I want you to fast forward for a minute with me…

It’s the last day of your life on earth and you’re chatting with your kids or members of your family.

They ask you one final question…

“What are the three most important lessons you have learned and why are they so critical?”

Think about that for a moment.

Often times in this fast-paced world we live in today (even in the midst of a pandemic), the lessons we learn, the things we want to teach our kids…we first need to teach them to ourselves.

Things like…

Family first.

Never settle for anything less than you are capable of.

Treat others with kindness.

We all have our own lessons.

The power of that question is that presently, right now, you are actively learning these lessons.

We know that in order to learn a lesson we often need to fail at it first.

You are in the middle of failing at the same lessons years from now you’re going to be teaching.

For example, let’s look at the the lesson of “never settle for anything less than you are capable of."

In order to have that be a “lesson” you need to have previously settled for something less than you were capable of.

I just think that’s so cool, hence why I love the question.

We are all actively failing, learning, getting better, trying our best, failing again, etc.

At the end of the day there are going to your deepest values, your deepest lessons that you truly believe in.

But in order to learn it as a lesson you have to go through failing at it first.

If you already have a lesson that you’ve learned make sure you’re actively living it each day.

If you are up for sharing your lessons I’d love to hear them.

Either way, I think it’s a great question for us all to reflect on.

1% Better.

Dedicated To Your Success,

Doug Spurling