Everyone over 70 years old will tell you something synonymous with this when they’re asked to reflect on what they know to be true.
Can you imagine living for seven decades without ever tasting the experience that is your life?
Carpe momento.
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Pause by the orchid. Listen to the bluebird sing. Be love.
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DisCOVERy…
…won’t happen unless we pull back the curtains…
…we won’t pull back the curtains as long as we’re content with the status quo…
…and we’ll be content with the status quo as long as we boast more in the certitude of our answers than we do with the mystery of our questions.
Try to calculate the value of…
…waking up this morning.
or
…drinking a glass of water.
or
…walking to school, driving to your job, or strolling through a park.
or
…inhaling and exhaling.
or
…noticing the colors of the changing leaves.
What did you get?
Incalculable.
Exactly.
Small, quiet, & unseen.
Reflect on the words that have shaped you. Those small words spoken to your soul, over your life, and into your bones.
Your small words matter. They enlarge those you’ve been entrusted with.
Think of your heroes. Not the ones in sports or on tv. Think of the ones that, truly, made your path possible and opened the doors that you could have never opened yourself. I would imagine these people were tender, tasteful, and sublimely human. And probably quiet.
Love tends to be tender, human, and quiet. A billion @ mentions pales in comparison to your quiet role in someone breathing a little easier because of your quiet involvement.
Now, can you recall some moments that are forever stuck in your head and burned into your memory? The unseen things that only you can claim were for you. A hug. A wink. A tear. A smile. A pair of hands raised in a crowd for you. The hands that caught your fall. The world didn’t see this. But you did.
99.9% of why you are here will be unseen for the rest of the world…but .0000001% couldn’t do it without you.
Alas, you’re a really big deal. In your own small, quiet, and unseen way.
Namaste.
Episode 42: Procrastinate on Purpose with Rory Vaden
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Rory Vaden is the world’s leader on defining the psychology around modern day procrastination, called Priority Dilution™ – in fact, he coined the term. He speaks and consults on how to say no to the things that don’t matter, and yes to the things that do. His client list includes companies and groups such as: Cargill, The Million Dollar Roundtable, P&G, True Value, YPO, Wells Fargo Advisors, Land O’Lakes, Novartis, and hundreds more. His insights have recently been featured on/in: Fox News, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Inc, Fortune, and the New York Times.
Rory joins us in this episode at Let The Music Play Podcast as we discuss what it means to manage ourselves and multiply our time using The Focus Funnel within our lives, relationships, and careers.
Be sure to click the image above to take Rory’s free online course at http://procrastinateonpurpose.com/.
You can also find more information on Rory at RoryVaden.com.
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Godspeed in your music making,
Ashton
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