There is no such thing as overnight success. So, we then are wiring our brains to expect things to happen quickly. Speed might be seductive, but it's not the path to that sustainable success and truly that peace that you're looking for.
All right, Jordan. Let's be real, I'm gonna ask you a question. Okay? Ready?
Yeah.
All right. Let's say that I am your fairy godmother. I'm wearing a pink dress. I'm like Glinda up in here, okay? And I've got a magic wand in my hand, and I say, "Do you want all of your desires to come true by this time tomorrow?"
First off, love the—the pink dress. Um, I think absolutely I would be like, "Yeah."
Yeah?
Yeah. I mean, who wouldn't want that? 'Cause it's just instant, you know?
Oh my gosh, I know. Well, I think we would all say yes, and yet when we hear that overnight success is not a real thing, we're all like, "Yeah, duh." Like, "That's stupid. I wouldn't really want that." We're like, you know, "I'm—I'm more mature than that. I'm—I'm more mature than wanting all of my stuff overnight. Like, that's not a reality." But, we carry ourselves very differently. Mm-hmm. You know, we set goal after goal after goal, and we get disappointed when we don't get that thing in the timeline that we've set because we want things to happen quickly. I mean, we would all love to be able to skate over the work required in order to hit the big milestones. We want to avoid that discomfort, that trial, that tribulation. Trial and tribulation doesn't sound fun to me, you know what I'm saying? That doesn't sound like a party. That sounds like some stress right there. That sounds like some pain. But, that's just not how life works, and yet we live in a world where so much is moving so fast all the time.
And the reality is that speed is seductive. We wanna know, "How did that person get there? How do they do that? What's the secret?" And we pride ourselves, it feels good to hit goals, to accomplish things, to see other people accomplishing things. But I think because we know that accomplishment feels good, we set timelines for ourselves a lot of times that aren't realistic. We're like, "I'm gonna become a millionaire this quarter." "I'm just starting my business." Oh my gosh. But seriously, when I started my business, ugh, my first entrepreneurial endeavor back in 2017, everyone was talking about courses and paid ads, and I was like, "Man, this is really cool. I mean, I can become a millionaire, and just make a course? That's freaking awesome." And yes, that is a possibility. So if that's something you're going for, like, let's—let's—let's go for it, right? But the reality is that there's so much that has to happen in between in order for you to get to that place, and there is no such thing as overnight success. But because we want that, we set these timelines that are so unrealistic, and then we get in this loop where it's like we're living in idea land. We're like, "I have an idea. This is fun. This sounds amazing because it feels so good to come up with ideas." Then we start to put in the work, then it takes longer than what we think it should. So we kinda like discard that, or we like rethink everything, or we go burn everything down to the ground because we're like, "Oh, this is kinda getting hard. Well this is like not fun anymore," because we're actually having to work, put in the energy, put in the effort, adapt, tweak, course correct. That part isn't necessarily the fun part. But then at the end of the day, we end up accomplishing nothing at all because we aren't willing to stick with even a time that's realistic to accomplish some of these things.
So today, we really wanna have a conversation around rewiring our brain and how we look at the timelines that we think that things should happen within. Mm-hmm. Speed might be seductive, but it's not the path often to that sustainable success and truly that peace that you're looking for. And at the end of the day, I think that's what we're all really looking for is wherever we're going, whatever we accomplish, we want peace when we get there. And if you were to wave a magic wand and get everything that you wanna by tomorrow, I can tell you, I'm like 9 times out of 10 positive on this, 90% positive on this, that you would not have a lot of peace—Mm-hmm.—because it would be so much more than you can handle. And that's not just for you. I'm speaking to myself here too. Preaching to the choir. You'd be like instantly thrown into so much turmoil and chaos—Totally.—'cause like, you know, if I wanted all of my, like, desires fulfilled overnight, like I wanna write books and I wanna be, you know, doing all these bigger things that I'm—but I'm not ready for it, and then I get it, and I get it tomorrow, I would crumble. You would crumble under the weight of that because it would be so overwhelming 'cause you just got there too fast and you weren't prepared in the process—Mm-hmm.—to be able to handle the weight of that.
