Shifting to Plan B A Richer Balance

a body frozen while alive and a heart pounding with no direction and a story way too long to put into this book with all the details. But, it was one event, one moment, that special time – and it is, my critical inflection point that I have just shared with you. After spending three more days in some serious pain, with limited mobility and acknowledged emotional humiliation, I discovered a different pain and “message”. This new pain was hidden inside one of my caves. The dark secret chamber of my heart. This pain could not be denied. This painful feeling of the heart, also needed some attention. My soul had just been wrecked. Guess what, this pain was more severe than the back pain! The MRI AND EKG of my soul had just undergone an in depth scan and I was authorized and alerted to read the results. No denying the results. It was way past my time to fake it again, it was now time to suck it up and do something about it. So, I had to start the shift. Here is the message I received: IT IS TIME to begin shifting to Plan B, AND THE TIME IS NOW! Stop pretending. Stop the lies. Start anew. I, like you, have been asleep at the wheel. I was focused on one thing only from time to time and that one thing changed every other day, week or month, from time to time. I was simply not very well balanced in the major areas of my life. I had truly believed that someday the Giant in me, would awaken. I also believed that the Genius in me would figure things out, catch up if you will and of course, make things up. And lastly, I could always fake it till I made it. Wrong, Wrong and Dumb. I had chosen to lay on the couch of life and watch cartoons, figuratively speaking- and let all the tough stuff be handled by somebody else. I hadn’t paid attention to the critical structures and balances of the real life. I know this book will address at least seven critical areas in our lives, but during this inflection point of my life, it felt like 107 areas that I had failed to attempt. This inflection point in my life had scarred me forever, still does. But, without hesitation, this I do dare say, it scarred me in a good way! Being afraid, shaken and confused, was actually, a good thing. This pain and sudden jolt forced me to start thinking about the ‘rut” I had been in and opened my views for different blueprints that would help me Start Shifting to Pan B. Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote: ---- What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us ---- Believe me, he was right! Yes, it is now my move. Maybe it is your move as well. But for now, I must mature in my thoughts. I must admit to myself, that if I am to have a powerful and positive impact on my family, friends, career, legacy, you or anybody else, or anything else - I must start with fixing me first. “This inflection point happened right before my very own eyes” as we sometimes like to say. This past- experience will forever be my inflection point. Have you had yours? Are you there right now? I would take a wild guess and say…. Probably? That moment, that crossroad, is the inflection point we have all got to feel, recognize and act on. For the most part, the inflection points in most people’s lives are generally, pretty obvious, like mine. Sometimes they are more subtle. Nonetheless, it will happen to you as well, if it hasn’t happened already. Years ago, when I was in the Life Insurance business, I had a passion for trying to share the kind of work I did concerning family, financial planning. I tried my best to convince all my clients to properly protect themselves with life insurance. Why? Because, generally in life, bad things happen to good people. With that in mind, I also know that successful people generally react better than others during those bad times. Successful or not, rich or not so rich, it is simply my goal to encourage you to prepare for your inflection point. You must act now and you must act on it quickly. For most of us, this move, this inflection point response, is not an option. It is the spark that must and will fuel your next path. As a father and husband, I had to ask myself one of many questions. How was I able to build a bold dream for my own family to enjoy, live and feel, when I couldn’t even provide a little cloud or vision for myself? I wasn’t smart enough to take to heart the advice from so many “advisors”, from the old book wisdom, from science, from history, from medical facts, and from loving and caring friends. As a result of no balance in life, I ended up starting to crash and starting to burn in some of those seven critical areas of my life. Luckily for me, I was rescued by my faith, my wife and inspired to shift to my new Plan B, a richer balance. So, I leave you with these comments on this short message. “Change, before you have to, … and be careful not to delay or pause- before you can’t.” – Roy ( photo in Book ) If you don’t get a quality blue print for the shifting to Plan B, you may look or feel like the photo above real soon. Just saying.