Time Is The One Thing You’ll Never Get Back: How Are You Spending Yours? (Summer Shift Week 11)

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SPEAKER_00: Have you ever stopped and asked yourself, what am I doing all of this for?

I'm talking about the work, the goals, the money, the trying to get ahead, all the things that you keep pursuing, the things that keep you pushing forward, the things that give you a desire to get up and push forward each and every morning, even when it's a Wednesday and you're tired and you're over it, yet you keep pushing harder and harder.

But have you ever actually stopped and asked yourself the big questions, the hard questions?

What is it all for?

Why am I doing what I'm doing?

Why am I pursuing this goal?

And the reason I bring this up is because sometimes we can get so focused on achieving goals, on being successful, on creating that perfect life that we forget to actually enjoy the life that we're building, to actually enjoy the life that we're living.

And that, my friend, is today's summer shift.

Today, we are focusing on you getting your priorities in check.

This is week 11 of our 12-week summer shift series.

My friend, we are winding down as is evident with the news this morning.

I was listening to the news and talking about school, being back in session, talking about kids, buses, all the things that signal one thing: summer vacation is over.

Now, of course, this is week 11 of a 12-week SummerShift series.

So as far as this podcast goes, summer is still cranking away.

And so, my friend, if you've been enjoying the SummerShift series, well, please be sure that you stay tuned because next week is our final week of the SummerShift series.

Now, who am I?

Well, I am your host, Kevin Lowe, the creator and host of Grit Grace and Inspiration, a podcast serving a mission to inspire you to enjoy life a little more, to focus on the little things.

Because as a guy who became blind suddenly back in 2003, when I was just 17 years old, I learned about the important things in life.

And oftentimes the things that we think are important actually aren't.

And the things that we think are little actually become everything.

And that directly relates to today's topic.

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to interview a few of my favorite people in the podcast space.

And on the top of that list is a guy who's become a friend.

His name's Adam.

He's the host of Podcasting Business School.

And the thing that stuck out about Adam is how he has his priorities in check.

And there's one story that I heard Adam tell that I want to share with you.

Adam is a guy who's built a very successful business for himself, all based around his podcast.

And what's powerful though is where his priorities really are.

The story that Adam told was that he was in a mastermind, one of these big high-level masterminds, the kind of place where you meet up, I don't know, once a week, once a month, with other people, like-minded people, all achieving more, wanting more.

And in this particular meeting, people were going around the room.

They were sharing their goals, their dreams.

And of course, in a room like this, what do you think those goals were?

Well, they were dollar signs, money in the bank.

You had one guy who he was hoping to hit his first six figures this year.

You had another person in the room who had just crossed one million dollars.

And of course, like a competition, everybody goes down the line, everybody shares a bigger number, a bigger amount of money that they want to make.

And then the room fell silent when Adam's turn was up.

Because when everybody else was focused on the dollar sign, when everybody else was focused on the goal they were chasing after, Adam flipped the script.

Adam focused on the life he had, the life he was living.

His goal, it wasn't a dollar sign.

Instead, it was time, it was freedom.

He wanted to work no more than three days a week.

He wanted to be able to take his kids to school every morning and pick them up every afternoon.

He wanted to be sure that he never missed a single basketball game for his son.

He wanted to show up in his life in a way that made him proud.

He wanted to be, first and foremost, a father, a husband.

After all of that, then entrepreneur, then podcaster, then businessman.

But the priority is his family.

That, my friend, is powerful.

And it took the room by surprise.

And I have to believe that it probably had a lot of people thinking, wow, maybe my priorities are all messed up.

Because this guy, he is extremely successful.

Don't think that Adam doesn't chase hard.

Don't think that he's not built an amazing business for himself.

He has.

But he put the priorities in line.

And that's what I want for you.

That's the shift that I want you to make today, right now, is deciding in your life what is it that really and truly matters.

So, my friend, what I want you to understand today is I want you to focus on your goals.

I want you to have big things that you want for your life.

But I want you to understand that the life you're living should be enjoyed, that you should prioritize the things that really and truly matter.

Because the fact is true.

None of us know when life is going to be over for us.

It could be today, it could be tomorrow, it could be 35 years from now.

None of us know.

But there's one thing that we do know is that time is something we can never get back.

Today, it only happens today.

Come tomorrow, it's over.

And in terms of the season we're in right now, as I said, summer's coming to a close.

Kids are going back to school.

Did you know if you're a parent, you only have 18 summers with your kids before they're adults?

18 summers.

That's all you get with your kids.

My friend, that is the reminder that I hope you take home is that every day needs to be cherished.

Every day deserves you to have your priorities in check.

So keep chasing the big goals, keep dreaming big dreams, keep pursuing them.

I'm never gonna try to tell you otherwise, but I just want to be sure that along the journey, that you're being sure that you're creating a life that you love, that you're showing up for the people and the things that matter most.

Because as I said, the little things are actually the big things.

My friend, if you've enjoyed today's episode, if you've thought of somebody who maybe in your life needs this reminder, well, consider sharing today's episode with them.

That would mean the world to me, and hopefully it will mean the world to them.

Let us build up one another.

It's kind of like that infamous saying: a rising tide lifts all boats.

So let's rise up together.

Let's make some shifts, some meaningful gains in our life.

And my friend, just because summer is coming to a close, we've got one of the most beautiful times of year ahead: the fall.

Temperatures cooling down, weather turning a little chillier, which for me, I am all about it.

So, my friend, don't get discouraged, don't get upset that summer is coming to a close.

Instead, we've just got a new chapter of the year getting ready to kick off.

But until then, this is Grit Grace and Inspiration.

I'm your host, Kevin Lowe, and my friend, I will see you next week for our 12th episode in our 12-week Summer Shift series.

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