When life isn't easy, it's time to align your expectations.

If you want to do something that’s worth anything, you can’t get FANCY, you can’t get LAZY, you can’t get ENTITLED, you can’t stop being empathetic to those on the journey with you. Oh, and by the way, it’s INCREDIBLY difficult. This is just the way it is in life.

I’m in the same boat and I’m feeling every bit of it today. That’s ok, because I don’t EXPECT it to be easy. All my experience in life and business has confirmed this. The good news is that I have a choice every single moment. A choice to lean in, or bow out. That choice is made hundreds of times between the outside stimulus and your response to it.

If you are facing tension and friction today, that’s ok. Actually it's great, because the friction is what produces the growth. I call this the "transaction of growth”. Especially if the friction is the result of pursing meaningful things. Keep going!

Align your expectations and you will begin to see the benefit of the friction. From there, you more forward.

One of the things I lean on when I’m feeling the friction created by the pursuit of meaningful things is the community of people I follow and connect with online. THIS community is valuable to me and I know it is to you too. Let’s keep pursuing clarity together.

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PS: I just released my new book, The Automotive Manifesto and it’s gotten some great reviews and I’ve received a bunch of DMs from people who have read it. I’d love for you to check it out.

“Paul is changing the Automotive industry by bringing care, candor, and connection to the forefront…his Automotive Manifesto contains Truth that we can all stand behind. No matter the industry.”

-Claude Silver; Chief Heart Officer, VaynerMedia

“It takes a lot to truly blow me away. But Paul Daly’s Manifesto did just that. His perspective is fresh, insightful and spot-on. It’s a quick read that packs a powerful, profound punch…”

-Dale Pollak; Founder, vAuto; EVP, Cox Automotive