A parent's greatest gift isn't money or success but emotional presence. One father in the Total Breakthrough Academy saw his family transform when he stopped chasing business wins and became available. His kids said they finally got their dad back.
The best gift you could ever give your kids is your own happiness, because your own happiness allows you to create a better life for them. The better life for them is just not about providing everything for them. When you think back in your past, in your childhood, was it all the things that you got? None of those things really meant anything as much as the connection that you felt to the people that you loved and that loved you. So the reality is, the greatest gift you could ever give them is your own happiness, your own presence. So much of our lives, we're on this never-ending proverbial hamster wheel, in the, in the maze of business, in the maze of life, in the maze of success, in the maze of everything that we created and everything that we built to provide for our families. Your business is your identity, so you're wrapped up in your business, and when you're around your family, you can't be present. I just had a client earlier today, and he sent me a text message, and he said, Tim, I'm 10 days into the Total Breakthrough Academy. 10 days. And I'm at the dinner table last night with my wife and kids, and I was fully present for the first time. And he told me, he said, and my daughter started crying. She started tearing up. And I said, what's wrong, honey? And she said, these are tears of joy, Daddy. These are tears of joy. These are tears of joy because I can't believe how much you've changed in 10 days. I feel like you're here. I feel like I got my dad back. Brother Legacy, there's got to be somebody in your bloodline that metabolizes the poison. Who's it gonna be? Are you gonna put off that work and let your kids be responsible for the work that you didn't do on yourself? That's not legacy. That's not legacy. See, the legacy is when the chains get broken, when the scales fall off of your eyes, and when you see what was always missing— the emotional availability, the connection. It's not love fused with dysfunction. It's love. It's purity. It's, it's the sanctity of love, the connection, the safety. The bond, the truth, the reality of something that I always wanted in my life and that was missing, and I didn't realize it was right in front of my face. So when are you going to wake up? When are you going to wake up? Wake up. It's all around you. But you're so focused on what you don't have. You're so focused on what's wrong. You're so focused on solving every single problem in your life. You're so focused on control of everything you don't have control of. The people that— the people that love you, that would do anything for you, sitting right next to you, are paying Look forward.
