A short personal reflection (YouTube video) in which the speaker, Steven Burch, reviews a 39-year career. He expresses mixed feelings—gratitude for accomplishments but also a sense of falling short—then emphasizes persistence and a daily ethic of service: waking up asking “Who can I help today?” and citing mentor Zig Ziglar’s advice about helping others.
I've done a lot of things in 39 years. Rolls. By golly, I should have. Okay, 39. That's a long time. You know, truth be told, I look at all I've done in 39 years, I actually feel like I'm a failure. Truthfully, I feel like I should have accomplished more. It's a long time. I should have done a lot more things, but I'm happy with what I did. But what I'm most happy about came close early on in my career, but I didn't quit. And I got up every day and said, who can I help today? If you get up every day with the understanding, I wake up, I'm unemployed, Who can I serve? Know one of my old mentors said, Zig Ziglar said, if you help enough people get what they want, you'll get everything you want.
