Growin' Up Gregory

One thing I've noticed about successful people, "The Great Ones" as I like to call them, is that they are undaunted by other people's successes.  I've noticed it with authors, speakers, musicians, and others.  Authors who each have books they need to sell write forewords and recommendations of each other.  Musicians collaborate and partner on songs. Speakers endorse each other and often refer a trusted (and talented) "competitor" if they are unable to do a requested engagement. Think about that.  Here you have authors recommending someone else's book, musicians promoting someone else while they have CDs to sell, and speakers finding an equally comparable replacement instead of making it work or just saying no. This stems from a Win-Win and Abundance mentality.  Not everyone has it and we all likely struggle with it at times.  Once you begin to realize that you don't need EVERY sale, EVERY loan, EVERY deal...

Before kids, vacations involved an unsaid game of beating everyone else to the destination. But now, I've learned that if I compete with the GPS, their bladders or bellies will win. I feel a patience lesson coming on. I certainly had a dose of it when we were checking in Sunday. Our scheduled time was 4 PM. We got here shortly after that and figured we were good. Wrong. One room was ready but the other wasn't. It was hot, kids were rambunctious, and the adults were getting ill. Finally, around 5:30, we received a call that the other room was ready. I volunteered to go pick up the keys (partly out of chivalry, partly to get away from the chaos). The office was absolutely packed with people checking in and complaining.  I finally made it to the front of the long line. The lady was stressed, yet apologetic & kind. I could have been rude (part of me wanted to). But you know what, I've been there before. I've been overwhelmed by work, customers, or circumsta...