On Friday morning at breakfast my wonderful wife made a really positive remark about a video that was shared with her on Facebook. I enquired further, curious to find out what had engrossed her for a few minutes and uplifted her.
Her response was a brief synopsis of a moving speech delivered by US Navy admiral William H. McRaven about the importance of doing the little things and embracing fear in life. The summary instantly resonated with me and I suggested we project it up onto the big flat screen with our chromecast gadget so the kids could see it too as they finished breakfast.
What a brilliant message to start the day. It’s been buzzing round my head all weekend and I felt compelled to share it.
McRaven’s analogies lifted from his experience in the Navy Seals are rousing yet so practical. This concept of making your bed in the morning (i.e. one task completed) begins the domino effect for many small tasks completed that day. Whilst so simple, I know that Chris and I are focused on completing lots of little tasks each day in our property business, and we fully believe that these small daily steps will compound helping us realise our goals in both the serviced accommodation side business and development side.
Our daily tasks completed over the past few weeks have led to us checking in our biggest contractor booking yet on Friday.
Here’s the 6 min video for you to enjoy and share. (If you’re like me you’ll probably find loads of other great speeches on this Goalcast website.)