To add to what you were saying, it is actually really, really disappointing for us when we set unrealistic goals that we cannot meet. There is science behind this. There is science behind setting goals and meeting those goals, exceeding those goals, and how good it can make us feel, and it has to do with dopamine. And I know everyone kind of is familiar with dopamine, but we're really gonna dive into this because I found it very intriguing that there is science behind this. There is science behind why speed is seductive because—okay, let's—let's break it down. Dopamine has to do with the reward system in our brains. So, we are actually wired to seek reward, whatever it may be. It could be really small, it could be huge success, it could be little milestones. Whatever it is, we want some sort of reward. And dopamine also has to do with the anticipation of a reward. So, anticipating the reward makes us feel good. Receiving whatever the reward is, hitting the goal, achieving a certain level of success literally makes us feel good, because it sets off the dopamine in our brains. We get a surge of dopamine when we come up with a new idea. It's like what you were talking about, we can live in idea land forever because it feels good for us to come up with ideas. Like, if we make certain connections in our mind that seem kind of novel, even if they're not super novel, like, they seem novel to us, or we've made a new connection, and our brain actually feels good. And then we get excited about the idea. But then, that dopamine surge is just a surge. It just kind of happens, it's, it's temporary, and then it fades, and then that's when the hard work begins, and whatever idea you came up with, whatever goal you set for yourself, you then have to follow through on it and keep working towards that goal. And it's so easy to, like, fall off because you don't have the dopamine going off in your brain to keep you going. Uh, that's why it's actually really important for us to break down bigger goals into smaller goals, because the science behind it is, like, when you hit those smaller milestones, it gives you that dopamine surge, it gives you that, uh, reward—Mm-hmm.—even if it's small, and that keeps you going. So, that's part of why it's actually really good for, like, you to break those big 5, 10-year goals or dreams or whatever they are into very small, bite-sized tasks that you can accomplish. That's why it's so important to set SMART goals, like the acronym SMART. Um, I can't remember all of them. Specific, measurable—attainable.—attainable. Realistic. Timely? Timely, yeah, love it. But that's why it's good for us to set SMART goals for ourselves, because each little milestone we reach, each little thing we accomplish gets the dopamine going, and then that keeps us going.
What I find really fascinating, that I discovered in my research, is that the closer or more immediate that reward feels, the stronger the dopamine release. So, this is why instant gratification feels so good to us, because it's closer, it's in—it's more immediate. That's why it's, it's good to break down big goals into smaller goals, like a monthly goal for yourself, because it's more immediate. So, you get a bigger rush and surge of dopamine in your brain. But this is why it feels so good for us to get that instant gratification that we get from social media, that we get in our culture today at large. Like, this isn't just with social media. It's, like, the way our culture is today, it is all designed around instant gratification. I mean, we can go on our phone, which, our phones are great tools. Technology is great. I love technology and the opportunities it provides. But you can just open your phone and click around on there real quick, pull up Amazon, get something instantly, buy it instantly, get it same day delivery or overnight. If you want entertainment, you pull up Netflix, you can pull it up on your phone. I could pull up Netflix right now and, and watch a TV show or a movie or whatever. Like, you want entertainment, you have it at your fingertips. You want entertainment, you can go on social media. You wanna see what people are doing? You're curious about who, like, who's doing what? Go on social media instantly, and you can see whatever you wanna see. And—I'm just, like, thinking about how, you know, 15 years ago, the expectation for a package arriving, it would be realistic to be like 7 business days. Mm-hmm. Meanwhile, last week, I'm like, "I need my face wash. What do you mean it's not gonna be here tomorrow?" Like, I am angered by this. And then we find ourselves in living in the real world, we're working on our business, we're like, "What do you mean it's gonna take me years to accomplish a thing? That will never do. Like, this will never do." "I'm angered by this. That's annoying." So, we burn things to the ground—Mm-hmm.—because it doesn't feel good to have to keep working longer than you thought that you should, because you just want it now—Yeah.—because that's the culture we live in.
Yeah. We want success, or we wanna hit the goal, or we want whatever it is, like, quickly. We want it to happen fast, because it actually would feel good for us to have it happen quickly. Mm-hmm. That's why, like, fast success stories stand out to us so much, because you see someone skyrocket to, like, fame or super crazy levels of success in their business or whatever it is, and it seemingly happened really fast, or maybe it did happen really fast. Maybe someone had some sort of rare overnight success where they got really big very quickly that, which to me is more of a unicorn situation. That is not normal. But we see it happen so fast for someone else, and we want that for ourselves because first off, it's minimal effort and a big reward. Minimal effort on our part, big reward, and a big emotional payoff as well, because when we receive whatever it is and we receive it fast, we get the rush of dopamine in our brain. Like, it's just so crazy to me to think about how our brains are wired and how our culture today is, like, mm, not really good for this. Like, we want everything so fast. And then it affects everything else. It affects the—your approach to business. It affects your approach in relationships and friendships. You wanna talk to a friend and you can just text them instantly without giving it a second thought, and if they're around, they'll text you right back, and it's just that instant gratification. So we then are wiring our brains to expect things to happen quickly. Yeah. We want it to happen quickly because it feels easier, it feels like it takes less of us, less—you know, less effort, less work, whatever. It takes less effort, and then we get this big payoff, we get this big reward for it. And instead of what I think it really should be is that we focus on, like, slow and steady progress. Instead of trying to get there super fast, we, like, embrace the process. We—Mm-hmm.—we trust the process.
