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Laundry at 9am on a Sunday

What do you really hate doing, but what would make it totally worth it?

Coach Matt Slaybaugh
Coach Matt Slaybaugh
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(Originally posted in 2011.)

So as I’m walking down the alley, I see a guy going into the laundromat with a big, full basket – at 9am on a Sunday. He looks well-groomed and fresh-eyed, like he’s fully awake. And I’m thinking, what the hell would compel a guy to get up this early on a Sunday to do his laundry? You couldn’t pay me enough.

Clearly, he’s got something worth doing his laundry for, even at 9am on a Sunday.

You gotta ask yourself, what’s worth getting out of bed for? And if that doesn’t bring a clear enough answer, raise the stakes. What’s worth doing your laundry? What’s worth painting the side of a house? What’s worth mowing the lawn? What do you really hate doing, but what would make it totally worth it?

Coach Matt Slaybaugh

I've written one book, scripted two dozen plays (and directed dozens more,) and spent twenty nights at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. I love to learn. It's what I most love about being a coach.


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