Category Archives: Discipline

The Pull of ‘New’

Ideas, information, and relationships are the fuel of the modern day economic engine. Chances are it is why you’re headed to work now, why you will check social media mediums well over 10 times today, and maybe even why you’ve given this blog the time of day.

New pulls people close. New ideas get conversation started. New information helps others in their decision making. New relationships help straighten the connect-the-dots lines of both our personal and business lives. New authors color, taste, favored sounds, and experience.

The last world pushed. Its marketing pushed us to move, take action, and buy…and buy now. It didn’t pull and ask us what we thought, rather it pushed and told us how we should think. Thankfully this mentality has passed its prime. If you still think this way, it’s safe to assume your experience in this economy is very frustrating.

2 thoughts for all of us today:

1) What will they be saying about us in 3013? We should ponder that answer often.

2) What can we do to get to ‘better’ today? Chances are something new is pulling at you.

 

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The Aim and Hope of Contribution

Contribution is the great precursor to the places, moments, events, feelings, and fulfillment we’re all after.

He occurs before…

the promotion,

success,

having a follower,

having a following,

“thank you”,

“I’ll have another”,

&

“Welcome back”.

Contribution…the holiest pre-party you could ever host.

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Defining What You’re Trying To Convey

Careful with definitions.

It’s more effective to live out what you’re trying to convey rather than just giving a few words to it.

With words comes a need explanation of what you mean. With action we simply just get to see what you mean.

You’re human right is to show us…

 

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Fiction or Non-Fiction?

Is this fiction or non-fiction?

That’s a great question for our moments of thought and vision.

Asked another way, are we seeing things as they truly are or as we choose to see them?

Seeing fictionally is typically grounded in assumptions of others, things, and circumstances.

On the other hand, seeing non-fictionally requires empathy, pause, and bravery – there is no harder work out there.

Take a moment to step out of your story. Revisit the past pages and then please dive head first back into the non-fiction you gleaned from your pause.

Sometimes we must actively step out of our story to read it and find the character we’re becoming.

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