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Max here with another post about  my life. What’s been going on recently is my preparation for the company picnic. What is the company picnic? Well, the company picnic is something that I do for the girls who give me money. Why do I call it a company picnic. Well, I call it a company picnic because I feel that the company I work for should be the ones that care about their employees enough to give something back to us. But since they don’t, I decided that I would do something for me and the girls that take care of me. And In this is how the name “Max’s Annual Company Picnic” was born. Last year was my first time holding the picnic and man…. It was a job. First I had to look for a place to hold the picnic. I went to different parks in Austin and talked to several different city officials just to get the understanding of how to make things happen. I’ve never rented a park before, let alone rent a park in a different city.

Last years company picnic in my eyes was a success. At least I call it a success. You see, it’s important to understand that at my job in Austin there is no “family”. There is no “unity”. Even though some like to use the words “team” “together”, the reality of it is that there are clicks, and there are many solo flyers. Most just “come to work” while a few come just to get drunk and hope to make money. For me, my goal is to leave the club with a better understanding of how to take of my “team”. I am going to use this time to learn how to build a family work environment. One day I will be a millionaire and in becoming a millionaire I will have many people that will do most of the work for me. And the best way that I have learned so far about getting people to work is not only to pay them well but it is also to show them proper appreciation and to guide them not just in their job but in also a way that helps them to feel good at work.

We all know that work is where we spend most of our time in life. So for me, I must make sure that the people that work for me know that I care and that I am always trying to make their lives better. To me this is currently my recipe for success. Will I be good at doing this? I can only hope so. I won’t ever be perfect, and some might fall thru the cracks. But if I can keep my eye on the goal and just keep moving forward then at some point I know that I will have at least made a small difference in my life and the lives of others. But truth be told, who the fuck really wants to make a small difference. If your gonna make a dream, then make a Bigger than life dream and run after it like your life depends on it. Hold on to it like it’s your last breath. Wrestle it like a pitbull fighting for its life. You only have one brief moment on this planet. So make your dreams big and take them on everyday of your life.

But back to this years company picnic…… Super hectic and super tiring. This years picnic was larger and cost more than last years picnic. The largest factor compared to last years picnic was that this year I tried to roast a pig. It was my first time roasting a pig and without going into too much detail…. things just didn’t work out well. You see, I tried my best to prepare things… the pig, the roasting machine and all other things in advance and in the end the pig cost me the most amount of money and my time and set me back many hours and cost me many hours of sleep. Because of the pig I had to hire multiple hands to help me. It was just a huge arduous process and in the end most people didn’t even get to try the pig.

However, even though I had hundreds of set back and lost many hours of sleep, the picnic turned out extremely well. It was a really hot day in June, but because I made it a water gun party, things just didn’t seem all that hot. and in the end there was at least a million smiles that happened and over a ton of laughs. I won’t say it was perfect or that everyone went to the picnic, but I will say that those that went to the picnic overall had a great time. As for next years picnic I must get things lined up better. Also I will be topping out at the pig. I will do another pig for next years party but I will make sure to have things hopefully better planned out and prepared. Sleep is extremely important to me and the week of the picnic I was awake for over 24 hours on 2 consecutive times in that  same week and also in the sun both of those times so one of my goals for the next picnic is to not be awake for so many hours working on the picnic.

But yes, the picnic was something that was extremely, extremely, expensive. But in the end I feel that it made a small impact on my strive to create a family with me and the girls. Sadly great things don’t happen overnight and neither does creating a family. As Simon Sinek says, it takes time, painstaking time. But if I can create a family atmosphere then I can learn to have people help me build the life that I strive for. Now I don’t write that statement in a negative manner, but instead I write it in a manner that believes that not every one wants the weight of being the leader, not every one wants to do the dirty work. But I do believe that God created people to fit in a spot that was made to help someone else. Even for me at this moment, as I write this post. I am in a position that helps my regional manager have the ability to get his bonus. And in this same position, I help the CEO make his million dollar paycheck. Do I make even a 10th of what he makes…. Hell no. But yet I have realized that I don’t yet deserve to make more yet. I must get better at what I do internally, both with myself and those around me. It will happen.

Now as for today, today was tough moment for me. Today, I totally did not want to get out of bed. I swear working those weekend nights really drain me physically. But for now I have to push thru. So after I got out of bed and got my day running,  I got on my motorcycle to come to work and within a few blocks of leaving my house I could see that my motorcycle had issues and it eventually died on me about a quarter mile from my house. Was this a problem? Nothing is a problem, but it a big issue and defineately a large challenge. My biggest issue was that this challenge was going to make me late for work. Not only did my motorcycle die, but oddly enough, when I got home form work this morning, I realized that 2 of the 4 tires on my car had a slow flat. But I told myself that it was not worrying about at that moment since I was driving the bike for the weekend.. But now that my motorcycle was dead, I now needed to get the tires fixed ASAP. Who would have thought that I would have a motorcycle die, and also have 2 flats on my car all at the same time. Almost unbelievable. But then again, things happen for a reason. I just needed to have faith. The day DJ didn’t make things any easier for me, but then again, very few people care to help make life easier for others. Life is hard enough for them already, why would they know to make time for me. But yes I have a lot to learn. I have many new beliefs to line up with in order to get to where I want to be

Today was stressful on my way to work and probably just cost me $300 or more. And will cost me hours of my personal time, and a loss of skydiving this week. But greatness only happens when I keep moving forward. I must be grateful for the things in my life that have happened well. Example, inspite of all the setbacks on the picnic, it went extremely well. I loved seeing all the smiles and memories being made. It was just awesome. So if I can overcome those challenges and still make a great picnic happen for people that I work with, then surely I can figure out my motorcycle setback and still find a way to move forward.

Max out!