a walk and talk with Leo
This week is fall break for the boys.
Roman is in Florida with a friend and his family.
Ang and Silas are at Disney for a few days.
Leo decided to stay home for soccer, and I’d like to think to hang with his dad.
This morning, Leo and I walked to our favorite coffee shop for coffee and donuts and had a great conversation on the way there (on the way home was also enjoyable). I asked Leo what he thought he might want to do when he is older, and he gave me the answer I expected: to play soccer.
We talked a little about where he wanted to play and whether he’d play here in the States or over in Europe (I encouraged Europe). I also asked him what he thinks he’d like to do after soccer, or if something happens, and he can’t play professionally. Once again, he gave me the answer I expected: I don’t know. This allowed us to talk about things he’s interested in and also what he’s not.
I then shared with him my vision for my PRST company.
I told him that I eventually want to build PRST into a company where our whole family can work, if that’s what they want. I painted the picture of PRST having a podcast company, a production company, a book publisher, and a lifestyle clothing brand; hopefully, the various components of the creative collective PRST will have something for everyone.
When I mentioned the clothing brand, he shared with me a t-shirt that he saw a kid his age wearing that he really liked; he said the shirt had a cool design, and it said “manifestation” on it. I thought it was cute that he reiterated that it was a kid wearing a shirt that said manifestation. I asked him if he knew what it meant, and he said, “No, but I hear you talk about it all of the time.”
Smile.
He’s listening.
Smile.
An opportunity to talk to him about it while he is interested in it.
I explained to him that most people who talk about manifestation often get it wrong; manifestation is a process of creating what we want in our lives. I told him it requires us to visualize, believe, act as if we already have or are the version of our Self we want to be, and most importantly, take action to move towards what we want.
I gave him some examples of things I’ve manifested in my life that he could understand, and then I talked to him about how he could manifest his professional soccer career. I’m not sure if he fully understood, but I know that I planted a seed deeper than I ever have this morning.
One of my goals as a father is to help the boys learn these essential lessons at an earlier age than I did.
Having the opportunity to engage a captive audience of Leo this morning was special. And, it was reassuring to know that he is picking up the seeds I’m dropping daily and that I don’t always need his full attention for him to learn from me.
See you tomorrow and keep pursuing,
JC
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