“…if people skimp on their inner work, their outer work will suffer as well.” Parker J. Palmer
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“…if people skimp on their inner work, their outer work will suffer as well.” Parker J. Palmer
Episode 4: The instruments make our music and our music writes our story.
This week we discuss the journey to finding and gathering the instruments that make our music, Tony Hsieh and his book Delivering Happiness, and the music of The Villagers.
You can find this week’s podcast in iTunes by clicking here.
Godspeed in your music making.
Book: Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh – CEO Zappos.
Music: The Villagers
Link to The Villagers on Spotify.
Lyrics from The Villagers song, Courage
Do you really wanna know,
About these lines on my face?
Well, each and every one is testament to
All the mistakes I’ve had to make
To find courage
It’s a feeling like no other
Let me tell you, yeah
Courage
In harmony with something other than your ego
Courage
The sweet belief of knowing nothing comes for free
For free…
Courage
It’s a feeling like no other
Let me tell you, yeah
Courage
And harmony with something other than your ego
Courage
The sweet belief of knowing nothing comes for free
May you hear the questions of the universe this week. May you hear the flower’s petals ask if you if you’re in bloom. May you have the courage to respond. May you hear the mountain invite you to come climb. May you find the courage to start the climb. May you seek to find those instruments that were originally poured into you. May you find the courage to pour them back out, to contribute, and to make the world around you a better place.
Pause by the orchid. Listen to the bluebird sing. Be love.
Dabbling doesn’t lead to mastery.
Enjoy the course, focus on the pins.
The scorecard knows no difference between a putt and a drive.
And of course…“Yep… 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 got to be remembered… Over time the world can, rob us of that swing… It get buried inside us under all our wouldas and couldas and shouldas… Some folk even forget what their swing was like…” The Legend of Bagger Vance Steven Pressfield
This week’s podcast can be listened to below or listened and subscribed to in iTunes by clicking here.
Book/Business Segment
Book: Linchpin: Are you indispensable?
Music Segment
Sleeping At Last on Spotify.
Download the album here.
Watch the lyrics and listen to this song on youtube here.
Lyrics to the song: North
We will call this place our home,
Crayons
Ashton’s writings on crayons are below.
http://ltmpblog.com/2011/11/22/do-you-want-to-color/
http://ltmpblog.com/2013/02/12/crayon-thieves/
Benediction:
May you become childlike again. May you take back your crayons and fill your pockets with them…and in every moment of life give them their opportunity to do their thing. May you dip the paintbrush of your business and stroke the canvas with service. May you color your relationships with the crayons love, laughter, hope. May you find the courage and the bravery to to pull the back the veil and bring us the light, the hum, the soul, and the crayons you came here with to be fully used so that we may be changed by your art. When you light up. We light up.
Pause by the orchid. Listen to the bluebird sing. Be love.
Ashton.Gustafson 