Have Fun, Make Money

Are you pursuing what you really want?

I'm doing personal research Googleizing the people who are having fun doing what they do for a living. My research shows they tend to make a lot more money than those who are not. Plus they are happy.

I get up each day with a list of “things to do” that I made the night before.
On that list are things that I love to do. Do you have a list like that?
A favorite quote of mine:
The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both. James Michener

Even if you have a bad day you can still try to make it fun.

For example:

To my dismay, I discovered Saturday afternoon at my Country Music Theatre that I had a hot water tank leaking in the girl’s dressing room. About an inch of water was on the floor. We put an out of order sign on it. Thirty minutes before show time someone sat on a sink in the ladies restroom. The sink came down off the wall, and broke the water line and a stream of water about the size of a half dollar was shooting straight out about ten feet. I ran to get a ladder; I scrambled to the attic and shut off the water. We had about 400 customers in the building and only one potty that worked. (The one in my dressing room!) I came down and stared in disbelief at the mess. I said what any rational thinking person would say, “Oh sh--!” Fortunately… some guys that knew plumping 101 helped me out. They cut the pipe put a cap on it and about an hour we had the ladies room functioning again, minus one sink.
When I got on stage for the show I was exasperated! But I joked around and said, "If you ladies can hold it long enough; I gotta get in my dressing room and change clothes." The audience laughed.
After intermission on the second half of the show, I said, “Ya know, only in plumbing does a straight flush beat a full house.” Everybody roared.

As people were leaving that night many proclaimed what a great show it was. No one complained of the mess of water, bathrooms not working, and the wait that some ladies had.
Many laughed and remarked how funny it was. I remarked that it wasn’t very funny at the time. Everyone said I handled it well.

The point is: I love what I do. Whether advertising and marketing consulting work, SEO work, or my hobby of playing music with the Opry Performers and my three sons, or speaking. Whatever I do, I try to have fun. I’ve had plenty of difficult days, but over-all my main concern is that I’m doing everyday my own definition of success. And that is: The active pursuit of pre-planned, worthy ideals and goals I set for myself years ago. Are you pursuing what you really want?
The business owners and professionals I meet who are happiest and making the most money are always doing something they love to do.

Please contact me if you would like to share what you do for a living that you love to do.