When You Give Life Your All, You Get it All

POSTED: 02-12-2016 IN: Your Weekly Weapon With David Farbman

I like to think that I am always giving 110%: to my work, to my family, to my friends. This past weekend my wife went away on a much-needed trip to recharge her batteries, and I was home playing Mr. Mom. In the spirit of The Hunt and knowing you have to be present in any hunt to truly optimize its results, I vowed to give my all to this opportunity. I was “All In” for my little Farbz homeez.

All In is a defining core value for me and for my team at HealthRise. Years ago, I sat down to figure out what were true, clear, defined characteristics that I valued in my soul. I realized the thing I most admired about others and felt was true about myself is that when I believe strongly in something, my actions, my thoughts, my heart are ALL IN. I go for it, full force, no holds barred, with every fiber of my being. Now, like a buck running from a threat, you can’t go full force endlessly, you must take the time to recharge and check in on that core value from time to time.   Now back to the boys…

We had a great time. Seriously, these are funny, outrageous, adorable, sweet kids. We played, we napped, we watched movies and argued the merits of How to Train Your Dragon 2 vs. Kung Fu Panda 3. (Okay, it was really a conversation about which they like better. It was a tie, they are both the best movies ever.) We ate our way through several things I’m sure my wife would not be exactly thrilled with my feeding them. But isn’t that an All In dad’s job?

I encourage each of you this weekend to go all in on something that fuels your passion: for hunting, for family, for love. Give it your all and it will come back tenfold. That is one of the great gifts of hunting with purpose: what you give, you get. My wife came home to happy boys, full of life and chatter and inside jokes, with stories to tell and renewed energy. And I was elated that she was home.

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