Walt, Author at Walt Hampton, J.D.

It’s Easy To Pretend When It Comes To Beans

by Walt | May 9, 2019 | Success | 0 Comments

Measure your life in love.”

As I get near to my birthday, I think a lot about beans.

About how many I have; and how I want to use them.

I am acutely aware that I have a limited supply of beans.

I want to be mindful about my beans. I never want to squander them.

Because my beans (and your beans) are precious.

Because you (and I) are always moving at the speed of life, it’s really easy to pretend that we have plenty of beans… that we don’t need to pay attention to our beans.

But… from time to time, it’s worth taking an inventory of your beans.

How many beans do you have?

What would you do if you only had a handful of beans?

What if you had just one?

Deep 6 The 996

by Walt | May 2, 2019 | Success | 0 Comments

It was my very first day at The Big Firm.

My mentor, Neil, one of the young partners, gave me the tour; and then we settled down in my new office.

Hermetically sealed. The 18th floor. Looking out across the magnificent cityscape.

Neil nodded toward the stack of blank forms in the middle of my clean, shiny mahogany desk.

He instructed me in the careful ways of measuring the value of my existence in 6-minute increments.

“Your time sheet is your bible,” Neil admonished.

Then he told me about “our vacation policy.”

“You get 3 weeks of paid vacation every year, Walt.”

Then he dropped his voice, looked me square in the eyes, and squinted.

“But no one ever takes them.”

I thought that was pretty f-ed up.

I promptly scheduled some time away.

Here’s what’s true: You’re not built like a machine. You can’t go 24/7/365.

You can’t do 996 forever.

It’s simply not sustainable.

You need time and space to rest and re-create.

Claim some for yourself.

Getting Ready To Get Ready

by Walt | Apr 25, 2019 | Success | 0 Comments

Preparation is important, necessary even.

But all too often preparation can become camouflage… a smokescreen to hide behind. Because you are afraid.

Here’s what’s true: If you feel drawn to do work in the world… if you have an idea for a product or program or service, it likely needs to be out in the world. And likely, there are people who really, really need what you have.

Not when you’re “ready.”

But now.

Start before you’re ready. Even if you’re afraid.

In A Hotel 8 Time Zones Away

by Walt | Apr 18, 2019 | Success | 0 Comments

We went to a hotel.

8 time zones away.

For a 2-day meeting.

You might want to do that too.

If you want to do more, be more, make more; if you yearn for a bigger life; if you seek for deeper satisfaction and joy in what you do; then surround yourself with others who will challenge you; who will lift you up; who will want for your success.

Even if you need to go to a hotel… 8 time zones from here.