A couple years ago he bought a motorcycle for around $800.

This year he bought a new one and decided he was going to sell the old one.

He listed his old one for $700, and as the weeks went by, people kept offering him $500.

Every time this happened he would say “no I’m holding out for 600.” 

After a while all of his friends and family started to tell him he was crazy and that he should take the $500. 

I mean if that continues to come in as the highest offer that must be the money on the bike right? 

Even I encouraged him to take the 500. 

But he held out. 

Well this last weekend someone sent a message and asked if he would take $600.

He grinned and said “I could do that.”

The couple showed up the next day, said it was a very nice bike, gave him the cash and left him smiling from ear to ear. 

I told Kyson “I’m so proud of you son for sticking to your guns and not giving into what everyone else around you was saying. 

This is one of the marks of a successful person, to know what one wants and to not be willing to cave in to what 'they' or 'Everyone else' has to say about it.”

He smiled and told me "yeah and I wasn't in a hurry to sell it, I didn’t have to sell it and it’s the beginning of the summer so I have plenty of time to wait.” 

That's right son. You knew what you wanted, thought it through and were willing to persist until what you wanted happened.

This is the formula.

I try to teach all of my kids this stuff, Kyson has really picked up on it and uses it all the time.

Sometimes he uses it against me and reminds me that I'm the one who taught him how to be persistent.

Super annoying but it makes me proud too.

:-)

Anyway, hope this story brought a little insight and light into your life today.

Hold fast to your dream Friend and don't listen to the critics. Even the ones that love you can be and often are wrong about what you can do in life.

All the best,

Paul