My awesome wife sleeps in. I’m up, on my feet, coffee in hand, between 4-6 a.m. every morning. Many of my clients are earlier risers too. That said, here’s what I’ve discovered from too many “oatmeal” strategy sessions:
If you have breakfast with a writer, you’ll be provoked to better your vocabulary, fire your publisher, and embrace KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing).
If you have breakfast with an Actor, you’ll learn how to live with rejection.
If you have breakfast with a Musician, you’ll learn that practice is everything, success is elusive, and who you know is paramount.
If you have breakfast with an Artist, you’ll reconnect with your spontaneous fearless self. Then you’ll want to research how to sell traditional art in a digital world.
If you have breakfast with an Architect, you’ll begin to rethink the way you look at your own neighborhood.
If you have breakfast with a Screenwriter, you’ll never watch a movie the same way again.
If you have breakfast with a Director, you’ll learn more about finding money then making a movie.
If you have breakfast with a Talent Agent, you’ll learn the true art of selling.
If you have breakfast with a Manager, you’ll learn more about behavioral development than career development.
If you have breakfast with an Attorney, you’ll walk away pondering “what if” for the rest of the day.
If you have breakfast with an Accountant, you’ll be happy to know that they never ditched school.
If you have breakfast with a Restaurant Owner, you’ll learn the major distinctions between FOH vs. BOH employees.
If you have breakfast with an Entrepreneur, you’ll realize why tiny beads of sweat dance on their forehead when they try to explain why it’s not working.
If you have breakfast with a major corporate CEO, you may question if you made the right college choice.
If you have breakfast with a Web Programmer, you’ll walk away excited about the future but freaked about the present.
If you have breakfast with a Marketing Expert, in your heart you’ll reminisce about the good ‘ol dinosaur days when simple display advertising worked.
If you have breakfast with a Multi-Millionaire, you’ll begin to realize that having too much can be just as stressful as having too little.
Always have breakfast with those who are seeking the truth. Never have breakfast with those who say they’ve found it.