your daily rock : what do you need?

January 19, 2014 in Daily Rock, General

When Emma was little, I quit my job to start my own business so I could be home with her more.

As a consultant, I soon found I could make more money in a week than I was making in a month at my job as a vice president with a nonprofit organization. In short order, I was working and traveling just as much as I was before I quit to spend time with Emma.

A friend sat with me at lunch one day as I marveled at the money I could make in this new endeavor–having worked in nonprofits my whole career until then, this was new to me. He listened, eating. And then he quietly said something that changed it all for me:

“I think maybe the question is not how much can you make, but how much do you need?”

I stayed home more often after that lunch.

What do you need?

Love,

(These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.

About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.