I remember watching the “Wanted Dead Or Alive” video back in the day and shaking my head.
Here’s this great song and the whole time they’re portraying the band as worn out from the road but still embracing the “the show must go on attitude”
I remember thinking “poor f’n rock stars making all that money and being flashed by hot women at every concert. I feel real sorry for them . . . that’s almost unbearable . . . jackasses!”
Then I began to experience my own version of that . . . minus the flashing and the millions of dollars.
My business was really exploding!
This moment of realization happened to me this week as I traveled a few states. In between training gigs I was setting up new ones, selling mucho e-books and booking 5 new coaching clients . . . but that’s not my “poor me” moment.
I was battling one of the worst colds I can remember and I actually think it was a respiratory infection. Here I am, in a situation where talking aggravates a horrible cough and yet I have no choice . . .
But to deliver the 110% my clients paid for!
I was having a moment back at my hotel this week where it was starting to become a bit much then it happened . . .
I reached into my computer bag and did the old “break glass in case of emergency”
I pulled out an old worn file folder that contains an essay that my son had written about me a few years ago.
The title . . .”My Father, My Hero!”.
I found my strength and opened my whupass!
I don’t care how tough we pretend to be to the outside world . . .
There will be times when we grow tired.
There will be times that we question ourselves.
There will be times when we wonder if we’re going to get through something.
Then we reach down and find our strength.
Perhaps through a pep talk to self?
Perhaps through our “spiritual GPS”?
Enough about me . . . What do you reach to when the road gets tough?
Paul Castain trains organizations and coaches individuals to attain new levels of rock stardom. For more information on how Paul can help you make 2012 your best year . . . click here!
