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Blog 1 06-20-2013

The trip you have never taken is to where?

Paris, the beach, the mountains, the monuments in Washington, D.C.?

I have threatened for two decades to name my companies “First Step Financial.”

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I would hear from all those folks around me that the title sounded like a day care center or a pre-school. It did not sound sophisticated or dignified enough.

What it did/does mean to me is the focus of my life’s work and a component of this blog.

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The first step of any journey that gets you into an incredible opportunity or out of a tough jam requires a “first step.” That’s what I do. I get people prepared to take that first step

Remember when you were young and you were expected to explain to your mom that you had done something wrong. You sat and plotted out all of the different outcomes. Invariably, you got around to the “she’s gonna kill me one, right?”

Remember, when you had to tell your spouse something stupid that had happened and you thought “he/she is gonna kill me, right?”

Remember when you had to tell your boss that something didn’t go right and you thought “he/she is gonna kill me, right?”

Remember when… Well has anybody killed you yet?

No.

All you needed was to take that first step. To just get it started.

Start the thing! 

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