Welcome to Spring. Celebrate the Choice.
The frost has bid what we hope to be it’s final farewell. The Sun, after a rather extended holiday it seems, has returned to New York City. Put the jackets in the attic, break out the shorts, tan the legs spring is here!
I’ve always been a fan of springtime (although who isn’t right?) there’s something so necessary and almost magical, about those first few days. When it seems half of the city hasn’t gotten the memo yet, and there’s always a couple people who are romping around in blizzard-worthy attire, while those who don’t leave bed without checking the weather are sporting the new khakis they got on sale. Ah sweet, sweet Spring!
Now let me tell you, I love a pair of good khakis! But… that’s not why I get so excited for this season. I love Spring because of one very simple thing. Choices.
I once read: “No man can know the word spring, until he comes to see a winter pass.” I’m no stranger to the cold and snow, trust me Canada certainly holds its own in the “battle royale” of winters. I can still remember as a child the strange thrill of the grass beginning to peek through the earth, the days getting longer, and of course there was spring vacation.
Spring meant choice. No longer would I have the details of my day dictated by the weather, it was the season of freedom.
Becoming an entrepreneur is like finding Spring all year round. Your day is no longer at the whim of a boss, or a commute (I’m still working on the weather part). Each day is filled with illimitable possibility.
As this spring gets underway, I invite you to celebrate your choices; the choice to be an entrepreneur, to pave your own path, to make your own mark. Celebrate the fact that you don’t have to be in a cubicle all day, you don’t have to punch in and out, and your commute can be as far as living room today if you feel like it.
Many people have been conditioned to think that one has to suffer to experience success. It’s as though one must be stricken with a dull, boring life to remain focused, or to continue achieving.
Let me be the first to say this is so, so very wrong! Success comes as a result of doing what you love, and doing it well. From the value you provide to the society you serve. Not from attempting to endure the uncomfortable for as long as possible. Of course, hard work is involved. But hard work does not have to be a sufferable experience. An entrepreneur must learn to maintain a sense of urgency even when their back IS NOT against the wall.
Take your business outside this week. Invest in a wireless card. Make what you enjoy to do, part of your daily business routine. Answer some emails from the park or your backyard, do your follow up calls from the beach today. Celebrate the fact that you can actually make these choices.
I’ve got some steaks on the grill, gotta run.
All my best,
Jay Kubassek
Posted: March 10, 2010
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hello Jay!!
thanks for the nice letter from you.
I have always like the summer, Ilike when it is nice and warm outside,I dont like when the snow and the wind are so cold.
Ilook forward to get starting with all work in CarbonCopyPro:))
all best from
Tina Moi Merkesdal
Hello Jay,
What a timely note. I just decided to take an hour off and go for a nice brisk walk outside; living in the bald headed prairies of Saskatchewan, it is still quite windy, but it was wonderful.
Time to get back to work now.
Look Forward to Meeting You Someday
Nicole Bennett
What an inspirational article! It consides with what we heard in church on Wednesday evening, that we are all aware of the corruptible cycle of life within the natural world and this can be seen in every day life. We see the miracle of spring time when incorruptible process of renewal takes place. Despite the suffering brought by winter,the many hardships of buying warm clothes,increased electricity bills,then comes the spring with a rebirth of hope and confidence again.
The same goes with our natural behavior we inherited from the society that one has to work for someone in order to live… this has corrupted our minds, we are trapped in the wage slavery, yet there is hope in becoming an entrepreneur where one can enjoy the spring for ever!
Thanks Jay for the wonderful thought of spring!
Hi Jay,
Thanks for the reminder that Spring truly is on the way. Still a few weeks off here in Manitoba, but the signs are becoming more obvious. It’s the green hue on the trees that I wait for, that’s my special Spring moment!
Nancy
Thank you Jay for all you do to inspire, you are truly an inspiration to all of us who are trying so hard to change where we”re at to where we want to be and what we want to accomplish in this short time we are here on this earth. You truly have a gift that most people only dream about having and are the leader that people need to carve the path to success and financial freedom. Hopefully I will get to meet you at Boca Raton on the 31st. Thanks again Rick Smith
Hey Jay,
looks like you may have spoken to soon on Spring arriving…
its going to rain all week-end…:)
but yes, Spring = Choices and I am glad
to Have the chance of Choosing Every Min of the Day!!
love and peace from NY
Thank You Jay for the beautiful picture and hope filled message.
It is a time of new beginnings and we should appreciate what we
have our hands on here at your carboncopypro web marketing training
platform.Thank You so very much for your ingenuity and hard work in creating
this masterpiece..It truly will be springtime in many of our lives because
of CCP,and without the difficulties of winter in our lives,we couldn’t
fully appreciate the hope that surrounds this community..Awesome let’s do
this together as has been said.Peace
Wow!! words of wisdom.In my current position with the company i am with now, i often times say i feel like a toddler, although i am a grown man on the world stage of experience. But i am thankful for spring time and now in the presence of unlimited possibilities i feel like a baby about to embark on my “crawling phase” of freshness and newness of thinking, indeed spring time.Jay all i have ever wanted and demanded, is an opportunity and its like spring time, as i review CarbonCopyPro.Jay i have never met you, but i made a promise to myself that one day i will have the opportunity to meet you and personally thank you for resurrecting the giant of positive thinking inside me and allowing me to believe again.Yes Spring is coming but its already in my heart. Thank you.Thank you.
Great letter and inspiring Jay
Looking forward to spring and new things in life…shaping one own´s
future and way of living…the future looks bright and I’m gonna´
be right there