New Clients

I am looking forward to working with some new clients this week on finance-banking matters.  I absolutely love the challenges presented by designing, negotiating and closing deals.

Make it a GREAT day by making the right decisions when you have the opportunity!

Until the next time,

Jason Atchley, J.D., Strategy Consultant

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Mistakes Happen - Get over it

Mistakes.  They happen.  To all of us.  There is not a single person on this planet that has not made a mistake.  There is not a single person who has not experienced failure as a result of a mistake they made.  It is not a question of if we are going to make a mistake but instead when and how many.  That said, it seems strange to say that making mistakes is not really a problem or issue.  It happens so frequently and is so common that it is simply a part of life.  No, the problem I see too often is how people respond to making mistakes.  Some people are able to easily forget and move on.  While others have a particularly difficult time in forgetting, or more precisely, forgiving themselves.  As a result, these people will harm themselves, hold themselves back because they cannot forgive themselves for making a mistake.  

 I see it in executives, lawyers, doctors, moms, dads,  brothers and sisters.  I see it in several of my clients, friends and family.  You HAVE to forgive yourself.  You deserve it.  You deserve to have good things in life.  You do not deserve failure and ruin just because you made a mistake.

 Believe in you.  Believe in your good qualities.  Truly successful people are not people who have not failed.  No, they are people who refused to give up after they failed.  They are people who refused to let a mistake define them, to characterize them or to stop them.  They learn from it and move on.

Refuse to be defined by your failures.  Instead, define yourself by your successes, by your ability to overcome your mistakes and to forge ahead despite past mistakes.  MAKE YOUR FUTURE.  Do not let others, or worse, YOURSELF, define your future by your mistakes.  MAKE IT ABOUT THE GOOD PART OF YOU.  Find that part of you.  Build from it.  Make it who you are.

I forgive you.  Do you forgive yourself?

Until the next time,

Jason Atchley, Strategy Consultant

Monday, Monday...

Good morning Austin, Texas!

I had a fantastic weekend!  I am truly blessed.  I went on a date with my drop dead beautiful wife on Friday night.  We had coffee and just walked and talked around the shops.  The Christmas lights were beautiful and the night was just what I needed to reset for the weekend!

Saturday I took my two oldest sons to the Lake Travis playoff game.  We had a great time.  The game was played at UT's stadium so I took the kids to several of my old haunts on campus including the bench where I proposed to their mother.  We had a great Father-Son day!

Saturday night we watched Christmas movies as a family and spent the entire night just being together.

Sunday was church followed by NFL, playing catch with the football, a little work, a wonderful pot roast my wife made for dinner and ended the day spending time with the kids and Bren.

I put the kids to bed with a Far, Far, Far, Far, Far away story about the Land of Not So Far away invading and then watched Dexter with Bren.  I like the way it makes her squirm.  She is adorable.

I woke up this morning, got my kids dressed, took them to school, came back home, had a GREAT Crossfit workout, got dressed and now am headed to NYC for the week to work with a client on corporate restructuring!

I am humbled by all the blessings in my life.  I am thankful to God for the good fortune he has bestowed upon me and my family.

Until the next time,

Jason Atchley, Consultant

Have a Blessed Day!

Great, great message this morning!  I am off to NYC this week to work with some of my favorite clients!

Have a blessed week!

Until the next time,

Jason

Happy Holidays!

Another successful week comes to a close.  I had a very rewarding week working with my clients and spending quality time with my family.  I am ready to kick off the Christmas Holiday season this weekend and spend time with my wife and kids.

I am looking forward to taking my wife out on a date tonight, doing a little shopping tomorrow and taking my two oldest sons to the Lake Travis football playoff game tomorrow!

I will also be volunteering for Goodwill on Sunday as part of my commitment to giving back this year!

Make it a great weekend!

Until the next time,

Jason Atchley