Most of the time it’s us…drawing the lines that supposedly can’t be crossed, building the boxes we say can’t be escaped, and sharing the words that cut the cords to possibility.
A massive leap towards success happens when you gain the awareness of the dialogue, right or wrong, that is happening with yourself hundreds of thousands of times a day.
Personal Responsibility > The Blame Game.
When availability of data explodes and information overload becomes the norm, it is insight that we need and long for.
That time has come.
Don’t tell us what you’ve read…tell us what you’re seeing between the lines.
Don’t tell us what you’ve heard…share with us the beat, the tempo, and the rhymes of the song that is ringing in your ears.
Don’t tell us what the guy in the cubicle next to you found…share with us the feeling you’ve found in your gut.
Leadership in the days ahead will belong to the onion peelers, the sheet puller backers, and the insight pirates of the information ocean(s).
Ahoy.
Where can I contribute?
Am I contributing?
Did I contribute?
Everyone asks question #3 in the end.
Don’t forget to be asking questions #1 and #2 in the beginning and the middle.
On any given day how many silver bullets are you sold?
Thousands.
And they come in many forms: hamburgers, insurance, cars, movies, endless services, jewelry, Lap-Bands, and so on. All promises to make the frustrated you a more satisfied you.
Better question, what needs to be taken off of your plate?
The frustration remedy is more often than not more and more or less and less.
Acknowledging fear.
Respecting freedom.
Learning from failure.
Or maybe the truly tough choice is in choosing the light in which you see these realities that are part of all that we experience.
We’re typically in the dark when we consider the fear, freedom, and failure we experience in our days.
Strike a match and burn three candles: acknowledgement, respect, and education.
Ashton.Gustafson 