StartALawnCareBusiness
07-23-2008, 01:44 PM
I would like to share something that happened to me recently.
A couple friends and I spent last weekend camping and mountain biking. After two solid days on the trails, we decided to make one last ride on the paved road up a mountain local to the camping area.
None of us are phenomenal athletes. We ride mainly for fun but we are in decent shape and up for most any challenge. At the top of this mountain is a recreational lake where people swim and have picnics. While we rode, cars overtook us on the way up and passengers looked at us like we were nuts to make that ride.
At the top, people who overtook us in their cars earlier stared at us not believing we actually reached the top. Out of all the people staring, this one kid came over to us. He was a very out of shape kid...maybe had never done any exercise in his life. He was amazed that we had completed the ride.
We chatted for awhile and told him how much fun it is to challenge your body and get it into shape to be able to do things like that. We also told him how fun it is to ride downhill after making the climb.
As we left, we could almost see a flood of motivation flow over the kid. It was as if he was immediately motivated to get his body into shape. The simple fact that the three of us rode that hill may have set in motion the motivation for that kid to start exercising and change his life.
On the ride down, I thought of the GopherForum message board and all the people who visit here. We all have the desire to expand our businesses and advance our lives. We are all at different points in our journey but no matter where you are in your journey, you never know who is looking up to you.
As you go about your daily work, think about this: someone is looking up to you. Someone is thinking of you as a role model. It might be one of your customers or a customer's neighbor. That person wonders if he/she could ever be so lucky as to start a lawn care business, too. That person admires you for being brave enough to do what you do.
It's fascinating to think that by just going about your business...doing what you do naturally, you might be the motivating factor in someone else's life.
Keith
A couple friends and I spent last weekend camping and mountain biking. After two solid days on the trails, we decided to make one last ride on the paved road up a mountain local to the camping area.
None of us are phenomenal athletes. We ride mainly for fun but we are in decent shape and up for most any challenge. At the top of this mountain is a recreational lake where people swim and have picnics. While we rode, cars overtook us on the way up and passengers looked at us like we were nuts to make that ride.
At the top, people who overtook us in their cars earlier stared at us not believing we actually reached the top. Out of all the people staring, this one kid came over to us. He was a very out of shape kid...maybe had never done any exercise in his life. He was amazed that we had completed the ride.
We chatted for awhile and told him how much fun it is to challenge your body and get it into shape to be able to do things like that. We also told him how fun it is to ride downhill after making the climb.
As we left, we could almost see a flood of motivation flow over the kid. It was as if he was immediately motivated to get his body into shape. The simple fact that the three of us rode that hill may have set in motion the motivation for that kid to start exercising and change his life.
On the ride down, I thought of the GopherForum message board and all the people who visit here. We all have the desire to expand our businesses and advance our lives. We are all at different points in our journey but no matter where you are in your journey, you never know who is looking up to you.
As you go about your daily work, think about this: someone is looking up to you. Someone is thinking of you as a role model. It might be one of your customers or a customer's neighbor. That person wonders if he/she could ever be so lucky as to start a lawn care business, too. That person admires you for being brave enough to do what you do.
It's fascinating to think that by just going about your business...doing what you do naturally, you might be the motivating factor in someone else's life.
Keith