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Aug 21 2012
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Business, Change The World, Imagination, Leadership, Let The Music Play

When The Thought Becomes Physical…

When the thought becomes physical the game has changed.

For instance when you move from “I should call that customer” to “I CALLED that customer” you just made a big leap and a push against resistance.

When you’re thinking “I think I love her/him” and then you speak out “I love her/him” – that relationship can never go back to normal.

When you move from “what if we________” to “we chose to GO this route” –  now you’re pushing forward and changing things (always a good sign).

Our thoughts, dreams, and ideas are the rowdiest gifts the Muse has given us. The problem is they’re all paused until we physically do something with them.

When the thought turns physical this a quantum leap from wishing things to be done to willing them to be done.

Simply put, get your songs out of your head into a microphone.

Alas, that bird will finally fly.

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Aug 20 2012
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Business, Change The World, Leadership, success

Intention.

Simple question, really – What are your intentions today?

What call(s) must be made?

What line item must be removed/added?

What deal must get done?

What idea must have its corporate docs drawn up?

What chapter must be finished?

What discussion must happen?

What song needs to be written?

Soon it will be Friday.

Soon it will be December 31.

Soon it will be January 1.

Soon it will be April 15.

Soon it will be a new market.

Soon it will be time for you to retire.

And soon your tomorrow’s will reflect the intentions of your today’s.

Intention is the birthplace of all great legacies, great moments, and great stories.

Happy Monday. #LTMP

 

 

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Aug 16 2012
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Business, Imagination, Leadership, Let The Music Play

Today’s Laws of Communication

If you can avoid the text and make the call do so.

If you can avoid the call and discuss in person do so.

If you can avoid the email and handwrite the note do so.

Your effectiveness and efficiency increases at the same rate your handshakes, eye to eye contacts, and note writing does.

You can’t be spammed – only your technology can be.

Across all lines of communication Human > Digital.

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Aug 14 2012
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Business, Change The World, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Imagination, Leadership

Leadership Does…

There’s a great leadership scene in the movie Dead Poets Society where Robin Williams, (the teacher/leader), gets up on his classroom desk and says, “I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.”

Leadership takes its followers on a journey.

Leadership does not allow its followers thoughts and actions to remain idle.

Leadership doesn’t just like change – leadership creates and paves the way for change.

Leadership longs for its followers to experience discovery.

Leadership gets its fix on getting its followers from point a to point z.

Leadership provides the paint and canvas.

Leadership gives away the musical instruments, provides the music lessons, and then goes and find a stage for the follower to perform.

True leadership has its full focus on the followers and the movement they can co-create together.

 

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Aug 10 2012
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Business, Change The World, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Imagination, Leadership

Same Old, Same Old

Keep running the same play and see if that wins the game for you.

Keep making the same calls and see where that gets you.

Keep thinking the same thoughts and see where that takes you.

Keep watching those same reruns and report back.

Keep saying we’re in the same recession we were in 4  years ago.

Keep ordering the same super-sized fries.

Keep doing what you’ve been doing and you’ll get to keep getting what you’ve been getting. I think you want more than that.

If I have any regret at this point in my life, it’s that I haven’t taken more and greater action towards bigger and greater dreams.

Try this mantra on: How different today can I think, act, and speak in order to create the tomorrow I’ve always envisioned?

Changed World > Same Old, Same Old

 

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