Paying Attention To The Writing On The Wall

Git ‘er Done

John Deere (+0.08%), strapped up its blue overalls, hocked a fat ‘ole loogie into a steel bucket and got down to business Thursday, purchasing German road construction firm, Wirtgen Group, for a cool $4.88 billion.
Here’s what you need to know:

• Over the last three years, weak harvests and falling agricultural commodity prices have eaten away at the company’s bottom line
• That’s significant because 70% of Deere & Co’s operations focus on turf and agriculture
• The good news? Wirtgen’s network and construction business is not just the lifeline it wanted, but the lifeline it needed

Fow now, John Deere’s brushing off that faint echo of Bill Engvall whispering in its ear… “Here’s your sign.”

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A Tip Of The Cap To Whom Ever Made This

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An Interesting Read

Marcus Lemonis: If I lost everything today and had to start over, here's what I would do

Marcus Lemonis has done well for himself. He's a self-made millionaire and the star of CNBC's hit show "The Profit." But if he had to go back and start from scratch?

He'd sell cars.

That's because he likes reaping the direct rewards of his hustle.

"If I lost everything today and I had to start over, I would go sell cars. Because I'm working with somebody else's inventory, I control my own pay plan. I control my schedule. I can get up at 5 in the morning and work 'til 10 at night," says Lemonis. "And I enjoy it.

"I can control my own destiny," says Lemonis. "I think it's one of the hardest jobs in this country. But it's one of those jobs where the work and the reward ... there's a direct correlation, if you follow the process. You can see the reward in your commission check. It doesn't get much simpler than that." 

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Something To Ponder

As an experiment, describe your edge with respect to your career out loud to yourself. Say something like, "I know I could be earning more money, but I am too lazy to put in the extra hours it would take. I know that I could give more of my true gift, but I am afraid that I may not succeed, and then I will be a penniless failure. I’ve spent 15 years developing my career, and I’m afraid to let go of it and start fresh, even though I know that I spend most of my life doing things I have no real interest in doing. I could be making money in more creative ways, but I spend too much time watching TV rather than being creative."

Honor your edge. Honor your choices. Be honest with yourself about them. Be honest with your friends about them. A fearful man who knows he is fearful is far more trustable than a fearful man who isn’t aware of his fear. And a fearful man who still leans into his fear, living at his edge and putting his gift out from there, is more trustworthy and more inspirational than a fearful man who hangs back in the comfort zone, unwilling to even experience his fear on a day to day level.

A free man is free to acknowledge his fears, without hiding them, or hiding from them. Live with your lips pressed against your fears, kissing your fears, neither pulling back nor aggressively violating them.

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