There is value in a white-collar mind, a blue-collar work ethic, and a heart on fire to love and serve others.
“Train the brain.
Callous the hands.
Give irrationally.
I don’t know a lot, but I do know there is a value in working to develop a white collar mind, a blue collar work ethic, and a heart on fire to love and serve others.”
-Ray Zingler on Twitter
The main reason I have a lot of intrinsic drive for personal growth and development stems from my understanding of how unpolished I really am. I know how much I don’t know and this is very encouraging to me.
It’s very encouraging to me because of my rich desire to add more value to the world. I know in order to do this, the concept of complacency isn’t allowed to exist in my world. If it does, how can I say I am being who I want to be? I know it doesn’t matter to you, but that’s just not a conversation I’m willing to have with the man in the mirror.
I read, write, study, train, practice, and apply every single day of my life. I know I’m not ‘gifted’ enough to miss, hell I’m not gifted enough even when I hit, but to give myself a chance at inching closer to becoming who I want to be, it’s got to be every damn day.
I am very thankful for my upbringing.
I am the son of a College Football Coach, turned Entrepreneur and Public High School Teacher/Coach. In my family tree there are blue-collar construction workers and there are Special Ops Military personnel.
I am also fortunate to have a godfather who is the 1% of the 1% in the finance/business world who I can draw advice from.
I share this because who I am trying to become is a melting pot of those who have influenced me on my journey. I think there is extraordinary amounts of value in all of them. From the blue-collar dry wall finishers to the white-collars on Wall Street.
Who I am trying to become, emphasis on trying, is an evolving man of great character with a white-collar mind, a blue-collar work ethic, and most importantly a heart on fire to love and serve others.
In my eyes there is no more valuable man on this earth, than a man who has a rich library (that he acts on), calloused hands, and a heart selflessly focused on adding value to the lives of others.
I don’t know it all. Hell, I don’t know most of it, but having an aiming point is what gives my life purpose.
Now it’s just acting on desire.
Every day.
