Do ask.
Ask often.
Don’t ask for reassurance.
Do love.
Love every chance you get.
Don’t expect any reward other than the good of the one loved.
Do something new to find yourself.
Do it daily.
Don’t expect to find yourself without losing yourself.
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Pause by the orchid. Listen to the bluebird sing. Be love.
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LTMP Episode 17: The ONE Thing with Jay Papasan
I am so thrilled to have Jay Papasan in Episode 17 @ Let The Music Play. Jay is a bestselling author, Vice President of Rellek Publishing, co-owner of Keller Capital, and co-owner, alongside his wife Wendy, of Papasan Properties Group with Keller Williams Realty in Austin, Texas. The books he’s helped craft have collectively sold over 8 million copies. His most recent work with Gary Keller on The ONE Thing has sold over half a million copies worldwide and garnered more than 350 appearances on national bestseller lists, including #1 on The Wall Street Journal’s hardcover business list.
No matter your role or current stage of life, this is a conversation that will help you get more purpose, more meaning, and more fulfillment out of your days.
You can follow Jay on Twitter or at JayPapasan.org.
You can also find more episodes of Let The Music Play by clicking here.
Enjoy and remember to share this with those you love and lead!
Hands Off
Here’s a very interesting read from Business Insider on Holocracy and how Tony Hsieh is letting it reshape the structure and future of Zappos.
I heard Seth Godin last week in New York say we shouldn’t be the generation that is given a mile and only takes an inch.
I’m hearing that again in this interview.
Grace
Grace is something that is hard to explain isn’t it? It’s kind of the glue, and kind of the song, and kind of the fragrance, and somehow, most likely, the plot in the story of all we see and experience.
Grace is the mysterious space between you and I and yet it is the thing in the space that connects you and I.
Grace whispers to us, grace welcomes us, and grace will only not be found when we’re preoccupied with something else ourselves. When we’re numb it can’t be felt. When we’re blind it can’t be seen.
It’s the previews of what’s to come, the show that’s in the here and now, and the word in parentheses after every name in the credits.
Quoting Thomas Merton, grace is like art in that it “enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” It was in the breeze this morning that wrapped around my skin and took me somewhere else for a moment. It was in the voicemail I wish I didn’t have to deal with today. And it was in the caffeinated, brewed algorithm I call ‘my coffee’. Its’ presence doesn’t change from the highs to the lows or from the majestic to the mundane.
And so our whimsical response is threefold: give it, share it, and enjoy it. The challenge is to not spill it or hoard it. There’s always more, but it need not be wasted or pocketed.
Yes, it’s amazing. But the bigger YES is that it’s available you, to me, and everyone with a tick-tock in their chest.
The shelf life of grace is just for the moment.
And isn’t that all we have?
And if the moment is all we have, could it be that grace is that all we need?
Having a plan…
…is not nearly as compelling as having a dream.
#MLK
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