Monthly Archives: January 2012

Jan 17 2012
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Business

Our Moods 17 Days Ago

Accountability check….

17 days ago you said you were going to ____________ better, more often, or less in 2012.

How’s that going?

I will be honest – for me, it’s not easy. However, I’ve been using Zig Ziglar’s/Seth Godin’s goal setting booklet and it has helped me tremendously.

Jeff Olson teaches us that “Commitment is doing the thing you said you would do long after the mood you said it in has left you.”

There are 348 sunsets between here and New Year’s Eve. Don’t allow your mood to effect your champagne toast of success between now and then.

Jan 16 2012
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Business, Creativity, Imagination, Leadership

Today Matters

With the best record in the ’11-’12 NFL season, the 15-1 Packers were beat by the 9-7 Giants yesterday at Lambeau Field.

Surprised? You shouldn’t be.

Think of your products/services/ideas within the concepts taught in yesterday’s game…

  • So you have the best record thus far? So what?
  • So you’re the wild card? So what?
  • Yesterday’s trophies cant’ catch today’s passes.
  • Yesterday’s losses are not appropriate predictors of today’s outcome….neither are yesterday’s wins.
  • Guts win.
  • Home field advantage is meaningless when you don’t show up.

Our today’s do have a lot to do with our tomorrows, but our yesterday’s don’t have much say today. Frightening, but true.

Today, the whistle has blown and a new game has begun.

So what’s your record? 15-1? 9-7? All that is yesterday talk…meaningless today.

What’s important is today you are undefeated.

The old has gone and the new has come. This is the battle cry of Monday.

Godspeed.

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Jan 13 2012
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Business, Creativity, Imagination, Leadership, Let The Music Play, Music

Polish Your Lense

God, The Great Photographer, has made you lense-like.

He points you at things to unveil that which is not seen with the naked eye.

You can capture poetry in the midst of chaos.

You can grab music within a bunch of noise.

It’s your job to click and share the poetry and music.

We are anxiously awaiting the results from your aperture exposure.

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Jan 12 2012
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Books, Business, Leadership, Let The Music Play, Music

Future Music

Charlie Tremendous Jones said, “The only difference between where you are now, and where you’ll be next year, are the books you read and the people you meet.”

In other words, success will be found in shaking more hands with your paper cut fingers.

It is people and ideas that hold the melody to the music you will be (or won’t be) making 12 months from now.

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Jan 11 2012
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Business, Creativity, Imagination, Marketing

Unexpected

Let’s chat about the unexpected – in the good sense of the word.

Like when I ordered the wrong dish at my favorite restaurant. They brought me what I ordered, but it was not what I had traveled 1000 miles to have. Their response? A tasting tray of the finest dishes they offered, a bottle of champagne, and the dish that I was originally hoping for – all on the house. Unexpected.

Zappos loves this concept. My wife wanted to exchange her shoes I got her for Christmas. With one call they shipped the new shoes without having the other ones sent back yet. Unexpected. 48 hours later my wife had happy feet.

Or the delivery of  just because flowers. Unexpected – and the petals always seem to convey what our words can’t.

The unexpected finds us speechless in the moment, but leads to us not being able to keep our mouths shut about the story that unfolded.

Mastery of the unexpected will build your followers quicker than anything else you can pursue.

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