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In a few days, I’m off to Joshua Tree to lead (yet another) SOLD-OUT Seminar called Your Big Launch.

… where I’ll be taking an entire room full of amazing, spiritually-driven entrepreneurs through my signature process  to launch events, programs, and classes…

… and fill them up in record time…

… while making more money in a few days than you might have made all year.

But something is WAY different this time around…

Because I’ve done this drill before…yet it doesn’t feel the same.

What is it?

Why does it seem so different?

Oh, I KNOW!

Filling up this event and preparing for it has been MUCH EASIER than ever before!

I mean, it’s really kind of weird…

I put less time into the campaign than ever before. I spent less energy getting all the details together than ever before.

… And I certainly didn’t worry even close to as much as I usually do.

But why?

And then it hit me…

There’s a perfectly good explanation for this (plus one that’s not so obvious which I’ll share later).

You see, Malcolm Gladwell wrote a book called “Outliers.” Pick it up if you haven’t read it yet.

… While the entire book is chalked full of awesomeness, there was ONE line that struck a deep chord in me up until this very day. And it goes like this:

“All Masters have at least 10,000 hours of practice.”

Which means that if you want things to go smoother in your life, if you want to experience more effortless success, you simply need to commit to doing one thing:

… PRACTICE.

Again, and again, and again….until you have mastery.

You see, at this point, I have produced hundreds of events. We have systems in place for just about EVERY aspect of the process. We know EXACTLY what to expect long before we even take our first step.

So, in simple terms, this level of experience leads to our level of success.

Period.

This logic probably makes perfect sense to you. Besides, it’s nothing new (but hopefully a good refresher).

But there’s something else in this….something much deeper.

And now the NOT-SO-OBVIOUS lesson…

If you’ve been in my world for a bit, you know that something  really significant has taken place in my life recently.

My father, the one and only Dr. David Simon, co-founder of the Chopra Center and best-selling author, and my greatest teacher…self-diagnosed his own fast-moving brain cancer.

… and has been undergoing (actually just finished) chemotherapy and radiation.

So as I have been spending time with him, contemplating the meaning of life, talking about what happens when we die, and how to make the most out of the time we have while we’re here…

… I have learned something profound…

How to stop pushing.

Meaning…

I have always been great at driving things forward. I work hard. I am extremely focused. I can get sh*t done super fast.

… Some people have said I get more done in a single day than most get done in an entire week.

So that’s been my identity. My ability to “always do more.”

… But recently, that drive has faded. I don’t feel like I’m in such a hurry.

I’m not always thinking about the next thing.

… In fact, I’m more present than I’ve ever been.

And as a result of that, I have given people on my team A WHOLE LOT MORE space to do what they do best – step into their place of power!

Which means that everyone has stepped up to take on more responsibility, more focus, and more drive.

… And as a result, we are getting much better results as a team than I ever did as an individual.

Phew. And thank god.

So what does this mean to you?

There’s a funny paradox in business.

On one hand, you simply need to put the hours in. You need to remain focused. You need to keep driving things forward. You need to practice to become masterful.

And on the hand, pushing too hard is bad for you and your business. It prevents you from trusting other people. It causes you to work, all the time. And it’s draining.

So as my good friend and mentor Vishen Lakhiani says, you need to find that perfect balance between having a BIG vision for the future and feeling gratitude and joy in the now.

Sometimes, it’s as simple as just “remembering”. Sometimes, you need to step away from your world and get into a new energy (like coming to an event).

… And sometimes, something totally un-expected and life-changing happens that you didn’t plan for or expect…like having the person you care about the most embrace his own mortality…

and you get the same result.

So with that in mind, let me ask you an important question…

What’s YOUR way of finding happiness in the now and cultivating a big vision for the future?

Please share your thoughts as a comment below. It would be cool to see how you do it…