But yeah. It's just crazy. Crazy how our s—our culture today is so expectant of things to happen so fast, and then it's really unfortunate because it affects how we approach everything and it—it affects how we approach business, and then we have these unrealistic expectations that don't get met. And then you wanna know what happens when that happens? Dopamine plummets in our brains. Like, there's a—a concept in neuroscience called reward prediction error, and it's when our brains predict a reward, when it—when the outcome is better than expected, dopamine, like, fires off in our brains. It's like, "Yes!" Like, "Wow, this is better than I thought it would be! That's amazing!" Like, scientifically this is what is going on in our brains. But if we don't receive the reward we were hoping for, or if it's less than expected, if it doesn't meet our expectations, dopamine literally plummets in our brains. So that's why I think it's so easy for us to get caught up in the cycle of, like, we set an unrealistic goal because it feels good, because we're like, "I have this dream and I have this goal for this year. It's gonna be my highest income year to date," or whatever the case may be. "I'm gonna quadruple—" Yeah. "Like literally." "I'm gonna go from 0 to 7 figures! Woo!" It feels literally so exciting in our brains for us to set these crazy goals because we're like, "Wow." And it actually, I think it excites us because it's, like, the possibility of, like, "I could maybe hit that. I could do that. Like, that's so cool. Like, let me do it. Let me shoot for that. Let me shoot for that goal." But then when you don't get there and it doesn't go according to plan because maybe that goal was just a little unrealistic, you literally feel this great, big sense of disappointment and like you messed up and, like, you're not good enough. You start feeling bad about yourself, and the dopamine crashes in your brain. And so that's why it's so, so important to be a little bit more realistic. I'm like, I'm all for dreaming big for your life, actually being intentional about setting realistic standards and goals for yourself, like setting those realistic expectations—Mm-hmm.—so that you don't go through this cycle of always feeling disappointed and like you're never gonna get where you wanna get, you know?
Yeah, I think about when we start getting to the end of a year and I'm doing annual planning with clients, uh, we're high energy. Like, we're so excited about the goals that they're mapping out. They come to our call and they're like, "Here's the 50 things I wanna do next year." And I'm like, "All right, I already have a calendar prepared. Let's start filling it in." "Where do we wanna put this and this and this?" So we get to 15 items and they're like, "Whoa, like, that's too much," or, "Whoa, this is gonna be way more than I thought it was going to be." Or maybe they bring an income goal and I say, "Okay, let's map out how we would actually accomplish this. What offers are we promoting? What are we charging? What's your capacity? Let's see how this all shakes out." And then they quickly realize, wow, that might be a little too high for a 365-day period. Or they're cool with it, but the expectation is that you're gonna put in more work. It's gonna come with more responsibility. And I think that's something we have to remember a lot of times when we're online and we're seeing things happen perhaps quicker for some people, you need to understand the difference between your life and their life. And this is really applicable for those of you who are moms, or maybe you're working another job and this is your side hustle right now. What does your life look like, and how do you want to go about hitting the goals that you have? Like, do you want to go at a slow and steady pace? Do you want to go at a faster pace? You may say, "I—I want to go at a faster pace," but often, with a decreased timeline is going to come more work, more late nights, more hours. Now, it's not all the time, but quite often that's what it's going to equate to. So you have to really get a grip on, "If this is the goal and this sounds great and fun and exciting, all right, what responsibility comes with it? What does it actually look like to get there?" Let's look at that and make sure that that matches the reality of your life. If you are a mom of four, and let's say you're a single mom, and you look at someone else who is a single woman, maybe she's 27, 28, and she's doing all these things in her business every single day, every month there's a new milestone, every quarter there's a photo shoot, we got all the things rolling, that's not, that's not a realistic comparison. That lifestyle is very different from your lifestyle. Mm-hmm. So obviously we should just uproot any comparison, in general. But just to provide you with an example, we have to start painting a picture for not just the fun goal, but what responsibility comes with it, what is your day-to-day gonna need, what is that going to need to look like in order for you to get there? And kind of like just get a grip on that dopamine a little bit. Gives a lot of hand there, and just like too excited. Whoo, let's go. It's like, all right, we're gonna bring that energy, but like let's look at the facts over here too. Mm-hmm.
