Stay the Course, Keep Showing Up, Sow Seeds
You ever feel like you are terrible at something? Do you ever feel like you can't catch a break and you will never catch a break? I felt like that this morning, and I am still feeling some of that, but I recently heard a Jon Gordon podcast featuring Scott Harrison, the CEO of charity: water, and it gives me some hope. About 15 years ago, Scott turned his full attention to the global water cross and the (then) 1.1 billion people living without access to clean water. Fourteen years later, his charity has raised over $557 million and funded over 78,000 water projects in 29 countries, and it has provided over 13 million people with clean, safe drinking water. Scott told three stories in his podcast about grit and perseverance that are giving me hope to keep going, and I hope it gives you hope as well. STAY THE COURSE Scott said that he saw a Tweet of the stock chart of Amazon's price over 27 years. It looks like a flat line for 20 years, and then it turned into a hockey stick. The ...