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Jul 03 2013
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Business, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Imagination, Leadership, Let The Music Play, success

Discipline: The Code & The Shovel

Imagine having had the chance of being behind the scene’s with the likes of Tiger Woods, Picasso, or Edison. Imagine being in Tiger’s gym. Think of Pablo’s studio. Picture Thomas’ lab.

There’s no doubt we would be convicted and probably shocked with the surplus of do-overs, thrown away drafts, ruined canvases, and sheer commitment.

If we were there we would see discipline. Nothing more – nothing less.

Discipline is the code to the artist’s padlock of imagination.

There’s art in all of us and it’s discipline that digs it out.

We often underestimate what we have to do to get what we want to have done.

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Jul 01 2013
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Accelerate Experimentation

If we can multiply our number of experimentations, we can multiply our chances of being on to something new, something to move us, and something that is ahead of us.

Galileo Galilei once said, “Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.”

Question: Can we measure without concocting something or conducting an experiment first? I think not. Case in point: You cannot say today was a good day without first having lived the day.

The mixologist must mix before he can measure whether or not he’s on to something. He’s a chemist. He experiments. Then he tastes, measures, and pours his experiment down the drain or puts it on the menu.

It’s Monday. Mix day.

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Jun 27 2013
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Swap and Ricochet

I get a lot of joy with a cup of coffee and idea swapping with a friend or stranger.

And yet, I don’t do it enough.

This should be a pursuit for us all: more swapping.

Invoke thy sense of awe, ignite wonder, swap your ideas, and let them ricochet where they may.

Where two or more are gathered, I’m convinced the trailing sound of ricocheting ideas is where this is all headed.

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Jun 25 2013
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Average

A single value (as a mean, mode, or median) that summarizes or represents the general significance of a set of unequal values.

By definition alone this cannot be you.

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Jun 21 2013
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1000 Steps

Thomas Edison made over 1000 unsuccessful attempts creating the light bulb.

When asked about how it felt to fail 1000 times, he simply responded with saying, “I didn’t fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.”

How many of us throw our hands up and surrender the dream at step 2? I’m guilty.

It’s quite dangerous to not repeatedly fail.

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