THE
DOG HAD ME COMMITTED!
I am sure
writing this I am not alone. Sometimes
you wake up and you already feel as if the wind was taken from your sail…and
this is before you get out of bed, right?
Chocolate Chip, my chocolate lab! Every morning I wake up and I take my dog Chip
for a walk. As soon as I wake up I can hear
him as he comes running up the steps over to the side of my bed. His tag is wailing profusely and he starts
jumping on me and trying to lick my hand. He knows that it is time for his walk.
Oh
BOY, Mommy is up! He and I have a
morning regime. 5:30am every day we take
to the darkness to stroll the neighborhood.
This is his time to stretch his legs, take care of his business, and
sniff out what is new and to basically get started with his day. When we come back from our walk he then runs
to his bowl for water. He laps like
crazy and then he proceeds to plop down on the dining room floor. He is very content now. He could care less if he is in your way. He watches us in kitchen and I swear I can see
a faint smile on his face. He has given
me permission to proceed with my day. Now
if I wake up and I begin to do anything other than reach for his collar he
becomes agitated. He is annoyed because that
I am running late and not tending to the matter at hand…his morning walk. He
will nag me like crazy! He nudges his
bowl around, he whimpers, he will even come over to me and kick my knees (eww,
right?) The key is he makes it very
obvious that his needs have not been met.
I have to give to him, he is persistent.
He knows what he wants and if he gets it he is happy, if not he lets you
know.
I suppose I
should be looking to him for inspiration.
I should be looking to him for the answers to what I need to fulfill my
dreams. If I want something then I need
to be persistent about it. I need to be excited and I need to be
committed. I can’t be content if it hasn’t
happened. I look at him when he is
begging me to take him out and I do think…oh what a pain. But you know what….to him, either its’ going
to happen or it’s not. He is committed
from the time I wake up to the time we walk out the door. He is committed when it hasn’t happened as he
resorts to antics that persuade me to get the job done. I have to love him. Today he is actually the wind in my
sail. He has inspired me to be
persistent, don’t give up and stay the course.
THREE THINGS
TO REMEMBER to keep the wind beneath your sail.
- Get up and be thankful you are up! SMILE and be excited because you have the opportunity today to make a difference.
- Get on with it, map out your day and just stay the course, set your daily objectives (I live by a TO DO LIST).
- When something is not going the way you foresee it, find a way to make it happen. You don’t have to beg like Chip but certainly look for plan B to get it done.
- I can’t believe the dog had me reassessing how I should be persistent with my business. He showed me tenacity and he should me perseverance. Who knew so much would come from a morning walk!
It is the
simplest of reminders that show us what we need to succeed. Don’t overlook them!
Leslie Crudup writes
for The Business Liaisons, LLC – Business Consulting
