When I wanted to get fit I found the very best trainer I could. Price was no object. When I wanted a new software platform I found the best consultant to help us make the selection. Price was no object.
When I wanted our landscaping done I found the best landscaper. Price was no object.
Price was no object not because I don’t care about money, but because I care about results and I understand the opportunity cost of doing it wrong; the difference between price and cost.
In the past I downloaded an e-book and created a physical training program based on that. I trained four hours a week for six months with minimal results. The cost for the e-book was $49, the price was six months of wasted time. The $150/hr my trainer changes me once a month is cheap in comparison.
In the past I ran the project to select a new IT platform. We implemented one for about $150K that we then had to change. The $10K to get the right consultant this time is looking like a real bargain compared to the cost of getting it wrong.
In the past I got a cheap landscaper, then had to redo all his work. The extra 20% I pay now is looking like money well spent.
Shift your vision to focus on the objective, not just on the dollars you have to hand over at the start.
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have ambition.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.
We often try to outrun the storm, emotionally, physically, spiritually.
We’re entering an age where machines do our thinking before we’ve even had a chance to try.
In church the other day, the pastor gave a sermon that really stuck with me. He talked about two people.