?Is that the best you can do?

There’s a scene from Breaking Bad that has always stuck with me.

Jesse Pinkman is at an NA type meeting telling the story of how he’d made a wooden box at school.

With very little effort he’d cobbled some bits of timber together to form a rudimentary box. It did what a box was supposed to do. But you could tell it was rushed. You could tell that no care or attention had gone into it.

Because Jesse couldn’t care less about the box. He just got it done as quickly as he could. So he could go and smoke a joint with his mates.

But his teacher asked him a simple question.

“Is that the best you can do?”

It wasn’t accusatory, he wasn’t saying “This sucks”. Just a genuine question “Is that the best you can do?”

And in that moment Jesse knew it wasn’t the best he could do. He didn’t need to be told it was crap. Because he knew it was. He knew he’d just made a half-assed attempt and passed it off as “good enough”

And so he started again.

But this time he gave it everything. He selected the very best timber he could find. He crafted the joints instead of just sticking a few screws in. He sanded and sanded it until it was like glass. And then he coated it with tung oil.

He spent hour after hour making it the very best it could be.

It was a thing of beauty when he was finished.

Not just a box, but an exquisite example of craftsmanship, a piece of art really. He’d created something that he was proud of.

Something that he could look at and say “I did that and it’s perfect”.

And so that’s the question I want to ask YOU today.

Is that the best you can do?

Are you being the BEST you??

Have you got supercharged relationships with those closest to you (including yourself)?

Are you in the BEST shape you can be?

Are you doing work you love, offering the BEST help to others?

Are you living the BEST life you can - the one you wouldn’t trade for anything?

To put it simply…

Are you doing the best you can do?

OR

Are you just phoning it in?? Staying comfortable and playing small?

I’m not judging.?I’ve been there.?The conventional success can make you complacent.?Accepting of the fact you’ve now made it.

The well-paid job that you’re good at. Nice house and cars. A beautiful family.

BUT?

You don’t love your job. It’s not what you’re born to do.

You know you're capable of more

And you'd love more time to be truly present with your loved ones (and the energy to enjoy it) and for you.

It’s all a bit slung together, like a scruffy looking box (remember Jesse above)

I know mine was…

Until my son asked me if that was really the best I could do. Well he actually asked me why I was grumpy all the time. And just like Jesse, I knew, in that moment, that I could do SO much better.

I needed to do better, I owed it to myself, my wife and my kids. I wanted to do better to see what life could be like.

So that’s what I did.

I went to work on designing my life to be like Jesse’s perfect box (not literally perfect but perfect for ME).

It took conviction, courage and commitment, but I got there.

Now I get up every day, look at my life and say “I did that and it’s perfect for ME”.

I work 2-3 hours a day (4 days a week) doing work I literally love - working with awesome men all around the world to help them transform into who they want to be.

I spend all the time I want with my wife and kids - exploring the world.

And I keep the Dadbod well and truly in the rearview mirror.

So if you know you’re not doing the best you can do...

What’s your next step?

What are you going to do to create YOUR perfect?

Fraser

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