On my Solo Podcast episode a few weeks ago, we were discussing the host’s 10-year plan for the Solo project when he said, “I was made for this.”
I can relate. I’ve said that many times.
When my wife was undergoing treatments for lung cancer she needed to lean hard on me for everything from coordinating care to taking her for treatments to handling everything at home. At times it felt overwhelming. To keep going, I said to myself, “I spent my life preparing for this. I was made for this.” Everything – from maintaining my physical capabilities, my emotional resilience, the years of work to make us financially secure – literally everything I had was needed during the worst time of our lives.
In better times, when I worked at startups where the pace was frenetic, the work challenging and the growth exponential, I was able to bring order to chaos and focus to our sales teams. When things got real crazy – like hiring 60 people in 60 days, scrambling to convert 200 customers to a new service when a provider shut down after giving us only 12 hours notice, or when we grew from 38 people to 500+ in three years, I knew…“I was made for this.”
When it was time to euthanize my Little Sunshine Puppy, Snickers, to end her suffering, my heart was broken. But I knew, deep inside my core, that there was nobody in the world better than me to do this.
Sometimes, “I was made for this,” happens during small moments, like helping a friend, mentoring an employee or planning a move. Other times, it arises during the biggest moments of my life.
I wonder if everyone has this experience.
I hope they do.