The Art of Changing Course

CHAPTER 4Prescription to Change

KEY TASKS FROM THIS CHAPTER:

• Give yourself permission to change from who you were to who you can be.
• Give yourself a prescription to change to act on that permission.
• Spot competing commitments that might hold you back, and compare the benefits of the new change to the old commitments.

I hate participating in the adversity Olympics to see who has it worse, but it's important to acknowledge what people have to deal with.

My family had very little money. I vaguely remember wondering why we went to church to get Cookie Crisp cereal and canned food. I wondered why my parents were so stressed about buying things. I really wondered why my bedroom door was literally a piece of wood with a hole where the door knob should be.

My entire life, my family struggled to get by. And on top of that, I had a disability that painted me as unarguably different. So I leaned into that difference.

I had huge aspirations for fitness businesses and companies, but they weren't just dreams. They were such strong aspirations that I could taste them. I busted my tail trying to create the financially secure life I dreamed of.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard I worked, I found myself broke and struggling for years. It got so bad that I was ready to give up. Many times.

My brother, who fought hard to make something of himself, ended up with severe credit card debt in college, inevitably leading him to leave pharmacy school. His dream was shattered. But later he applied to ...