Yeah, we have to, like, rewire our brains. Like, we are just too caught up in wanting things quickly in every capacity of life. Like, and our culture kind of promotes this. Social media kind of promotes this behavior. You know, for example, like Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, whatever it is, like there's instant feedback, like likes, comments, shares. You get, you get that feedback instantly when you post something. You may not have to put in that much effort, and you get really high visibility opportunities, especially on TikTok. I feel like TikTok and YouTube are great for that. Um, but then there's also that aspect of, which I really don't like and it's, it bothers me so much, but the random intermittent rewards on social media. Let me break this down. You never know which post of yours might get more views. You never know, so you, it's—it's kind of like gambling, and I feel like that's a great way to see social media and the way that it's set up right now, a lot of these apps, it is kind of a gamble, and it keeps you wanting to go back for more. You wanna post more, because maybe you'll get a reward. Maybe you'll get more views on this. And so it keeps you coming back as a poster, and it also keeps you coming back as a consumer to see, well, how are other people's posts performing and what are they, what are they sharing? And it's just instant feedback, instant rewards, like at the tip, at our fingertips. Mm-hmm. And I feel like we have to be really cautious not to carry this energy into other areas of our lives. Mm-hmm. And to sort of restructure or reimagine what it actually looks like to set goals for ourselves, to dream, and to have dreams and desires for our future and what that's supposed to look like instead of expecting it to happen quickly. Mm-hmm. Because like I said earlier, those are like unicorn situations. They're very rare and unlikely to happen. And then it's like you're setting that unrealistic expectation maybe subconsciously to grow your business really fast and you want to achieve the success because you see other people going viral, you see other people's businesses maybe reaching success that you're not out, you're not at yet, and in your subconscious you're like, "Man," like, "I want that and I wish I could have that." And then it actually ha—is triggering the dopamine in your brain to either surge or plummet, and it's, so it's making us either feel really good or really bad, and usually it makes us feel really bad if we are seeing other people do these great things and we feel bad about ourselves 'cause we're not doing, we're not there yet, or—Mm-hmm. Yeah, it ultimately boils down to just accepting the process, that it is a process and that things take time. It's such a cliché, but it's true. Things take time, and that relieves so much of the pressure to just accept that—Mm-hmm.—keep your head down, keep working on what you can, and stop focusing on, like, trying to get somewhere quickly 'cause it's just not likely to happen. It's, it's just silly.
We're all silly, guys.
No, we all do it. We all think the grass is greener on the other side. Where we are right now just feels sucky, and we think that what this person has, where they are, when we get that thing, this thing, that other thing, then we will experience whatever it is, peace, fulfillment, abundance, freedom. Because at the end of the day, those are the real things motivating us and driving us. You might say that you want more money, but really at the end of the day, we often want the feeling that accompanies that thing, and there's so much power in embracing where you are now and, and learning how to live out, "How can I be abundant? How can I be at peace right now with what I have in front of me?"
I even think about our dad had a successful landscaping business for many years, and he talks about, like, how he would always, like, have a new goal set for himself, and when he hit that goal, he'd just be onto the next and onto the next. And then years later, he eventually sold the company and, you know, achieved this big goal. Like, that was a big thing to, like, sell the company. And he told this story just saying that after that, he was, like, driving down the road one day and just had the thought all of a sudden like, "This is what freedom feels like." Like, "Hmm, it's not as crazy as I thought it would be." And I think when it boils, w—when we boil it down to, like, the actual just science of it, we're wired for rewards, and even if you get the biggest, like, reward of your life thus far, you get that momentary satisfaction. And it feels good, and we should absolutely, like, celebrate and rejoice in those moments where we hit whatever goal we wanted to hit, but then our brains kind of, like, want th—the next thing. Like, we start looking ahead to the future of, like, "Well, what, what is next? What comes after this?" So success is not really a destination. Like, you don't reach a certain point where it's all dandy and everything's great. Like, your brain actually is gonna continually want, like, the next thing, like, want more and want the next, like, surge of dopamine, if we're just breaking it down scientifically. But we're wired for reward, we will never not be wired this way. Like, even when we're, like, older and in a different season of life, when we're like 70 and 80—our brains are still wired this way. That we still want—Mm-hmm.—the next thing. Not to say that we should always be chasing the next thing, but that's just to say that you'll never, like, reach one goal where everything's great and then you have no problems and you have all the peace and abundance and prosperity and joy in the world. Like—you'll never really reach that ultimate destination. That's nirvana. That doesn't exist.
