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18 Feb, 19 tweets, 6 min read
My dads a really smart man.

✅Read a book a week for 30 years!
✅Can fix anything!!
✅Socially strong & networks well!
✅Great leader!

He never moved up in his company.

I recently asked him why & the answer he gave me brought me to tears!!

Man I love my dad ❤️🙏
He told me at 25 he had given up drinking for good.

His father was an abusive alcoholic & he was on the same path until he met Jesus at 24 & I was born :)

He didn’t go to college.
He married my mom at 18 to escape his childhood & at 18.5 they were pregnant with my sister.
He had to grow up fast & took a job at an auto parts store at 18.

He was quickly promoted & promoted again to assistant manager by 20.

At 23 he was promoted to manager & running his entire shop!!

The money was good, but the hours weren’t.
55-60 hour weeks.
His mentor a man named Bill Miller at the auto store & a manager of a bigger store was stepping down after 40 years of service.

My dad went to congratulate him afterward & what Bill told him changed my dads life & ultimately mine 🙏

He pulled my dad aside and said,
Garry it’s not worth it.
I’m an old man now.

I gave everything to this company.
I missed my sons baseball games,
my daughters dance recitals.

After 40 years I got this F*cken watch.
He threw it away.

I wish I could go back & not work weekends.
My kids are grown & moved away.
My dad remained friends with Bill & the next year decided to step down as manager.

He went on to work as a parts guy 5 days a week from 730-330.

The thing I always recall first about my childhood is my dad was always home & always there on weekends playing!!
Truthfully, this decision cost our family some money.

We grew up on the bottom cusp of lower middle class :)

But looking back,
My childhood was the greatest!!

I never had the newest anything.
We didn’t eat out or take extravagant vacations.

MY FATHER WAS MY HERO THO!🔥💪
He worked as a parts guy for Ford & another couple companies over the next 40 years until retiring last year!!

He also:
✅Coached my sisters teams in soccer
✅Made every recital of hers
✅Coached me in: ⚾️ 🏀 ⚽️ 🏃🏈

To this day his nickname among my friends is LEGEND!!
He also ran multiple marathons,
Got my mom into running & working out & they did a marathon together!

He volunteered for our small town 26 years in a row & built a gym there that is used by hundreds now!

He still coaches & mentors youth today in that gym!!

This is last week :)
I reflect back on what my childhood would’ve been like had my dad done the “normal” thing & prioritized work & money over his family & health like a lot of men do.

I’m so grateful he decided to not be “normal” & climb that company ladder.

I’m glad he was home!!
Now that I’m a father I’ve made a similar choice.

I was promoted many times in corporate banking & found myself making great money with great incentives.

Those incentives come at too high a cost for me tho.

Recently, I told my boss I’m stepping down from running my bank.
I’m going to work 2.5 days a week as an entry level employee instead of running a staff & branch.

I’m 37,
my boss was flabbergasted,
Once you go down you never come back up he warned!

They’re training my replacement now.

My daughter (5) is ecstatic dad will be home more soon!
I called my dad to tell him,

Thanks dad,
I love you & I’m going to honor your legacy & continue to pour into what truly matters just the way you taught me! 🙏

I’m going to coach all my kids games just like you!
I’m going to lead my family on adventures & pour in daily!!
I know my path isn’t for all.
I also know the role of a man is:
✅PROVIDE
✅PROTECT
✅PRESIDE

I take all of those very seriously & have systems in place we’ve built to provide income streams & passive income to replace a lot of the lost income from my job.
I got super intentional & decided
Less stuff
❌new cars
❌vacation home
❌designer clothes
❌fancy watch

Weren’t worth me working a job I didn’t love for the next 20 years & being gone 48hrs/wk

I’d rather live frugally & be around the people I love doing things I love more.
Perhaps my kids will grow up & follow a similar path or perhaps my daughter will grow up & be the first female President :)

Either way I’ll support their dreams & I’ll be there each step of the way to cheer them on, support them & love them!

Most important to me, I’LL BE THERE!
So again, I don’t challenge anyone that loves their work & works 80 hours a week that my way is better.
We all make choices that we think is best for us.

My one final thought to you would be
Pause a bit.
Reflect.
Get off autopilot.

If you do work a job you don’t love,
👇👇
Look around,
Is the stuff worth it?
Ask yourself WHY you keep going day in & day out?

Can you set a plan in motion to get out?

My dads friend Bill Miller once said he would give anything to go back & get TIME with his kids.

TIME is the one thing we never get back.
I’ll forever be grateful my father,
THE LEGEND,

paused a bit & decided he wanted to be present more than just give us presents.

I sincerely hope you do the same & whatever conclusion you come to you go full steam at it & live your best life too!

Cheers & have a blessed day🙏

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