Category Archives: Focus

Apr 17 2012
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Business, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Leadership

We Are All Athletes

It could do us all some good to view our business and our work as a sport.

Not in the sense of competition, but in the sense of being prepared and in shape when the daily whistle blows to start the game.

Are you training? Get ahead of the curve – not behind it.

Are your being mentored? Even LeBron’s need a lunch appointment with His Airness every so often.

Are you watching film, reading, and studying the game? Even the freak athletes, child prodigies, and those with the highest IQ still don’t arrive here fully funded and/or developed in natural talent.

Our talent will only get us so far in the game. It’s skill that gets us the win.

Learn something today and put it to use in your sport of choice.

And remember, you practice like you play.

 

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Apr 12 2012
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Business, Discipline, Focus

Stuck?

Are you stuck?

Just ask questions.

Stop.

Listen.

The answers will put you in drive again.

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Apr 10 2012
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Scars:Success Ratio

The scars to success ratio is never 0:1, 0:2, 0:10, 0:100, and so forth.
In reality, for those of us painting art, writing music, changing things, and stirring the pot, it’s probably 1:1.

For every success there is (there will be) a scar.

Every mentor I have walks with a limp and is covered in band aids. The difference between them and the mode is that they play through the pain and never ask to be “subbed” out of the game.

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Apr 09 2012
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Business, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Leadership

You In The Raw

May these words free you.

Today, you can throw away your slide rule, your graphing calculator, your spreadsheets, your iPod, your compass, your protractor, your ruler, your telescope, your microscope, your graphing paper, your laptop, your cell phone, and even your iPad. They’re helpful, but not necessary.

Today, you can stop pointing at the past, the people, and problems you feel have held you back.

It’s not your God-given name, nor your background, nor your tools (or lack there of) that will take you to the success you long for.

You were pre-installed with every bit of hardware and software that you would need before the foundations of the world were created. In other words, your God-given guts and hands are just waiting for you to boot up.

Listen….You can be named Bubba, never have had a professional lesson, and still champion whatever field, sector, or industry you’re looking to master.

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Apr 06 2012
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Business, Creativity, Discipline, Focus, Imagination, Leadership, Music

Dance Partner

I love the guy that is unashamed on the dance floor.

I would like to offer you the invitation to be that guy/girl.

You are free to be WHO you are and move HOW you like/love in the marketplace (dance floor).

Just keep dancing to the music you’re hearing and making the moves that feel right.

The masses may not be getting it, but slowly – if you are notable, getting talked about, being pointed at, and sometimes even being mocked…you are on your way becoming a very desirable dance partner in the marketplace.

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