Bigg success is life on your own terms. The five elements of bigg success are money, time, growth, work and play. Today we’ll focus on play.
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Hear George & Mary-Lynn discuss their family tradition on The Bigg Success Show! Click the purple player: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Hear George & Mary-Lynn discuss their family tradition on The Bigg Success Show! Click the purple player: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download___
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George and I were talking recently about family traditions. Two significant terms: family and tradition. Of course, when we think of family, we think of those closest to us.
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Whew … I wasn’t sure where you were headed with that last sentence, Mary-Lynn!
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See, I was nice! Merriam-Webster says it’s the basic unit in society.
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Tradition is the handing down of customs or practices from generation to generation.
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We’re familiar with the old saying, “Out with the old, in with the new.” That’s all well and good, but sometimes we should say, “In with the old.”
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At my advanced age, I’m glad to hear that. I’m in! You make a great point, Mary-Lynn. We have a tendency to think “old” is unnecessary. Out of style. Out of date. That “new” is better.
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We dismiss what’s always been done. However, family traditions bind us together with our past. They are an important part of understanding who we are.
They are part of our history. We study history to provide meaning to our present and guidance for our future.
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A bigg reunion
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Recently, we attended a family reunion. It’s my dad’s mom’s side of the family. The picture on our post today is from the reunion. It’s my nephew, David, with his son, Collin, my cousin Johnny and me. This reunion’s been an annual event since before I was born. It’s still going strong.
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I love it … especially the annual softball game! Your family really gets into it. There’s a lot of taunting back and forth. Although, this year, we were outgunned pretty badly.
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But you made the catch of the game, Mary-Lynn.
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Yeah, I caught a fly ball deep in right field. I earned a new nickname – Snowcone – because so much of the ball was showing out of my glove.
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It’s always a great time for catching up with extended family that we often only see this one time of the year. It’s a great tradition!
A bigg race
We have a friend who takes his son to the Indy 500 every year. When he was a boy, his Dad took him. He looked forward to it every year. He’s continuing the tradition with his own son.
A bigg start
While we’re on this subject of tradition, think about starting your own. All traditions had to start sometime, right? Plan an event at a regular interval, like every year. It’s a great way to make sure you spend time with those who are most important to you. Everybody gets it on their calendars because it’s a regular event.
What are your family traditions?
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(Pictured in today's post: George with his nephew David, great nephew Collin, & cousin John)
Today on The Bigg Success Show, we continued chatting with Christine Kane about vision boards. 
Left-brained people who get wigged out a little bit by the whole idea of creativity. When they’re at my retreats, they’re the ones shouting, “Who has a picture of an Audi A3?” They’ll put a black dog on there. When you’re in this place – you want a new house or a new job, you want to eat healthy food – you go into the magazines and look for those images. It’s a great way to do it. Some people just throw it up there and that board is done in an hour-and-a-half.
