“Becoming is Better Than Being”

Throughout my adult life I have been through many changes. Some big, some small.

 The one thing that has remained constant is that I don’t have it all figured out.

 Not even close.

 I tried college out a few times because that’s what I thought I was supposed to do, but it wasn’t really for me.

 I used to joke that if I only took classes that I was interested in, I would never graduate.

 I’d be the real-life Van Wilder… Still in school with no degree on the horizon.

 Needless to say, I never made it all the way through.

 I’ve always had this chip on my shoulder when I’m told I need to do something a certain way.

 I’m not very receptive.

 The more you tell me it has to be done “this” way, the more I resist and search for other ways to do it.

 When I was in the hospitality world as a food server and concierge the next natural move was to get into management and continue working my way up “the ladder”, but I looked into the future and that wasn’t for me either.

 Same with real estate, “If you want to be successful you need to make cold calls, knock on doors and beg your sphere”, again… not me.

 I hate when people knock on my door, call me out of the blue or try to sell me something at a friend’s barbeque.

 So why would I do it to someone else?

Do unto others right?

 So, in my quest to NOT do those things I stumbled upon the power of storytelling, and how stories can change lives.

 Now, that’s me!

 This has had such an impact on me, that above my computer is a sign that says…

 “My Primary Profession IS A Storyteller”

 That is how much I believe in it.

 Although there is still plenty of improvement for me on this journey as I learn to become a better storyteller, I welcome the process, I even look forward to it actually.

 After all, it is my primary profession.

 I would love to say that I have already become a great storyteller but that wouldn’t be accurate and honestly I don’t know that I would want to be able to say that.

 There is too much value in “becoming”.

 As my good friend Ryan Sloper says,

 “Becoming is Better Than Being”