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Lee Walthall Highlight
If you start applying yourself to something, you will not believe how fulfilling your life will become and how good you'll get at that thing.
About Lee
- At age 23, he had just come out of the military and he had no idea what he wanted to do.
- Had a whole host of interests: wanted to be a musician, write a novel, own a restaurant, paint.
- Realized he had the ability to do anything, but not everything; knew he had to focus in on something to be successful.
- Had a conversation with himself and the universe, said, "Please give me something I can sink my teeth into."
- Decided was the restaurant business was what he'd focus on; secured a loan, started asking local restaurant-owners for advice.
- When he went to the Delta of Venus for advice, the owners offered to sell the cafe to him; he saw that as the sign he'd been waiting for.
- Says people in the Davis community are successful "by no one's standards but their own," and that always encouraged him to put happiness first.
- Believes when you die, you're not thinking about how much money you made; you're thinking, "Did I live a life worth living?"