July | 2013 | Ashton.Gustafson

Jul 24 2013

The Odds

Chances are if you never try something, you will never know for yourself.

Chances are the longer you wait to do something the less likely you will take action to do it.

Chances are what you put off today will not happen tomorrow.

Chances are as experimentation increases so does one chance of succeeding at something.

Chances are the more we ask ‘what if we did this’ or ‘what if we did that’ we will lay the foundation for actually deciding the appropriate route to take and the chances of it actually working.

As our taking chances increases so do our odds.

Ask more. Swing more. Try more. Write more. Mix more. Make more.

Having done something > Intending to do so.

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Jul 23 2013

Thoughts Walking Through An Art Museum

After walking through the works of Warhol, Picasso, Monet, and Renoire yesterday I came up with the Two Golden Rules of Art:

Enter. Participate.

That’s what it needs from us and, in return, will give us what we need from it.

You can’t sit this one out.

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Jul 22 2013

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Business, Change The World, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Imagination, Leadership, success

Finding Your Swing

Watching Lefty win yesterday was quite refreshing. His score of five under baffled his fellow players. But not Phil. He found his swing. You could see it in his whole persona.

This reminded me of words from The Legend of Bagger Vance. Inside each and every one of us is one true authentic swing… Somethin’ we was born with… Somethin’ that’s ours and ours alone… Somethin’ that can’t be taught to ya or learned… Somethin’ that’s got to be remembered… Over time the world can, rob us of that swing… It gets buried inside us under all our wouldas and couldas and shouldas… Some folks even forget what their swing was like.

Your music is found and made in your swing. And if you’re lost, your swing will guide you to your music.

Here’s the catch. None of us know how many practice swings it took Phil to hoist that trophy yesterday.

And the one guy that does know???? He’s the one holding the trophy.