TRADING BIRTHDAY CANDLES FOR BUSINESS GOALS

So if ever any one of you decides to surprise me on my birthday, do not buy me a cake, Engage me in business conversations instead.

For me birthdays have always been a funny day.

Not because I don't like them but because over the years I have found that I really like to celebrate others' more than myself.

I can spend hours planning the perfect birthday message for someone, planning a surprise, remembering significant dates, or making sure a loved one feels special on their birthday because It feels good to make somebody smile and feel appreciated.

However, on my birthday, I am more relaxed.
If you go to my loved ones, I suppose they'll say that I'm the kind of guy who can forget his own birthday is getting close, but would definitely remember that of those around me, I've always had more fun giving than recieving.

As I get older, my excitement to celebrate birthdays has evolved, so to speak.

Birthdays were fun things for kids, gifts, excitement and food.
As an adult, they seem more like checkpoints.

A moment to pause.
Time out for thinking.

I take time and ask myself the question: What have I created? What have I learnt? Where to go?.

Maybe that's why I don't want to have a party on my next birthday, but that dosnt mean i would turn down the cake anyone brings to me, I'm not going to turn down free cake or food.

Now something I really want to do for my next birthday is launch a new business project. Truthfully, it is not as thrilling as a holiday or a fancy party, but it is more fulfilling to me.

There's something about creating something new.
A thought you have in your mind becomes a reality.
Plans turn into a vision.
A plan turns into an action.
And action becomes something that could potentially impact lives and create opportunities.
That excites me.
More than celebration.
More than wishes.
Even more than birthday cake.

What I have found out is that as you get older the definition of celebration changes as well.

For some, birthdays are for relaxation.
For others, opportunity for a trip.
For me, It's seeing my life and realizing I'm progressing toward the future I desire to create, I'm not saying I'm not going to enjoy myself.
I definitely will.

I will answer the phone, read the messages, and try to spend time with people that are important to me and If all goes well, the ultimate birthday present I'll get won't come wrapped.
It will be surrounded by potential.

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