And all the horseman knew her.

My Great Uncle Ralph has an amazing sense of humor. I promise you that if you were around him for 10 minutes you would think he is the funniest man you had ever met. He also leads a fairly amazing life. At 82 he still goes on canoe/fishing trips with his nephews, takes an annual trip to Hawaii and Poland to teach kids English and work with their Lutheran camps. I hope to be like that when I am 82 instead of sitting in a worn out lazy boy watching my net worth plummet like fireman and his pole. Do they even have those things anymore?

But this article is not about him and his jokes it is actually about horse manure and a newspaper article from the early 1900’s that my buddy’s grandpa gave him. I did not get to read the article, but it went something like this:

"The average home is a one horse home. With the growing population in the country and the average size of the American family increasing we are going to see that average increase to a 2 horse household. This is alarming. Where are we going to get all these horses from? How are we going to breed them fast enough? But more importantly, with more horses the amount manure goes up exponentially and that cannot be good for the cities or the environment."

Are you kidding me? This world is in a crazy cycle. 100 years ago we were worried about horse crap now we are worried about cars, their exhaust systems and how they affect the environment. This leads me to believe that nothing will change 100 years from now. Right now we are trying to develop these new cars like the Prius’ that are battery and gas. They get great gas mileage, but we haven’t figured out how to dispose of the batteries yet…those are more toxic than a gas vehicles entire life of puking exhaust on this earth. Where is the balance in that?

My associate and I are in process of picking out a shirt manufacturer that is 1) environmentally friendly and 2) doesn’t abuse their workers. I think I have found the place, but I am afraid that 10 years from now that super green company wasn’t so super green, it was more like a sloppy pea green. I guess I should not worry about that and just go with what is advanced today. The cycle continues and that is for sure business as usual.

Do Work.

First off let me say I have been in lala land for the past couple of weeks. Lots on the mind and lots going on at work. “Do work.” This has probably become my favorite phrase over the past couple of years. What is most funny about it is that it took over my life because of a MTV series called Rob and Big. If you haven’t seen it, watch it. You may think I am an idiot for watching it, but one of my favorite things to do in life is laugh and that show helps me experience laughter every time I turn it on. Let me correct that, one of my favorite things in life is to watch my wife laugh and she laughs super hard at Rob and Big.

Do work. In my business I spend a lot of time talking to people about their jobs and their goals, aspirations and dreams. I would have to say that 80% of these people see themselves doing something different over the course of their lives. They are extremely unhappy to wake up not stoked to “do work.” I get emails from friends during the week and it may go like this, “It’s Tuesday, 2 down 3 to go.” Why do people feel this way? Why do people pick jobs to go to everyday that they count down to the weekend? I totally understand the need to eat, have a roof and if you went to college pay off the millions you now owe.

I guess the point I am trying to make is that you may go to work day in day out and hate it. You may even think it’s just life and you are living the hand you are dealt. I want to encourage you to not go on as if it is business as usual. There is ample opportunity in this country that we live…ample. It may take 15% more energy and drive, but do work and go find your next adventure and figure out a way to love what you do.

Wow. I didn’t meant this to be a self help article, but it kind of turned out that way. If anything look up Rob and Big and laugh hard. Peace.