And that's why I think that we have to really change our relationship with goal setting and how much we focus on goals, because I think at the end of the day, it isn't really about achieving goals. It's about remaining devoted to your work. Mm-hmm. To the work that you're meant to be doing. And that's why so many people talk about, "What's your vision? What's your why?" We've been talking a lot about your calling and the substance and the deeper work that you're here to do, because that's the stuff that really needs to be driving you. That's what you need to be focused on and devoted to every single day. But a lot of times in our society, like, the goals, that's what's top of mind for us every single day. That's driving our every move. That's what we're focusing on when we wake up in the morning. We're focused on these short term goals because we know that we're gonna get that surge of dopamine, and it's gonna feel really good when we get there. But pursuing goals, at the end of the day, the fact is, it is about the outcome. That's the entire point of goal setting. "This is the outcome I want. Here's how I'm gonna get it." We plan it out. That's the goal. When we get there, we, we do it again and again and again. But this is all about the destination and paying attention to the metrics, and it gives us that validation. It makes us feel really good. But that can lead us to be a little bit more, like, panicky and frantic, and like we're in this state of just chasing all the time because we're so fixated on the goals, this month, this quarter, this year. But when we shift our focus and we actually think more about devotion to the work that we're here to do, then that conversation is entirely different. It's not about an outcome. It's not about a destination. It's about the responsibility that's in front of you. It's about having a reverence, a respect for your work. And I don't see this talked about a lot in entrepreneurship, especially on social media. It's all about, "Here's 7 ways to go viral." Mm-hmm. "Here's how to have this outcome overnight. Here's how I hit 6 figures in 6 months." Right? It's all about the numbers. It's all about the timeline. It's all about how you can get where you wanna go as fast as possible with the least amount of effort, and it's all a lie.
I think there has to be a balance here, because of course if you're in business, you've got to have goals. You've got to have a way to measure your efforts. I teach this to our students. I preach this. But what I'm suggesting is that when you wake up in the morning, what you focus on day over day, what if that was more about the devotion to your work? And having a reverence for the calling that you're here to pursue and live out, the work that you're meant to embody, the people that you're meant to impact. When we—when you expand your mindset, start thinking bigger about your presence and your energy every single day, it just changes everything about how you show up. It changes everything about how you share on social media. It changes everything about how you serve your clients. And you feel more fulfilled at the end of the day. If you are only satisfied when you're hitting goals, you're gonna be—I just feel like you're gonna be sporadically high one minute, low another minute. It's gonna be sporadic and frantic. You're not gonna have this consistent peace that's like rooting, uh, that you're rooted in, that you're grounded in. But when you are devoted, you can actually experience a sense of fulfillment, I believe, every single day. Even when things aren't perfect, even when you're so far off from that other goal, even when you failed, even when you missed this goal, even when the worst possible thing happened that could possibly ever in the world happen, you somehow can still have a sense of fulfillment, because you're just showing up with the intention to honor the work in front of you.
Something we've been talking about this season over and over and over again is this concept of stewardship. Stewarding the things that are in front of you right now versus chasing and having that mentality of the grass is greener on the other side and I need to move quickly and I need to get there and I need to do this thing. Yeah. We're also tired from that pace and that energy and that rhythm. But to steward something means to care for, manage, and take responsibility with intention, wisdom, integrity. And it's also not just about using or controlling what you've been given, what's in front of you, but about nurturing and overseeing it with a sense of duty and purpose. And this is where that concept of reverence for your work comes into play, like having a deeper respect and reverence for your work, and every single day waking up and working with what is in front of you right now, what you've been given right now, seeing it as a blessing. Knowing that you're further along than you once were. I mean, rewind 5, 10 years, look at where you were ver—versus where you are now. There's got to be one, two, multiple things that you have that you once dreamed of. Even if they're small things. Working with what you have, honoring the season and what you've been given right now before you get to the reward. Mm-hmm. That's where you're being prepared. That's actually dictating whether or not you ever get the reward. 'Cause if you can't honor and work with what you have now, if you can't be responsible of what's in front of you right now, why should you be given more? Because what does that say about how you're going to steward that once you get there?
