Monthly Archives: March 2013

Mar 22 2013
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Business, Change The World, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Imagination, Leadership, Let The Music Play, success

Experience > Knowledge.

It’s the difference between knowing the ocean is blue and having swum the waters of Capri.

It appears that both the wholeness and holiness of our lives is found in the gap that is jumped from knowledge to experience.

What if our lives longed to live in that gap? What if our businesses bridged that gap? What if our churches embraced that gap? What if our parenting parented that gap?

They can. They all can in a moments notice.

That moment is here. That moment is today.

Provide the gateway to experience for someone and you will have done two things:

1) Blessed them with a memory. Which may be the only thing we can take with us.

2) Given them a chance to see the world in a new light. Now they can see where change is necessary.

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Mar 21 2013
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Business, Change The World, Focus, Leadership, success

Bells and Whistles

He often gets a bad rap, but don’t forget that vanilla is still king.

If you’re an attorney, your vanilla is legal advice.

If you’re a Realtor, your vanilla is homes and helping people buy and sell them.

If you’re a doctor, your vanilla is the health of people.

Most people come to you for that scoop of vanilla.

If you’re going to offer bells and whistles your best bet is probably to offer them through a variety of toppings and not by changing the flavor of the dish they came for.

Is there anything worse than hearing, “I’m sorry – we’re out of vanilla.”?

 

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Mar 20 2013
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Leadership

Just Enough Space

A leader is a juggler of space.

He knows when to lean in and when to step back.

He knows if he looks too close things could be fuzzy but he also knows sometimes he needs to see the fibers of the fuzz.

He knows if he’s too far away things may appear dim but some things are seen better from a bird’s perspective.

He knows when to make the call and he knows when to allow one the choice.

The harmonious beauty of leadership is that at its core its all about ebb and flow.

Check your spacing.

It’s this space that determines your tune and rhythm with whom your looking to connect and make music with.

If you’re interested – another blog on space can be found here.

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Mar 19 2013
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Change The World, Discipline, Focus, Imagination, Leadership, Let The Music Play

Shoe-Swapping

Remember when…

  • the procedure wasn’t fully explained by the doc?
  • the meal wasn’t as good the press release promised and the owner did nothing?
  • the contract wasn’t fully explained?
  • the terms weren’t fully disclosed?
  • what you got wasn’t what you thought you were getting?
  • the message sent was not the message received.
  • someone over-promised and under-performed.
  • how it felt to not be served.
  • how it felt to be served.

Good business is metaphorical shoe-swapping. In other words, “what if I were them?” should be the questioning chorus of our moments.

If you have a Golden Rule fight song – cue the music.

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Mar 18 2013
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Change The World, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Imagination, Leadership, Marketing, success

Below The Surface of the Colors We See

You’ve got them – I’ve got them – we’ve all got them.

Purple problems we’re sifting through, orange organizations we work in, and green goals we’re after.

But they’re not just colors are they? Something got them here to the color they actually are. Circumstance, belief, courage, fear, paranoia, joy, hope, purpose, harsh words, and encouraging words all mixed together to make the colors of your world. Blue and red made your purple. Yellow and red made your orange. Blue and yellow made your green. Oh, and blue and green and a little more blue after the initial mix made your turquoise.

May we be the leaders that gaze into Purple to see her red heart and blue soul.

May we be the leaders that take Orange and love him for his awkward yellow ways and red personality.

May we be the leaders that get under the skin of Green to find its blue ocean and yellow streams.

Don’t be fooled by the outer coat or the surface because it’s just an illusion of what has happened within and below it. There’s a world of mixing, matching, and harmony that occurred to make the color that you see before you.

If you hear anything today hear this…That thing you call Orange just may be waiving his red hands at you. Look deeply. Listen closely.

It is below that surface that the beauty of most things come to life and if you want to be a leader you must fall in love with snorkeling.

 

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