birthday Uncle Paul! You have inspired me to become a Jedi Master in Sales and hopefully I will be where you are at right now! Thank you so much for your valuable contributions to the sales community!

  9. Paul we should be thanking you to be making it to 48 Happy Birthday and many more. Each piece of wisdom you provide the tribe is visionary and spot on.

  10. Paul, Happy Birthday, and wish you many more, doing what you love, and loving what you do!

  11. Happy Birthday, Paul! 48 and still a Rock Star! 🙂

    I am glad to know you and also thrilled that you are living your dream! It’s an amazing life when you can make a living adding value to others and doing what you love! That is true success!

  12. Paul, let me paraphrase for you one of the famous quotes of A.Einstein’s – “When You sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes; when you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. And that is relativity”

    Beyond those remarkable dates I appreciate your personal imput in what you try to express on blog, itunes and through groups while facilitate our discussions, it is well time spend.

    Perhaps, that is what makes people stick together and why they like to coming back. It is great to hear your program is also success on financial terms. Thank You for your support and Happy Birthday!

  13. Paul, let me paraphrase for you one of the famous quotes of A.Einstein’s – “When You sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes; when you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. And that is relativity”

    Beyond those remarkable dates I appreciate your personal imput in what you try to express on blog, itunes and through groups while facilitate our discussions, it is well spend time.

    Perhaps, that is what makes people stick together and why they like to coming back. It is great to hear your program is also success on financial terms. Thank You for your support and Happy Birthday!

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