I think back to my mom and my dad when they first got married. They lived in what they called a chicken coop. Do you remember the size? No. It was—I'm sorry. It was teeny. Yeah. It was like this tiny, like, cinder block building. They were in like—it was—it was basically one big room. Like, they had a little bathroom, but it was like everything was—it was very small. It was teeny tiny. They had so little. And my dad was telling this story about when they used to be so poor, they would go spend $1,000, $1,500 on a crappy car. That's all they could afford. When that car would break down, they would just go drop it off at the impound lot, because there was no point in getting it fixed, and they'd just go buy another one. But despite that, every single Saturday morning, he would be outside washing that car. And I'm telling you, not just like washing it with the hose. Like my dad knows how to professionally wash and detail a car because his dad taught him that. Literally when he was a young boy, my papa would make him wash the cars, and he would come around and put his hand underneath, what is that? Above where the tire is. He would like run his fingers there, and if there was any dirt, he'd say, "Wash it again." "Wash it again." So he knew how to wash cars. We weren't just doing a little hose down, okay? We were like detailing this bad boy. He would wake up every single Saturday and wash any car that he had. And I even remember that being a young girl, once they were able to afford decent cars. We weren't riding around in a $1,500 car that was gonna break down, thank God. But he would wake up every single Saturday. I'd look out my window. I'd see him out there with the sudsy soap, and he'd be washing it down. I remember sometimes washing the car with him. And I love that display of stewardship. Literally, in a state of life, a stage of life where you have so little and still stewarding that thing so well. Or I think about the first little farmhouse that they got. It was really, really small. It was not the nicest thing, but they did it up. They got curtains. And I've s—I see pictures of this house like regularly. I mean, I lived in it, but I was so little I don't remember it. But I see pictures, and it looked beautiful. It looked like a homely, sweet space to grow a family, to like make memories together. It—it—it was beautiful for what it was, and that's because they poured into it and they stewarded what they had. And that's something that I feel has been modeled to me that now we're both actively living out, and I think that's beautiful. Like when you feel like you have nothing or when you feel like you are so low, how are you showing up? What's your posture? What are you doing with the things that you have? Are you saying with your words that, "This is a piece of crap." Mm-hmm. "I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna wash this car. Whatever. I'll wait until I get a really nice one." Mm-hmm. No. How you show up now actually really matters.
Yeah, 'cause like i—exactly what you just said, if you're not doing it now, what makes you think you're gonna do it when you get the nicer car? You're like, "I'll just wash this car and take care of the car I get when I—when it's like a nicer one." You probably won't. Like it—the habits you form right now, it—it's what you carry forward. And I mean, you can always change, right? But like it's so important to take responsibility for what you have now. I think stewardship ties so much into responsibility, or like responsibility is such a part of stewardship. Like you have some level of responsibility right now in your business, for example. Like maybe you're not where you want to be in your business. Maybe you have bigger dreams and goals for what you wanna do here, but like you already have a level of responsibility right now, and what are you doing with that? Like are you stewarding it well right now? Because that will inform how you steward it in the future as it grows or if it grows at all like to where you want it to be. So basically, just doing what you can with what you have right now is the most important thing because we only have right now. We have goals and dreams for our future, and I do hope and believe for like a beautiful future for all of us, but we only have this present moment. We only have today. And if you're not stewarding it well, what makes you think you're gonna do that in the future? Mm-hmm. Yeah, we have no control of the future. There's just like a bu—a bunch of what ifs. Mm-hmm. And we have minimal control in the present, but you do have control over how you show up every day, the energy that you bring, the presence that you bring, the posture that you're carrying. And how you carry yourself in that matters. And so I think it's just a good reminder for all of us to just let now be enough. Use the things that you've been given. Use the skill sets that you have, the business that you have, the clients that you have to fulfill your purpose right now, to honor your calling, to do the work. Do what you can right now with what you have, and that will be honored. That will be blessed. You can't multiply 0.0 is just gonna be 0, 0, 0, 0, 0. So think about that concept. Honoring the little that you have right now, that will be honored and that will be multiplied. Then you're working with something that can be multiplied. Mm-hmm. I believe that if you honor what you have now, you're gonna receive so much of the desire that you have because you're being a good steward, because you're showing that you can be trusted with the responsibility that you have now, and therefore you can be trusted with that which you desire in the future. You'll be a good steward now, and you will be a good steward then.
