This is a 1,800 year old Roman coin. Someone gifted it to me in the mail, unexpectedly, and there’s a lot to unpack from the note. It read…
“Damon,
I admire the way you do business and life. You may not know it, but you are one of my role models.I wanted to share this ancient coin with you. It is a Denarius. Two millennia ago it was the going rate for an entire day’s worth of labor for a s̳k̳i̳l̳l̳e̳d̳ Roman worker.
A master once asked, ‘what would a man give in exchange for his soul.’ The answer for them was this piece of silver. This tiny speck.
The mass of men trade their significance for the insignificant as abundance eludes them.
When you glance at this 1800 year old memento, think of the countless men who surrendered a day of life for it, and determine to not be like them.
Remain uncommon, my friend.
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1 – You never know whose life you are impacting.
Donnie and I have chatted just a few times. Collectively, prior to me calling him after receiving the gift, less than 2-4 hours total in this lifetime.
I gave to him as I could feel his sincerity in giving his time to me. And you can see that we both bet correctly on each other.
2 – The last two weeks have been the most dramatic of my adult life, which is already unfolding as a huge, positive momentum shift for me.
I let go of childhood traumas, and pains caused by close people. I never hid from those things and embraced them as learning opportunities of “don’t do what they did.” It’s served me well and made me the high achiever I am.
But, damn. The older you get the more that shit takes up space in your head. And I decided I didn’t want to carry it anymore and let it go.
One of those things was reaching out to my mom. I hadn’t talked to her in nearly five years.
With a load off my shoulders and a clear head, my purpose, goals and path in life are equally clearer.
All the things I’ve accomplished in the last 15 years, I can tell are a small fraction of what’s to come in the next year.
Don’t trade your significance for the insignificant.
Be determined to not be like others.
Remain uncommon.
