What is most worthwhile in life?
For me it has been being a father. I have 3 daughters. One has left home. One is 18 and one is 12. In fact a few weeks ago was my 18 year old's birthday.
She has a strong circle of friends. But she decided she didn't want a big party, she wanted to share it with family, my wife and I and her little sister. (Big sister is living overseas so sent blessing from afar).
We laughed together, celebrated her together and celebrated the warmth and connection and love we have for eachother as family. She told us how lucky she feels to have us as parents.
Win for the year!
No business win, or other win in life can come close to touching this for me. Parenting is perhaps the ultimate proof of work. You cannot "proof of stake" your way into experiencing this sort of event. It requires a huge low time preference and a lot of energy and love over many many years, not expecting anything in return.
To me, no business success is ever worth sacrificing connection with family and ... thankfully if you do both with intentionality, you don't have to sacrifice either, because they draw on many of the same leadership and self-leadership skillsets.
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