My good friend and fellow Texan prolific writer and Broker/Owner here in the Rain Loreena Yeo recently wrote a thought provoking piece on achievement called Is a balanced life a mediocre life? It made me think about myself that I was

Reaching That I Don't Care Stage In Life.

Not turning into an old fart, but that my focus had shifted not soley on success but to significance. Hey, if you plan on living to age 100 like George Burns you need to quit worrying about your elders. You'll outlive them all anyway. Start taking up riding motorcycles, jumping out of perfectly good airplanes, and working on that "bucket list" of the 100 things to do before you die.

Life is much more than about monetary success. We have to define our own meaning of success. With hitting a certain age the don't care attitude doesn't have to do with shirking responsibilty to your family or contributing to society. Significance has to do with what is important to you NOW and what you VALUE.

You do get this been there done that feeling at some point with large houses, new cars, more money in the bank this year than last, etc. There is a yearning that there is MORE to life than just that. MUCH MORE.

You become this advanced critical thinker. I see it in how fast I dismiss the majority of emails with offers, or telemarketers that constantly hawk goods I have no need for or want to take up my time.

I think balance is essential to PEAK PERFORMANCE. The Don't Care attitude is like a BIG NO STOP SIGN or a hot knife slicing through butter of ALL THE THINGS that are just not important to you. At least not important to you NOW.

Have you ever noticed with home buyers there are some exiting the BIG HOUSE and downsizing perhaps to say condos? There is a reason for that besides just maintenance, more amenities, convenience to work, etc. It is again that been there done that philosophy. The newly acquired I DON'T CARE attitude toward the old choices.

Don't feel bad about I DON'T CARE.

Even with the Superwoman model, many have told me you can't really do it all. Superwoman R.I.P. They just don't care about that anymore.

It actually is a very progressive attitude. And if you have it I will probably see you out on the wide open born to be wild spaces. What will you be doing when I catch up to you at age 100? You'll be riding a Harley. Oh and BTW, you'll be exceeding the speed limit.