Earlier this morning, a great and dear friend of mine sent me a link to an amazingly crass, yet truth piercing article entitled “6 Harsh Truths That Will Make You A Better Person“.
As a new, sometimes lost and scared entrepreneur, (you do know that even a doctor needs to know how to run a business, right?) it was exactly what I needed. It was blunt, in my face, and called me out on every fabricated excuse that I had made over the past month. I loved it! It was a call to action that I desperately needed. One particular part is the very reason why I’m posting this article and goes as follows:
“See, there’s a common defense to everything I’ve said so far, and to every critical voice in your life. It’s the thing your ego is saying to you in order to prevent you from having to do the hard work of improving: “I know I’m a good person on the inside.” It may also be phrased as “I know who I am” or “I just have to be me.”
Don’t get me wrong; who you are inside is everything – the guy who built a house for his family from scratch did it because of who he was inside. Every bad thing you’ve ever done has started with a bad impulse, some thought ricocheting around inside your skull until you had to act on it. And every good thing you’ve done is the same — “who you are inside” is the metaphorical dirt from which your fruit grows.
But here’s what everyone needs to know, and what many of you can’t accept:
“You” are nothing but the fruit.
Nobody cares about your dirt. “Who you are inside” is meaningless aside from what it produces for other people.
Inside, you have great compassion for poor people. Great. Does that result in you doing anything about it? Do you hear about some terrible tragedy in your community and say, “Oh, those poor children. Let them know that they are in my thoughts”? Because — if so — find out what they need and help provide it. A hundred million people watched that Kony video, virtually all of whom kept those poor African children “in their thoughts.” What did the collective power of those good thoughts provide? Jack —–. Children die every day because millions of us tell ourselves that caring is just as good as doing. It’s an internal mechanism controlled by the lazy part of your brain to keep you from actually doing work.”
I told you. Brutal! But please, don’t take it that way, rather consider the message to act. That is exactly why this year my office is doing a book bag drive for the underprivileged kids in the community. It’s a very small, small way of helping out and I need your help doing it. From now until August 24th, I will be collecting book bags filled with essential supplies in my office. If the simple act of giving for the sake of giving isn’t enough, I’m giving away free exams and x-rays to all those that do bring a book bag in. Truly a win-win. My goal is to collect 50 bags and I hope you’re willing to help me reach that goal together.
All I ask is that you please SHARE!
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